NMD26: RTÉCO - O’Leary & O’Connell

RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Gavin Maloney, conductor
Aoife Miskelly, soprano
Seán Boylan, baritone
New Dublin Voices

Jane O’Leary  Fanfare: From 2RN to RTÉ – Celebrating 100 Years   [World Premiere]
Kevin O’Connell Paradiso  [World Premiere]

The RTÉ Concert Orchestra performs works by Jane O’Leary and Kevin O’Connell as part of New Music Dublin 2026. Under the baton of RTÉ Concert Orchestra Associate Principal Conductor Gavin Maloney, the orchestra is joined by soprano Aoife Miskelly, baritone Seán Boylan and internationally renowned chamber choir New Dublin Voices (artistic director Bernie Sherlock)

The programme features Kevin O’Connell’s Paradiso, a listening to Dante’s third cantica for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra, and is preceded by Jane O’Leary’s Fanfare: From 2RN to RTÉ – Celebrating 100 Years, composed in celebration of RTÉ 100, marking a century since the state’s first public radio transmission.

Presented by New Music Dublin with support from the Arts Council and in partnership with RTÉ and the National Concert Hall