Announced!
Young Platform Series 2025
Monday 15th, Monday 22nd and Monday 29th September 2025
Our very popular Young Platform series concerts return this year to the John Field Room at the National Concert Hall
The three concerts will showcase a large number winners from Feis 2025, ranging from choirs to ensembles to soloists.
Concerts begin at 7.30pm. Tickets €8-€12
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Monday 15th
Scarlett Xu & Nathaniel Wei-Cassidy
Alfred Schnittke: Sonata No. 1, 4th movt.
Michael MacCanna, guitar
Manuel Ponce: Valse
Roland Dyens: Tango en Skai
Ciara Halpin, vocal, accompanied by Jonathan Wilson
Hamilton Harty: A Scythe Song
Stanford: The Calico Dress
Leo Ceol Casey, saxophone, accompanied by David Oxley
Edward Elgar, arr. Jerry Lanning: Chanson de Matin
Lloyd Coleman: Swan Song
Martin Chavdarov, piano
Prelude, Intermezzo & Caprice
Presentations of Rosebowls and Composition prizes
INTERVAL
Louise Byrne, piano
Mozart: Sonata in D K. 311, 1st movt.
Scriabin: Prelude Op. 11 No. 4
Ben Greenham Taylor, trumpet, accompanied by Lucy Byrne
Pierre Gabaye: Boutade for Trumpet and Piano
Molly Verdier, vocal
Trad: Na Connerys/Na Conaraigh
Trad: Thugamar Fein an Samhradh Linn
Tracy Luo, concert harp
Marcel Tournier: Les Enfants à la crèche de Noël
Carlos Salzedo: Tango, from Suite of Eight Dances
Éabha Foy, violin, accompanied by Lina Butorina Kiva
Raff: Cavatina.
Suk: Burleska from ‘4 Pieces’.
Brian Dietlmeier, piano
Kapustin: Sonata No. 2, Op. 54, 1st movt.
Monday 22nd
Ashton School Choir, conductor Mary O’Brien
Michael McGlynn: Dúlamán
Deirdre Moynihan – Óró ‘Se de bheatha ‘bhaile
Ryan Keogh, cello, accompanied by Aidan Keane
Felix Borowski: Adoration
Ruairi Hegarty, vocal, accompanied by Catriona Grimes
Handel: Si, tra I ceppi
Butterworth: Is My Team Ploughing
Aileen Zhao, flute, accompanied by Gerry Yang
Rachel Laurin: Winter Dusk
Yueran Yang & Kamilla Kasabian, piano & viola duo
Rebecca Clarke: Morpheus for viola and piano
INTERVAL
Thibaud Empey, marimba
Nebojša Jovan Živkovič: Der Wanderer
Keiko Abe: Frogs
Emily & Jennifer McCarthy, piano duet
Kuhlau: Sonatina No. 1, Op 44, 3rd movt
Rachmanninov: Italian Polka
Isabelle Shan, violin, accompanied by Aidan Keane
Kreisler: Praeludium & Allegro
Maiú Levi Lawlor, vocal
Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea
Tommaso Giordani: Caro Mio Ben
Mickey Tomas, piano
Rameau: Les Trois Mains
Liszt: Chasse-neige
Monday 29th
Lucie Walsh, recorder, accompanied by Laoise O’Brien
Chédeville: Il Pastor Fido – Sonata No. 6, 1st, 3rd & 4th movts.
Victoria Piekarska, viola, accompanied by Dearbhla Brosnan
Bruch: Romanze for viola in F, Op. 85
Abbie Palliser, musical theatre
Rodgers and Hammerstein: I Can’t Say No, Oklahoma
Kitt & Yorkey: Always Starting Over, If Then
Kate Hardy, lever harp
Deborah Henson-Conant: New Blues
Caitríona McKay: Kronos Reel
INTERVAL
Anthony Vala, saxophone, accompanied by Edward Holly
Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche Suite, 2nd & 3rd movts.
Lily Yang, violin
Bach – Partita No. 2 in D minor, 4th movt
Jeannine Guerrero, cello, accompanied by Catherina Lemoni
R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke for Clarinet and Piano, 1st & 3rd movts.
The Martin Family
Folk, arr Alannah Thornburgh: Sally in the Garden
Carolan, arr Joleen McLaughlin: Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór
Riona Scahill, piano
Tchaikovsky – Dumka, Op. 59
