The 50s: The Decade That Changed the World
📅Thurs 16 May
⏲️8pm
🎺National Concert Hall
Following the extraordinary Guy Barker’s Gatsby & Beyond New Year’s Eve Extravaganza, a night of '50s jazz draws on influences from Elvis to Ella Fitzgerald.
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‘I made an album that came from the heart, my heart is in Ireland and I feel that there’s no better way than to go on national television and play those songs with a 45-piece orchestra – and the
@rte_co
is one of the best...'
Niall Horan with the
@rte_co
,
@rteone
, 4.40pm
#tbt
#ThrowbackThursday
Recording an
@RTEOne
special with Niall Horan and conductor/arranger Gavin Murphy in
@rte
Radio Centre in April. Now Niall is releasing an album Flicker featuring the
@rte_co
- out 7 December!
Sibéal Ní Chasaide and the
@rte_co
wowed in
@rte
’s Centenary with Mise Éire, a setting by composer Patrick Cassidy – Sibéal’s uncle – of Pearse’s poem. They have recorded it again in very different circumstances, with a resonance for the times. We're
#inthistogether
#stayathome
And the
@rte_co
forms a guard of honour as David Agnew leaves the
@NCH_Music
stage. A very special night to end a remarkable forty years with the orchestra.
James Dunne with typewriter and the RTÉ CO in action just now in 9 to 5 - encore at another sold-out Woman’s Heart Orchestrated!
@eleanormcevoy
@momaura
@wallisbird
Niall Horan as you’ve never heard him before! This special show sees the singer-songwriter and his band joined by 45 members of the
@RTE_CO
for a very special performance. Starts on
@rte2fm
at 7pm
Thanks all for the amazing response to Mise Éire - here’s the full four minutes, the
@rte_co
and
@sibealofficial
coming together virtually. Thanks to Andrew Kane and Andrew Smith for their incredible work on this.
#stayhome
#inthistogether
Amazing, James Dunne on xylophone, Padraig Kilbride on piano, 'Log Cabin Blues' – for all of us stuck in our log cabins. It’s by George Hamilton Green who with his two brothers recorded the music for the first three Walt Disney cartoons. Spot what gets quoted 51 seconds in?
You can’t come to us at the moment but we’re coming to you - the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and
@MovingHeartsIRL
together for the first time, St Patrick’s Day at 2pm,
@RTERadio1
.
@billboard
Very happy to see a live album recorded with one of the most prestigious European orchestras charting all over the world. Both niall and the
@rte_co
did a great job. The album is really beautiful 💞
A memory a month from 2018, starting with January, being honoured with a reception in the Irish Embassy Beijing during the
@rte_co
China tour, on stage with
@declanorourke
at
@NCH_Music
the snow as caught by French horn
@idecco1
and recording with
@NiallOfficial
.
Our dear friend and colleague Nicole Fischer, a member of the viola section of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra since 2008, died yesterday following an illness. We will miss her very much. Our deepest sympathies to her loved ones. RIP.
Who said we wouldn't see players in
@CrokePark
this summer? Working individually from home the
@rte_co
recorded the famous
@thesundaygame
theme, then took to the pitch and stands in their county colours to bring you the sound of the summer!
‘I made an album that came from the heart, my heart is in Ireland and I feel that there’s no better way than to go on national television and play those songs with a 45-piece orchestra – and the
@rte_co
is one of the best...'
Niall Horan with the
@rte_co
,
@rteone
, 4.40pm
In her final concert at the NCH in June 2018, Cara O’Sullivan performing with the
@rte_co
and David Brophy, being applauded off the stage with tenor Noah Stewart by a packed house and by the orchestra. This will be part of a special Lyric Feature on Friday 5 Feb, 7pm
@RTElyricfm
.
Violinist Hugh Murray and leader Mia Cooper in Brief Encounter mode at Heuston Station and the Tram Cafe ahead of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra screening of this romantic film classic with live score on 13 February at
@NCH_Music
.
Back in the
@rte_co
home... First day back in Studio 1,
@rte
Radio Centre, all set up for recording Copland’s Appalachian Spring - the original version for 13 players.
The
@rte_co
Winter Sessions start with a John Lennon tribute. Featuring Andrea Corr, Jerry Fish, James Vincent McMorrow, Liam Ó Maonlaí and Faye O’Rourke, Gavin Murphy conducting. Watch
@RTE_Culture
, listen
@RTElyricfm
, this evening 11th at 7pm.
The first time since March that there has been space for the full
@rte_co
to play together! Trying out recording possibilities in Industries Hall
@TheRDS
.
The warmest of welcomes to Ireland and to the
@rte_co
to our new Principal Flute Silvija Ščerbavičiūtė! A strange time to be starting any new job, never mind joining an orchestra. Looking forward to being together in person when we can - in the meantime great to have you with us!
.
@rte_co
in association with
@RTElyricfm
present 'Sounds Amazing' with West End's Killian Donnelly, Molly Lynch and Stephen Bell. Presented by Niall Carroll and Aédin Gormley. Thursday 14th June | 8.00pm | Tickets:
Very sorry to hear of the death of Irish soprano Cara O'Sullivan, R.I.P. Here she is ahead of her final concert in June 2018
@rte_co
conducted by David Brophy presented by
@theNiallCarroll
& myself which we will re-broadcast
@RTElyricfm
(details to follow)The audience loved her.
Not showing you the amazing guests we are recording with yet but here we are, the full
@rte_co
back in one place, in collaboration with
@TheRDS
- you'll see and hear the results soon enough!
"It was funny watching the internet going mad. They don't know
@DustinOfficial
It was very funny to watch"
@NiallOfficial
addresses THAT controversy following his appearance on Talent on the Telly
Composer Neil Martin, conductor David Brophy, narrator Ciarán Hinds and vocalist Iarla Ó Lionáird at
@rte_co
rehearsals for Sweeney, commissioned by RTÉ and based on Seamus Heaney’s Sweeney Astray. We’re marking Heaney’s 10th anniversary with performances in Dublin and Kilkenny.
These are just some of the
@rte_co
musicians who are using a rare free evening in their Christmas schedule to volunteer to fundraise for the Peter McVerry Trust. Watch out for them in Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre 6pm to 8pm Sunday 16th!
Flicker was already a great album, but the
@rte_co
just made it even better! What an honour must have been for Niall to play his debut album with them!
I hope they all know how much we appreciate this work 💗
#FlickerRTEStreamingParty
Brilliant solution by
@rte_co
Principal Percussion James Dunne.Bartók wrote this octaves passage Bluebeard’s Castle for keyboard xylophone.Can be played by 2 players on 2 xylophones but hard to synchronize.He created this (patent pending),played solo with 2 sticks in each hand!
Put this in your diary for this bank holiday Monday - Mick Flannery and Susan O’Neill join the
@rte_co
and
@cormagiomusic
for gorgeous orchestral arrangements of their stunning album In the Game. A very special hour presented by
@johncreedon
, Monday 25th, 2pm,
@RTERadio1
.
The Arthur Schwartz jazz standard “Alone Together” with James Dunne on vibes, Steve Kelly on drums and Deirdre Frost on bass. The lyrics of the original especially resonate at the moment: 'And we can weather the great unknown/If we're alone together.'
#RTECOathome
#StayAtHome
Wishing Deirdre Brady a happy and full life outside of the walls of RTÉ as she ends an incredible career spanning over 40 years, moving from one RTÉ orchestra to the other mid-career. Congratulations on your newfound freedom & for making it to the finishing line in style! 1/2
An orchestra keeping the show on the road in pandemic times - a look back at the past 18 months in the life of the
@rte_co
, brought together by orchestra manager Andrew Smith.
Great! 'Yes Sir, That’s My Baby’ by Walter Donaldson, arranged by Paul Nagle, from the Roaring Twenties - 1925 to be exact. Played by
@rte_co
trumpets Eoin Daly and Eamonn Nolan, French horn Declan McCarthy, trombone Michael Marshall and euphonium Christopher Nery.
#RTECOathome
Being brought up for a bow to drumming feet and cheers and then given a guard of honour offstage by the
@rte_co
, David Agnew pictured tonight at
@NCH_Music
by Andres Poveda.
Been fortunate to perform with the
@rte_co
before, on a couple of songs, so to be asked to celebrate an entire night is a true honour.
Come have some bubbly & hear songs from LesMiz, Phantom, Oklahoma as well as some swing classics to ring in the new year
This is what our New Year’s Eve was usually like and hopefully will soon be again but it’s nice to think of the impulses it always brings out - warmth, togetherness, kindness, remembrance, nostalgia - here’s strangers linking arms and singing Auld Lang Syne. Happy New Year all.
Delighted to announce that Stephen Bell is the new Principal Guest Conductor
@rte_co
! His first concerts in the role will be John Williams celebrations in Galway (10th) and Limerick (11th) - suitably given that he played French horn on two Star Wars scores. Welcome,
@stevebell62
!
Amazing instant and prolonged standing ovation for Beethoven 250
@FinghinCollins
directing the
@rte_co
from the piano in the first three concertos tonight at
@NCH_Music
!
Who said there wouldn’t be players in county colours in
@CrokePark
this summer? The
@rte_co
were in action there today filming a sports-themed project, watch out for that. Thanks for letting us invade the pitch, amazing to be there.
Masks, screens, floor tape, measuring tape - a gallery of scenes from our first weekend since the lockdown playing together inside, recording in
@NCH_Music
.
Not sure what we can tell you, Princess Cormac Ó hAodáin, Principal Horn
@rte_co
, is about to take the stage of the NCH for our
#MayTheFourthBeWithYou
concert...
Concert gear 2020! Getting the band back together again as Orchestra Manager Andrew Smith and the
@rte_co
rehearse for a TV project today in
@NCH_Music
. Stay tuned for more news...
It’s Louis Armstrong’s anniversary today. Here he is being greeted by 7-year-old Enrico Tomasso at an English airport in 1968. Now Enrico plays Louis in the first ever live version of the iconic Louis and Ella Fitzgerald album Porgy and Bess with the
@rte_co
, 11 September, NCH.
Playing at the
@3arena
for the
@RTE2fm
Xmas Ball for
@ISPCCChildline
last night and out today volunteering for
@PMVTrust
- having a laugh while they’re at it! Happy Christmas from the RTÉ Concert Orchestra!
The
@rte_co
is heading to Conamara to mark 50 years of
@RTERnaG
! Pictured at the launch are
@eamonnTpt
and
@owmt77
with Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha. Tune in on Saturday 2 April for the live gala concert featuring Altan,
@iarlavox
,
@MuireannNic
, Steve Cooney, Cór Chúil Aodha and more!