Archive: 2014 Concert Diary

JANUARY

8 January
Air Lyndhurst Studios, London
Recording sessions

13 January
TLT Drogheda, Ireland
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Leader
Music in the Classroom

15 January
University of Limerick Concert Hall, Ireland
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Leader
Music in the Classroom

18 January
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Signature Series
with Lesley Garrett

20 January
Castlebar, Ireland
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Leader
Music in the Classroom

21 January
Galway, Ireland
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Leader
Music in the Classroom

22 January
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader

30 January
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Hollywood Rhapsody with John Wilson

FEBRUARY

3 February
Helix, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Leader
Music in the Classroom

4 February
Helix, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Leader
Music in the Classroom

7 February
Helix, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Rossini, Bizet, Mussorgsky, Borodin, Mascagni, Tchaikovsky, Puccini with Neil Thomson

14 February
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Declan O’Rourke with David Brophy

15, 16, 17 February
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
HMS Pinafore with Lyric Opera

22 February
St Ann’s, Dawson St, Dublin
Fishamble Sinfonia Leader
Mozart Masses with Dun Laoghaire Choral Society and David Brophy

27 February
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Rossini, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Lehar, Barber, Stravinsky with John WIlson

MARCH

3 March
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Leader
Music in the Classroom

4 March
Cork Opera House, Ireland
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Leader
Supertroopers with Andy O’Callaghan

5 March
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Leader
Supertroopers 
with Andy O’Callaghan

6, 7 March
Studio 1, RTÉ  Radio Centre, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Film Sessions

12 March
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
54 Project
with John Scofield and Vince Mendoza

13 March
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Leader
Music in the Classroom

14, 15 March
Studio 1, RTÉ  Radio Centre, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Film sessions

19 March
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
That’s Entertainment! A Tribute to MGM Film Musicals with John Wilson

22 March
University of Leicester, UK
Orchestral Coaching for Philharmonia Orchestra Education

23 March
Royal Albert Hall, London
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

27 March
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Leader
Music in the Classroom

28 March
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Leader
Signature Series with Hayley Westenra

APRIL

2 April
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Golden Melodies of Operetta
 with John Wilson 

5 April
The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, UK
City of London Sinfonia
Piazzolla, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Tavener with Matthew Barley

9 April
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Brahms, Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Sibelius with John Wilson

10 April
Christ Church, Spitalfields, London
City of London Sinfonia
Piazzolla, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Tavener with Matthew Barley

15 April
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
The Very Best of Gilbert and Sullivan

16 April
Studio 1, RTÉ  Radio Centre, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Film Scoring Workshop

23 April
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Tribute to Seamus Heaney

26 April
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Music of Howard Shore

27, 28 April
Studio 1, RTÉ  Radio Centre, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Recording sessions

MAY

1 May
LSO St Luke’s, London
Aurora Orchestra
Howells, Muhly, Gluck, Adès, Bach, Schubert with Nicholas Collon

3 May
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Pixar in Concert

9 May
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
The Final Frontier: Sci-fi and Fantasy Blockbusters

17 May
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Puccini Tosca with Lyric Opera

20 May
Barbican, London
London Symphony Orchestra
Birwistle with Daniel Harding

22 May
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Copacabana with Andy O’Callaghan

24 May
St Ann’s, Dawson Street, Dublin
Fishamble Sinfonia Leader
Mozart Masses with Dun Laoghaire Choral Society and David Brophy

31 May
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Bizet Carmen with John Wilson

JUNE

4 June
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
London Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven with Kavakos

6 June
Barbican, London
London Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven with Kavakos

7 June
Studio 1, RTÉ  Radio Centre, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Leader
Recording Sessions for Wide Open Opera

10 June
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Sinatra with Neil Thomson

13 June
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Mooney Tunes

18 and 19 June
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Brian Ferry with Richard Balcombe

21 June
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Bernstein and Gershwin with John WIlson

JULY

4 July
Upton House, UK
Solo Violin Recital
Bach, Ysaye, Telemann, Prokofiev, Biber, Piazzolla

6 July
St Paul’s Cathedral, London
City of London Sinfonia
Mozart Mass in C K.257

11 July
Abbey Road Studios, London
Recording Sessions

13 July
St Paul’s Cathedral, London
City of London Sinfonia
Mozart Coronation Mass

13 July
Barbican, London
London Symphony Orchestra
Symphonic Legends

14 July
Angel Studios, London
Recording Sessions

15 July
Abbey Road Studios, London
Recording Sessions

26 July
Galway
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Berlioz, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Verdi, Sibelius

29 July
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Suppe, Potter, Vaughan Williams, Smetana, Sibelius

AUGUST

1 August
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill with David Brophy

5 August
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Beethoven, Potter, Sejourne, de Falla, Rossini/Britten

8 August
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Mendelssohn, Korngold, Mussorgsky/Ravel with John Wilson

16 August
BBC Proms
Royal Albert Hall, London
Aurora Orchestra
Mozart Symphony No. 40 and Mason Meld with Nicholas Collon

19 and 20 August
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Music of Jerry Herman
with John Wilson

26 August
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Verdi, Sibelius, Leoncavallo, Coates, Donizetti, Kabalevsky

29 August
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Music of John Williams
with Neil Thomson

1 September
Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
Fishamble Sinfonia Leader
Dittersdorf, Wagenseil, CPE Bach with David Brophy

4 September
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Music of Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin

5, 6, 7, September
Studio 1, RTÉ  Radio Centre, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Recording sessions

11 September
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Duke Special

13 September
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Puttnam plays Puttnam with Benjamin Wallfisch

18 September
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
De Falla, Ravel, Rodrigo, Granados with Jean Deroyer

19 September
Meeting House Square, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Culture Night

25 September
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Nicolai, Elgar, Bruch, Smetana, Tchaikovsky with John Wilson

26 September
Clifden Arts Festival, Ireland
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Nicolai, Elgar, Bruch, Smetana, Tchaikovsky with John Wilson

OCTOBER

30 September, 1 & 2 October
Studio 1, RTÉ  Radio Centre, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Recording Sessions

3, 4 October
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
The Gruffalo

6 October
Studio 1, RTÉ  Radio Centre, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Recording Sessions

8 October
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Shaun Davey: Voices from the Merry Cemetery 

9 October
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Charity Concert

15 October
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Debussy, Ravel, Faure with John Wilson

16, 17 October
Studio 1, RTÉ  Radio Centre, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Recording Sessions

18 October
RDS, Dublin Co-Leader
Haydn Creation

20, 21 October
Studio 1, RTÉ  Radio Centre, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Recording Sessions

25 October
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Juan Diego Florez and Sebastian Rolli

29 October
Cork Opera House, Ireland
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Psycho Film and live score with John Wilson

30 October
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Psycho Film and live score with John Wilson

31 October
Helix, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Psycho Film and live score with John Wilson

NOVEMBER

5 November
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Mendelssohn Elijah

7 November
Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
The Homeless Choir
wit David Brophy

8 November
St Ann’s, Dawson Street, Dublin
Fishamble Sinfonia Leader
Mozart Masses with Dun Laoghaire Choral Society and David Brophy

14 November
St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast
Ulster Orchestra and RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Britten War Requiem with Jac van Steen

19, 20, 21, 22 November
Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake with Ballet Ireland

27 November
Kilkenny Castle, Ireland
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin

29, 30 November
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Gladiator Film and live score

DECEMBER

3 December
Cadogen Hall, London
London Chamber Orchestra
Sibelius, Elgar, Shostakovich with Vladimir Ashkenazy

5, 6 December
TLT Drogheda
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader

9 December
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
A Night in Vienna with John Wilson

10, 11, 12 December
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Handel Messiah

16 December
Irish Georgian Society, Dublin
Ficino Ensemble
Schubert Octet

17, 18 December
Studio 1, RTÉ  Radio Centre, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Recording Sessions

21 December
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Mooney Tunes

27 December
St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Co-Leader
Limerick City of Culture Music of Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin

31 December
National Concert Hall, Dublin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra Principal First Violin
Burt Bacharach Songbook
with Vince Mendoza