The RTÉ Concert Orchestra performs the music of Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin.

Tue 10 May 2011

The RTÉ Concert Orchestra would like to offer all CMC website followers a special 10% discount to Oileán and Other Worlds - Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra on Wednesday 11 May at 8pm in the National Concert Hall.  Simply enter the code “Oilean10” when you are booking online or quote this code for telephone bookings.

This performance is part of the RTÉ Heart|Land season - see www.rte.ie/heartland

RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin piano/director
Matt Molloy flute
Kenneth Edge saxophone
Mary Dullea piano
Proinnsías Ó Duinn conductor

One of Ireland's best-known composers and performers joins the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and a top line-up for an evening of his vibrant, evocative music. The sounds of traditional and classical are explored in the Irish Destiny Suite, music from the new album Elver Gleams and more. Featuring the first concert performance of Ó Súilleabháin's seminal work Oileán/Island in a new arrangement for flute and full orchestra, featuring the great Matt Molloy of The Chieftains.

In radio and television documentaries alongside music and poetry, both broadcast and live, the Heart|Land season celebrates the land and landscape of Ireland as it delves into rural life in the 21st century.

Tickets: €11-€38 (€10-€35)
Booking : 01 417 0000 or www.rte.ie/concertorchestra