national concert hall chamber music programme 2014/2015

NCH Sunday

Matinée Series

John Ruddock:

A Celebration

Scoring History:

Vanbrugh Quartet Series

West Cork Comes

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We are delighted to announce such a full chamber music programme for the coming season as a complement to our International Concert Series. Covering genres from the string quartet to art song, the programme offers our audiences great music performed by world-class artists. Sunday matinées and early evening concerts also give our patrons additional opportunities to enjoy wonderful music-making at the National Concert Hall.

I am particularly pleased to be celebrating the tireless and pioneering work of John Ruddock in promoting chamber music in Ireland for nearly five decades and the more recent remarkable achievements of West Cork Chamber Music Festival.

Simon Taylor

CEO of the National Concert Hall

Board of DirectorsRay BatesLaurie CearrDearbhla CollinsRebecca GagebyRachel HolsteadAlma HynesGerry Kearney ChairDeborah KelleherPeter McEvoy

John McGraneMaura McGrathGina MenziesMíchéal Ó Súilleabháin Patricia Slavin Kieran TobinBarney Whelan

PatronMichael D. HigginsPresident of Ireland

Welcome

Contents

12 NCH Sunday Matinée Series 2015

02 NCH Sunday Matinée Series 2014

08 Vanbrugh QuartetSeries ‘Scoring History’

10 West Cork Comes To Dublin

06 John Ruddock: A Celebration

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The National Concert Hall continues its Sunday Matinée Series this Autumn with a superb line-up of artists, the first of which is the acclaimed British baritone Sir Thomas Allen performing Schubert’s emotive and poignant Die Winterreise D. 911 by Schubert.

Sir Thomas Allen is an established star of the great opera houses of the world and this year he celebrated the 40th anniversary of his debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He has been particularly acclaimed for his Billy Budd, Pelléas, Eugene Onegin, Ulisse and Beckmesser, as well as the great Mozart roles of Count Almaviva, Don Alfonso,

Papageno, Guglielmo and, of course, Don Giovanni. Equally renowned on the concert platform, he appears in recital in the United Kingdom, throughout Europe, in Australia and America, and has appeared with the world’s great orchestras and conductors.

He is accompanied by pianist Joseph Middleton who has been described by BBC Music Magazine as ‘one of the brightest starts in the world of song and lieder’ and has been labelled ‘the cream of the new generation’ by The Times.

Tickets: €20

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Sir Thomas Allen

Sunday 5 October 2014, 3pm

Sir Thomas Allen baritoneJoseph Middleton piano

Schubert Die Winterreise D. 911

5 October, 9 & 23 November 2014

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Pianist Barry Douglas is not only well-known to Irish audiences but is a name instantly recognised in the most prestigious concert halls throughout of the world. In 1986, he became one of only two non-Russians - the other being Van Cliburn - to have won outright the Tchaikovsky Gold Medal in Moscow. Since then he has performed and recorded with the world's leading orchestras and conductors in most of the great concert venues.

He makes a welcome return to the National Concert Hall to perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto with the reputable Camerata Ireland with whom he is the Artistic Director and General Manager.

Tickets: €20


Sunday 9 November 2014, 3pm

Barry Douglas piano Camerata IrelandGrieg Holberg Suite

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 14 in E flat K 449

Shostakovich Romance from The Gadfly (with violin soloist)

Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings

Barry Douglas

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Angelika Kirchschlager

“Angelika Kirchschlager is one of the world’s most celebrated and versatile opera singers.”

The Independent

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Sunday 23 November 2014, 3pm

Angelika Kirchschlager Mezzo-SopranoJames Sherlock Piano

Brahms Meine Liebe Ist Grün Op. 6 No. 5 Übe Die Heide Op. 86 No. 4 Der Gang Zum Liebchen Op. 48 No. 1 Therese Op. 8 No. 1 Von Ewiger Liebe

Schubert An Silvia Geheimes Gretchen Am Spinnrade Seligkeit Erlkönig

Schumann Liebeslied Op. 51 No. 5 Die Soldatenbraut Op. 64 No. 1 Die Lotosblume Die Kartenlegerin

Liszt Im Rhein Der König im Thule Die drei Zigeuner Der du von dem Himmel bist

The third of our featured artists in the Sunday Matinée Series is the Austrian mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager who enjoys an international career as one of the most important vocal artists performing today. Recognised as one of the foremost interpreters of Richard Strauss and Mozart she is a celebrated recitalist and concert performer whose repertoire reaches from Bach to Berlioz, and Debussy to Dvorák.

In 2013 she was awarded the prestigious BBC Music Magazine Award for her recording of Liszt and received the European Cultural Award for her contributions to classical music on stage.

Both Sir Thomas Allen and Angelika Kirchschlager’s recitals are part of the Dublin Song Series, curated by Dearbhla and Finghin Collins in association with the National Concert Hall and Sundays at Noon Concert Series at Dublin City Gallery, Hugh Lane.

Tickets: €20


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John Ruddock: A Celebration

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Vogler Quartet

Saturday 1 November 2014

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Saturday 1 November 2014, 8pm

Scharoun Ensemble (of the Berlin Philharmonic)Vogler QuartetFinghin Collins PianoMichael Collins Clarinet

Mahler Piano QuartetBrahms Clarinet QuintetSchubert Octet

The National Concert Hall is particularly pleased to host a concert celebrating the life and work of John Ruddock, a tireless promoter of world-class chamber music and founder member of the Board of the National Concert Hall.

John Ruddock’s tireless work brought many world-class artists such as violinist Isaac Stern, Takacs Quartet and pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy to Irish audiences in a career spanning some 800 concerts. His work and that of his wife Doreen also supported the careers of some of the most important Irish musicians such as pianist John O’Conor, Barry Douglas, Finghin Collins, Hugh Tinney and soprano Bernadette Greevy.

The celebration brings together musicians from across Ireland and abroad all of whom had close association with John Ruddock, to perform a unique programme of chamber music greats.

Presented by the National Concert Hall.

Tickets: €35, €45, €50 (€25 choir balcony)


Michael CollinsAngelika KirchschlagerScharoun Ensemble

Proceeds from this concert will go towards establishing a John & Doreen Ruddock mentoring scheme for aspiring music promoters.

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Vanbrugh Quartet

Vanbrugh QuartetSeries -‘Scoring History’

Ian Wilson’s series ‘Scoring History’ featuring the Vanbrugh Quartet, takes audiences on a journey through 200 years of the string quartet canon. Focused on four individual themes - Folk, Distant Lands, Conflict and Solitudes - each of the four concerts is devised to “connect with some of the most important and transformative events in human history” (Ian Wilson). The series promises world-class performances of landmark pieces in fascinating combinations including works by Schubert, Dvorák, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Wilson and more.

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Friday 7 November 2014, 6pm (Engineering Library)

Vanbrugh QuartetFolk!

Wilson Alluvio, quartet no. 15 (2014)Kurtág Hommage à Mihály András, 12 Microludes for string quartet (1978)Wilson Her charms invited, quartet no. 12 (2010)Dvorák String Quartet no. 12 in F major, Op. 96, American (1896)

Tickets: €15


Vanbrugh Quartet

Distant Lands

Wilson towards the Far Country, quartet no. 3 (1996)Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet (1918)Debussy String Quartet (1893)

Tickets: €15


Vanbrugh QuartetConflict

Wilson ...wander, darkling, quartet no. 5 (2000)Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 (1960)Wilson Across a clear blue sky, quartet no. 10 (2009)Beethoven Große Fuge, Op. 133 (1825)

Tickets: €15


Vanbrugh QuartetSolitudes

Wilson im Schatten, quartet no. 11 (World Premiere) Schubert String Quartet no. 13 in A minor, D.804, Rosamunde (1824)

Tickets: €15


This series marks the start of a three-year residency at the National Concert Hall by the Vanbrugh Quartet, supported by DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama.

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(L to R) Natalie Clein, Krzysztof Chorzelski and Henning Kraggerud

The long-standing and reputable West Cork Chamber Music Festival, who celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2014, makes its mark on Dublin when it stages a full day of concerts (28 March) featuring award-winning cellist Natalie Clein, violinists Henning Kraggerud and Krzysztof Chorzelski, and the Artis and Vanbrugh Quartets. The day begins with a unique arrangement of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations as part of the 11am coffee concert; other highlights include Saint-Saën’s Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Op. 28, Mozart’s String Quintet in D.K593 and Schnittke’s Piano Quintet.

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Saturday 28 March 2015

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11.00 Coffee Concert

Henning Kraggerud, Krzysztof Chorzelski,Natalie CleinJ.S.Bach Goldberg Variations

(arr. Sitkovetsky)

13.00 Lunch Concert

Artis QuartetZemlinsky Quartet No. 4 Op. 25Dvorák Quartet No. 12 in F

major op. 96 ‘American’

16.00 Young Musician Concert

Mairead Hickey, Gary BeecherCorelli Violin Sonata in D

major Op. 5/1Prokofiev Violin Sonata in F

minor Op. 80Saint-Saëns Introduction and

Rondo Capriccioso Op. 28

20.00 Main Evening Concert

Henning Kraggerud, Paavali JumppanenGrieg Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor

Vanbrugh Quartet, Krzysztof ChorzelskiMozart String Quintet in D major K.593

Artis Quartet, Natalie CleinSchubert Quintet in C major

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22.30 Late Night

Vanbrugh Quartet, Paavali JumppanenKraggerud PreghieraSchnittke Piano Quintet

Tickets from ¤10 – on sale from Thursday 17 July 2014 on

Tel: 01 417 0000 or www.nch.ie

Presented by the National Concert Hall and West Cork Chamber Music Festival

Henning Kraggerud

Natalie Clein

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The National Concert Hall’s Spring Matinée Series continues with the residency by the Vanbrugh Quartet in association with DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. Each of the three concerts features a renowned guest musician performing quintets by Fauré, Dvorák and Shostakovich as well as String Quartets by Beethoven, Schubert and Prokofiev.

Further details to be announced.

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1, 15 February and 12 April 2015

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