The concert will feature Holst’s ‘The Planets’ and a newly commissioned ‘Earth, the Cradle of Life’ movement by Dublin-based composer Tom Lane which will complete this suite.
The programme includes Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor with rising Irish star Zoë Nagle as soloist.
The programme will also include a new orchestration of Arnold Schoenberg’s ‘Six Little Piano Pieces’ to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the composer who inspired Holst to compose ‘The Planets.’
The performance will feature the 90-piece Esker Festival Orchestra and the Esker Festival Choir, all under the baton of founder and prize winning conductor Peter Joyce.
Tickets €24, concession €12.
