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Recent Presentations

7th November 2026 : Dermot

J.S. Bach: Chorale – Es Ist genug BWV.60

Hart House Singers

YouTube video. From Spring Concert on 30th March 2008.

Berg: Violin Concerto (To the memory of an angel)

Frank-Peter Zimmermann, WDR Sinfonieorchester conducted by Marek Janowski

YouTube video. Recorded on 18th December 2021 at the Kölner Philharmonie. Berg quotes the Bach chorale in the second movement.

31st October 2026 : Tom F

Vaughan Wiliams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Sinfonia of London conducted by John Wilson

From Chandos 2023 Volume Two of English Music for Strings

Christopher Rouse: Flute Concerto (1994)

Emmanuel Pahud, Dresdner Philharmoniker conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer

2025 Warner Classics recording

24th October 2026 : Ron

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier: Act II of Opera

Adrianne Pieczonka, Angelika Kirschlager, Miah Persson, Franz Hawlata, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov

On DVD. Stage Director: Robert Carsen. Recorded at the Salzburg Festival in 2004.

10th October 2026 : October Concert 2026

Liszt: A Faust Symphony

Alexander Young (tenor), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Beechham Choral Society conducted by Thomas Beecham

Séamus's first-half contribution to Concert programme. 1958 EMI recording.

Boito: Mefistofele (Excerpts from Opera)

Samuel Ramey (baritone), Dennis O'Neill (tenor), Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera conducted by Marizio Arena

Ron's second-half contribution to Concert programme. On DVD. Director: Robert Carson. 1988 recording.

3rd October 2026 : Jim (Theme: Focus on Jean-Philippe Rameau)

Rameau: Selections from his operas (Les Boréades, Les Indes gallantes, Naíis, Platée, Dardanus and Castor et Pollux) and from Six Concerts transcrits en Sextuor

Nadine Koutcher, Alexei Svetov, Mathias Vidal, MusicAeterna and Ensemble Marguerite Louise (orchestras and choirs)conducted by Theodor Currentzis and Gaétan Jarry

Selections culled from the CDs 'The Sound of Light' (Sony, 2012) and 'Rameau Triomphant', Chateau de Versailles (2020). Presented to honour Rameau and as a prelude to the staging of his opera Les Boréades by Irish National Opera in February 2027.

26th September 2026 : Dermot

Friedrich Cerha: Percussion Concerto (2009): Finale

Martin Grubinger, hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony) conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada

YouTube video. Recorded at the Frankfurt Alte Oper on 14th September 2015.

Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony) conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada

YouTube video. Part of open-air concert on 17th August 2016 at Weseler Werft, Frankfurt.

19th September 2026 : Tom F

Wagner: Die Walküre: Final Scene from Opera (Wotan and Brünhilde)

Hans Hotter, Brigit Nilsson, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti

Legendary 1965 Decca recording

12th September 2026 : Éamon

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 ('Resurrection'): V. In tempo des Scherzos. Wild herausfahrend

Maureen Forester, Emilia Cundari, Wesminster Choir, New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter

1958 recording released on Sony