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Leonard Slatkin and the RTÉ NSO give an exciting performance in Dublin

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“Ibragimova... courageous and daring, attacking its virtuosic pyrotechnics with a visceral bravura”
Reviewed at National Concert Hall: Main Stage, Dublin on 10 May 2019
McTee, Circuits
Strauss R., Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.8
Elgar, Enigma Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Op.36
Grainger, Irish Tune from County Derry "Londonderry Air"
Alina Ibragimova, Violin
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Chopin and Franck reframed with elegance and insight in Dublin
****1
Paradise Deferred: Shelley takes on Schumann’s Paradies und die Peri
***11
Sułkowska-Migoń’s Dublin programme crowned by a white-hot Scheherazade
****1
Michelle Cann brings out the soul in Price’s Piano Concerto in Dublin
****1
Anja Bihlmaier conducts a powerful NSO programme in Dublin
****1
Anna Rakitina’s night with the National Symphony Orchestra
****1
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