Willie O’Reilly: NSO’s move to the NCH could be pitch perfect

The National Symphony Orchestra, based at RTÉ since the 1940s, has now moved to the National Concert Hall – and the collaboration will suit them both

Conductor Jaime Martín. Orchestras are cumbersome businesses, involving diverse sets of talented musical folk

The National Symphony Orchestra featured at the National Concert Hall last Friday, with Hugh Tinney performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 24 under conductor Jaime Martín.

The orchestra has performed there many times. The difference today is that the National Concert Hall is now formally the orchestra’s home.

The umbilical cord that linked the National Symphony Orchestra with RTÉ has been cut, and the musicians are now masters of their own destiny. What they do with ...