The Esker Festival Orchestra, now in its 12th year, is Ireland’s most exciting and established peer-led orchestra, made up of Irish and international young professionals and advanced players all over the age of 18.

Esker Festival Orchestra are delighted to return to the National Concert Hall, Dublin this August.

This performance will feature beloved works by Wagner, Stravinsky and Richard Strauss, as well as the world premiere of a new composition by prize-winning composer, conductor and Esker Festival Founder Peter Joyce.

Richard Wagner - Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde

Igor Stravinsky - Firebird Suite 1919

Peter Joyce - ‘Purgatory’ Tone Poem for Orchestra

Richard Strauss - Death and Transfiguration