Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra

Featuring Ireland’s leading Pop stars Frankie Gavin/Athena Tergis (traditional violin), Cora Venus Lunny (classical violin), Aidan O’Brien (Uilleann Pipes, Irish Flute and Whistles, and Banjo), Eric Cunningham and Peadar Townsend (Bodhrán/Percussion), Michelle Lally, Carmel Conway, and Ingrid Madsen (Vocals), and Sinead McCafferty (Irish Traditional Dancer) with full orchestra in a performance of Irish and Celtic traditional music.

"Thanks to the authority and dynamism of their young and talented conductor, Derek Gleeson, the orchestra excelled itself." –The Irish Times

Program:

Celtic Song Overture; Aughrim Suite, Patrick Cassidy; Dierdre of the Sorrows Aria from Oratorio, Patrick Cassidy; Inishlacken, Suite for two violins and orchestra (based on traditional Irish idiom), by Bill Whelan (composer of Riverdance); Gala Celebration of Celtic Music