RTÉ CO Presents: Mari Samuelsen: Philip Glass & John Williams

RTÉ CO Presents: Mari Samuelsen: Philip Glass & John Williams

About the show

RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Patrik Ringborg, conductor
Mari Samuelsen, violin

John Williams, Superman March
John Williams, Where Dreams are born (AI Artificial Intelligence)
Philip Glass, Violin Concerto No. 1
Interval
John Williams, ET: Flying Theme
John Williams, Chairman’s Waltz
John Williams, Jurassic Park: Theme
John Williams, Devil’s Dance (The Witches of Eastwick)    
John Williams, Hedwig’s Theme    
John Williams, Schindler’s List: Theme
John Williams, Raiders Of The Lost Ark: Raiders’ March
John Williams, Empire strikes back: Imperial March

Norwegian violinist Mari Samuelsen joins the RTÉ Concert Orchestra for a cinematic orchestral sensation.

An exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist, Samuelsen returns following multiple sold-out performances of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Reimagined in the NCH, and at festivals All Together Now, Galway International Arts Festival and Kilkenny Arts Festival – this time, with a blockbuster programme, conducted by celebrated Swedish conductor Patrik Ringborg.

The dynamic violinist joins the RTÉ CO for Philip Glass’ hypnotic Violin Concerto No. 1, as heard in Emmanuel Carrere’s La Moustache (2005). Built on a foundation of looping and building arpeggios, Glass’ popular Concerto was composed in 1987 for his late father: “let me write a piece that my father would have liked”.

John Williams’ soundtracks from E.T., Star Wars and Harry Potter also feature in the programme. Samuelsen will feature as soloist in the theme from Schindler’s List – remorseful, powerful and perfectly suited to her emotive and expressive style – and in the Chairman’s Waltz from Memoirs of a Geisha.

The theme from Jurassic Park and the Raiders’ March from Raiders of the Lost Ark bring dramatic energy to a kaleidoscopic programme of nostalgia and adventure. 

“The rapport between Samuelsen and the orchestra was superb” (Bachtrack, 2024). Witness the synergy of this incredible partnership across sweeping cinematic repertoire. 

Presented by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

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