The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra with David Brophy, conductor
David Brophy conducts the world premieres of two new RTÉ NSO commissions by Anne-Marie O Farrell and Irene Buckley. The programme will also include the Irish premiere of Caroline Shaw s
Entr acte.
Irene Buckley s
Awakening reflects the wondrous transition from the stasis of winter to the rebirth of spring. Humanity experienced a heightened sense of stasis during this past winter, where our daily lives became quite fixed and unchanging, almost suspended in time… We held our breath and waited. This work evokes the sense of transformation and unveiling using dense layered textures to convey the vast expanse of the natural world; the opening up and revealing of new growth, the springing forth of new life. Darkness emerging into light.