RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 2014-2015
SONG OF SUMMER
Friday 13 March 2015, 8pm
National Concert Hall
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture [12′]
FRANK CORCORAN Cello Concerto [30′] world premiere
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F, Pastoral [39′]
MARTIN JOHNSON cello
KENNETH MONTGOMERY conductor
The sprightly, colourful fantasy of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture and Beethoven’s exquisite orchestral love song to nature, the Pastoral Symphony, provide a frame for the world premiere of Frank Corcoran’s Cello Concerto, a work that ‘sings and soars’ with powerful emotions for both the orchestra and soloist, the RTÉ NSO’s Principal Cellist Martin Johnson, for whom it was written.
Soundings, 7pm
In Conversation: Martin Johnson & Kenneth Montgomery
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