Soulful Dvořák from Victor Julien-Laferriere and the NSO

By Michael Roddy, 25 May 2019

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Reviewed at National Concert Hall: Main Stage, Dublin on 24 May 2019

Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104

Dvořák, Slavonic Dance no. 1 in C major, Op.46 no.1

Dvořák, Slavonic Dance no. 2 in E minor, Op.46 no.2

Dvořák, Slavonic Dance no. 8 in G minor, Op.46 no.8

Ravel, Menuet antique

Ravel, Miroirs: Une barque sur l'océan

Ravel, La Valse (Balanchine)

Victor Julien-Laferrière, Cello

National Symphony Orchestra Ireland

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Michael Roddy

Michael Roddy is a freelance journalist based in Ireland who formerly covered the arts and entertainment world, as well as general and economic news, for Thomson Reuters. He has interviewed many of the world's leading conductors, singers and composers and has covered and reviewed operas, concerts and festivals throughout Europe.

A soulful Dvořák concerto from French cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière and the National Symphony Orchestra