May the Fourth Be With You: the Waterford leg of our Star Wars tour is now on sale! Presented in association with the Symphony Club of Waterford. SETU Arena, Fri 8 May, 7.30pm 🎟️https://garterlane.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173664546

Some photos of our New Year’s Eve concert in the NCH 🎷🎺 📸 @frances-wilde.com

Classical Landscapes • Falla and Dvořák Conducted by Swann Van Rechem, with Herbert Schuch on piano for Nights in the Gardens of Spain Sat 24 Jan | NCH Dublin orchestra.rte.ie/events/5078/...

January with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra 🧊❄️ Our next live concert is on Sat 24 Jan in the NCH: Classical Landscapes • Falla and Dvořák, conducted by Swann Van Rechem, who then conducts the first in our Winter Lunchtimes live broadcast series with RTÉ lyric fm on Thur 29 Jan. See more: rte.ie/co

Love, Loss and Lipstick: A Valentine's Cabaret with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra 💘 Guy Barker conducts the RTÉ CO, joined by singers Naomi Banks and Joe Stilgoe 💄 Sat 14 Feb | NCH Dublin

The First Conviction album is now available for pre-order on limited edition vinyl, and digital on @bandcamp.com Out on January 16 Music composed by Mel Mercier melmercier.bandcamp.com/album/first-...

Final rehearsal for this evening’s NYE concert ✨🎷 On January 1st 1926, the precursor to RTÉ, then 2RN, delivered the Irish state’s first public radio transmission. Across the last century, RTÉ - as 2RN, Radio Éireann, Teilifís Éireann and latterly RTÉ - has been at the centre of Irish life.

The Dedication to Phil Lynott | 40th anniversary 🎸 The RTÉ Concert Orchestra perform with a selection of Irish vocalists, including the incredible Peter Smith from “Moonlight – The Phil Lynott Enigma”. Jan 4 3 Arena 🎟️ www.ticketmaster.ie/the-dedicati...

Tune in to The Full Score on RTÉ lyric fm presented by Shirley Keane at 1pm this afternoon to revisit our Winter Lunchtime concert featuring Mozart, Elgar, Massenet and Wagner. The RTÉ Concert Orchestra are conducted by Gavin Maloney, recorded in the RTÉ Radio Centre, Studio 1.

Did you know? 💡 Dvořák's work was rooted in the Bohemian countryside - even once famous he would retreat to Vysoká. Symphony No. 8 specifically is considered his most nature-inspired work. Classical Landscapes • Falla and Dvořák | Saturday 24 January 📍 NCH 🎟️ orchestra.rte.ie/events/5078/...

Tune in to RTÉ lyric fm Movies and Musicals with Aedín Gormley 1-4pm to listen back to our Julie Andrews: A 90th Birthday Celebration concert 💃

🎄 Merry Christmas from all of us with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra! 🎄 You can listen back to our concert with Celine Byrne that took place in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre last week on RTÉ lyric fm from 7pm this evening - RTÉ lyric Live with Paul Herriott

Special Christmas Day Miscellany - Palestrina in Rome, Santa suits, kindness from Ireland to Lagos. Music from @rteco.rte.ie + guests, with writers Eithne Shortall, Joseph O’Connor, John Toal, Quentin Fottrell, Rachael Hegarty and Chikere Ohoka. Tune in, 9.10am, Thurs 25 Dec @rteradio1.bsky.social

Listen back to a special episode of the Harmonically Speaking podcast, hosted by @macdaraos.bsky.social, released earlier this year - an interview with superstar jazz clarinettist Giacomo Smith who joins us for our sold-out New Year's Eve concert next week! open.spotify.com/episode/73G7....

A Star Wars Spectacular 🌌🪐 May the Fourth Be With You! The ultimate concert with music from all three Star Wars trilogies, coming May 2026 with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra ☄️ 💫 LIMERICK Thur 7 May - UCH on sale now! 💫 WATERFORD Fri 8 May - SETU on sale soon 💫 DUBLIN Sat 9 May - NCH on sale now!

Tune in to @rteradio1.bsky.social this morning 9-10am to hear Part 1 of our Sunday Miscellany concert, recorded on Dec 2 in the National Concert Hall. Part 2 will be broadcast on Christmas morning. 📷 Andres Poveda

Sweeping melodies and sparklingly vidid tone poems, this Jannuary in our Classical Landscapes concert. Conducted by Swann Van Rechem, with pianist Herbert Schuch. Saturday 24 January, 8pm National Concert Hall, Dublin 🎟️ www.nch.ie/all-events-l...

A season of goodbyes in the RTÉ Concert Orchestra: last week, we said farewell to our Senior Orchestral Assistant Jack Nugent following many years loading in and loading out; and today is the last rehearsal for trumpet player Eoin Daly, whose final concert with us is on New Year's Eve.

We're live on the @rteradio1.bsky.social Louise Duffy Show from 3–4pm this afternoon for a Christmas special 🎅🎄❄️☃️🎁🦌

Téada at 25 will be conducted by Karen Ní Bhroin, who made her acclaimed BBC Proms debut this year. “…𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘐𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘕í 𝘉𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘯, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘵… 𝘕í 𝘉𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺” - The Guardian 📍 Feb 26, NCH Dublin 🎟️ nch.ie/all-events-l... 📷Frances Marshall, Brian Hall

RTÉ lyric fm Movies and Musicals Live with Aedín Gormley and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra is now sold out 📢 We'll see you on February 6 2026 in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre!

The perfect Christmas present for the Oscars fan in your life 🎁 - Joe Stilgoe and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra present ᴀ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴠɪᴇꜱ Next March, days before the 98th Academy Awards 🏆 NCH Dublin & UCH Limerick

FINAL TICKETS available for Love Actually, screened with live score by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra 🎁 Sat 20 Dec The Convention Centre Dublin www.ticketmaster.ie/love-actuall...

We had a LOT of fun at The Helix on Tuesday night, taking the @2fm.rte.ie Breakfast team from day to night, from studio to stage 🎄🎅

New Year's Eve with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra is now sold out 🚨 We'll be celebrating 100 years of song, swing and soul at the National Concert Hall - see you there!

Live NOW on RTÉ lyric fm Classic Drive with Lorcan Murray

RTÉ lyric fm Classic Drive Live with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra With Amy Ní Fhearraigh and Dean Power, conducted by Stephen Bell Tune in live from 5.30pm for a special live broadcast of Christmas favourites @rte.ie

We were honoured yesterday to welcome @president.ie and her husband Brian McEnery to our @rteradio1.bsky.social @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social Sunday Miscellany Celebrates Christmas concert in the National Concert Hall. Image: Andres Poveda

Final rehearsal for Sunday Miscellany Celebrates Christmas with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. We begin at 8pm in the National Concert Hall ❄️

Line-up announcement! 📢 Garron Noone joins us in The Helix for RTÉ 2fm Late Breakfast Live 🎅🎄🎁✨ NEXT WEEK - Tuesday 9 December, 8pm Tickets: orchestra.rte.ie/.../rte-2fm-...

December with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra ❄️ Dec 2 - Sunday Miscellany Celebrates Christmas | SOLD OUT Dec 9 - RTÉ 2fm Late Breakfast Live Dec 10 & 11 - Handel's Messiah | SOLD OUT Dec 14 - Celine's Christmas Celebration | SOLD OUT Dec 20 - Love Actually in Concert Dec 31 - New Year's Eve rte.ie/co

Wonderful celebration of Julie Andrews at 90 by the @rteco.rte.ie at The Helix tonight with Katie Birtill, Graham Buckley and Kelly Mathieson.

Final rehearsal for Julie Andrews: A 90th Birthday Celebration in University Concert Hall, Limerick

Low ticket availability for New Year's Eve with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra: A Century of Song, Swing and Soul🎶🎹🎷🥁🎵 www.nch.ie/all-events-l...

Stephen Sondheim left us #otd 4 years ago. We're proud to have performed a number of celebratory Sondheim concerts, namely last year's 'Stephen Sondheim: Music & Lyrics' concerts in Dublin, Wexford and Limerick, with music from Follies, Into the Woods, Merrily We Roll Along and more 🕯️

Now on sale: A Night at the Movies in DUBLIN! 🎬 Begin your Oscars weekend with a night of pure entertainment - a musical journey through the greatest films of the last 100 years. Dublin | Thur 12 Mar NCH Limerick | Sat 14 Mar UCH orchestra.rte.ie/events/5106/...

Handel's Messiah with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and Our Lady's Choral Society on Dec 10 & 11 in the National Concert Hall is now sold out 🚨

Climb every mountain, ford every stream, follow every rainbow, til you find your dream! 🌈 This week, we celebrate Julie Andrews: A 90th Birthday. Very limited tickets remaining. Fri 28 - Limerick Sat 29 - Dublin

Manuel de Falla was born #onthisday in 1876! 🎈 Join us for Classical Landscapes: Falla & Dvořák this January for Nights in the Gardens of Spain - composed between the years of 1909 and 1915, and premiered in in Madrid’s Teatro Real in 1916. orchestra.rte.ie/.../classica...

🎹 Soloist announcement! Virtuoso pianist Herbert Schuch joins us for de Falla's colourful Nights in the Gardens of Spain as part of our Classical Landscapes concert on January 24 🍃 📷 Felix Broede 🎟️ orchestra.rte.ie/events/5078/...

Now on-sale! Love, Loss and Lipstick: A Valentine's Cabaret with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra 💄 Joined by Naomi Banks and Joe Stilgoe, under Guy Barker 💘 Valentine's Day 2026 - Saturday 14 February, 8pm National Concert Hall orchestra.rte.ie/.../valentin...

There are only 2 pairs of tickets and a smattering of individual seats left for RTÉ lyric fm Movies and Musicals Live with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra at the Bord Gáis in February! If you were planning on getting tickets as xmas presents, this is your last chance. orchestra.rte.ie/events/5070/...

Very limited tickets remaining for Handel's Messiah in the NCH🚨 Wed 10 Dec & Thurs 11 Dec The RTÉ CO perform with Our Lady's Choral Society • Ava Dodd, soprano • Sarah Richmond, mezzo-soprano • Robin Tritschler, tenor • Padraic Rowan, bass • Proinnsias Ó Duinn, conductor www.nch.ie/all-events-l...

2fm Breakfast is bringing their show live to The Helix... and we're joining them! 🤩 RTÉ 2FM Late Breakfast Live with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra December 9 - tickets on sale now 💫 orchestra.rte.ie/events/5089/... @2fm.rte.ie @rte.ie

As The Nutcracker with the State Ballet of Georgia and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra is underway, we're delighted to announce that next year, Swan Lake returns - with Chile's acclaimed Ballet de Santiago. 18-23 August 2026 Bord Gáis Energy Theatre 🎟️ www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie/show/swan-la...

For those travelling to The Nutcracker in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre this evening 📢 Please be aware that heavy traffic is expected around the Bord Gáis area due to the World Cup Qualifier (Republic of Ireland V Portugal) in the Aviva Stadium, which kicks off at 7.45pm.

The RTÉ Concert Orchestra would like to express its sincere condolences to the family of Geraldine O'Grady who passed away yesterday. RIP.

We'd like to offer our sincere gratitude to Michael D. Higgins for his presidency supporting Ireland's arts and culture 💚 Some photos of President Higgins and Sabina over the years with the orchestra:

RTÉ has announced the appointment of Alex Walden as General Manager of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Most recently orchestra manager with BBC Concert Orchestra, Alex will continue the development of the orchestra as a national flagship for music-making across Ireland.

Now on sale: Téáda at 25 The music of iconic traditional band Téada with the full sound of RTÉ Concert Orchestra, in celebration of their 25th anniversary. Thur 26 Feb 2026 National Concert Hall Dublin orchestra.rte.ie/events/5085/...