RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra 
Ciaran McAuley conductor
Máire Carroll piano

HECTOR BERLIOZ Beatrice and Benedict Overture
CÉSAR FRANCK Symphonic Variations
MAURICE RAVEL Mother Goose

The attractive, love-lit Overture to Berlioz’s late Shakespearean comedy Beatrice and Benedict provides the perfect appetiser for Franck’s mighty Symphonic Variations, a work of challenging virtuosic demands for both soloist – 2012 RDS Music Bursary recipient Máire Carroll – and conductor: the Malaysian Philharmonic’s rising star Ciarán McAuley. Ravel’s charming and colourful ballet Mother Goose brings an array of fairy-tale characters vividly to life.

This concert is being broadcast live on RTÉ lyric fm, 96-99fm within Niall Carroll's Classical Daytime  (10am -2 pm)

Presented by RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra