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National Concert Hall, Friday 14th January
Two glorious displays of music at its most emotional and expressive: Elgar’s deeply personal and moving Cello Concerto, and Franck’s dark-hued Symphony in D minor, a work of burnished ardour.
Maestro Mihhail Gerts makes a welcome return to lead the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in the company of Camille Thomas, the first cellist signed by the venerable Deutsche Grammophon label in 40 years, whose ‘impressive virtuosity appears effortless’ (The Strad).
One of the glories of English music, Elgar’s signature Cello Concerto is a virtuoso rollercoaster ride for the solo instrument and a showpiece of technical dexterity that interweaves cello and orchestra with sublime lightness of touch. Exquisitely elegiac in tone and as direct and straightforward as it is complex and profound, it is lit up by strands of gossamer beauty in a deeply private and confessional utterance couched with all the nobility of straight-backed Edwardian propriety.
- Date:
- Friday 14th January
- Time:
- 6.00pm
- Price:
- €25
- Address:
- National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Saint Kevin's, Dublin, Ireland
