International Orchestras & Recitals

Opening the season will be the revered Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra led by Sir Simon Rattle playing Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 and the Irish premiere of Aquifer by Thomas Adès on Saturday 7th September.

A host of stunning performances follow by visiting international orchestras and recitalists to include: the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Domingo Hindoyan and cellist Guy Johnston playing Elgar’s Cello Concerto; the Philip Glass Ensemble in Residence playing Glassworks and the Irish premiere of Naqoyqatsi, the pioneering Paraorchestra with their dynamic conductor Charles Hazelwood and soprano Victoria Oruwari, The Tallis Scholars, Brooklyn Rider string quartet, recitals by International pianists Alice Sara Ott, Japanese blind pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, siblings Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason, on cello and piano, cello ensemble Capucelli, Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe, and Prague Symphony Orchestra and Alexander Sitkovetsky playing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.