by Warren M. Sherk

Reporting from Los Angeles, January 17, 2012

Courtesy of RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Last Thursday’s concert by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra of “The Film Music of Dimitri Tiomkin,” at the National Concert Hall in Dublin was an overwhelming success according to Olivia Tiomkin Douglas who was in attendance. The concert was well attended and received and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra performed magnificently. The UCD Choral Scholars a performing group from the University College Dublin School of Music accompanied the orchestra on several of the performed works, including the Suite from The Alamo. Check out the Facebook page, “The Film Music of Dimitri Tiomkin,” as well as comments on the UCD Choral Scholars posted on Facebook.

In the days leading up to the concert, radio and newspaper coverage included the RTÉ Radio 1 and The Irish Times.

Olivia Tiomkin Douglas and conductor Richard Kaufman participated in a five minute special report with Brian Lally on RTÉ Radio 1 recorded at the National Concert Hall. In addition to timely quotes the report featured excerpts of music being rehearsed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, described by reporter Lally as a “mighty group.”

LISTEN: Drivetime, January 10, 2012, hosted by Mary Wilson (starts at 59:15, ends 1:04:30)

The day before the concert, Irish Times columnist Frank McNally ruminated on Russian literature and Dimitri Tiomkin and the week before blogger Laurence Mackin weighed in.

READ: An Irishman’s Diary, January 11, 2012 by Frank McNally, writing for The Irish Times

READ: Competition: Battleship Tiomkin, posted January 6, 2012 by Laurence Mackin, blogging for The Irish Times

Last updated January 19, 2012