National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

The National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, once the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, the concert music orchestra of Radio Television Ireland, is the country's premier orchestral ensemble. It began with the formation of a national radio channel, based in Dublin, in 1926. The station hired staff musicians, who often played together on the radio and in concert as a chamber orchestra. String players from the radio, wind players from the Army School of Music, and other musicians played as the Dublin Philharmonic Society under the direction of Col. Fritz Brase, head of the Army S...