RTÉ symphony orchestra should be funded by Government, review saysReport says National Symphony Orchestra should be established as separate cultural institutionMon Apr 23 2018 - 18:21
Mozart’s The Opera Director from Irish National Opera: the best classical music this weekThe RTÉ Concert Orchestra’s current Essential Classics series ends with a popular selection of Schubert and BeethovenSat Apr 21 2018 - 05:00
The risk and reward challenges facing Irish National Opera and WexfordThe new Irish National Opera is too risk-averse, while Wexford Festival's rare opera is not so rare anymore. And both need to engage with Ireland’s musical diasporaWed Apr 18 2018 - 05:15
The Marriage of Figaro review: setting high standards for Irish operaDirector Patrick Mason ’s light touch creates the happy illusion of a non-interventionist approachMon Apr 16 2018 - 15:00
Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra at the NCH: the best classical music this weekChoirland, a collection of 15 pieces for unaccompanied choir, goes on tourSat Apr 14 2018 - 05:00
Blurring the lines between speaking and singingThe spoken word overlaid with music – or should it be the other way around – actually has quite a long historyWed Apr 11 2018 - 05:15
'The Marriage of Figaro' and the redemptive power of loveDirector Patrick Mason on getting to the heart of Mozart’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, Irish National Opera’s new productionWed Apr 11 2018 - 05:00
Irish National Opera’s debut show: the best classical and opera this weekMusic Current 2018 offers a showcase of contemporary Irish electronic musicMon Apr 09 2018 - 12:00
Dublin piano competition celebrates 30-year anniversaryFounded by John O’Conor in 1988, the event gives free rein to competitorsWed Apr 04 2018 - 05:15
Handel’s favourite: this week’s classical highlightsTheodora in Clonard Monastery and Let’s Make Music in the Model, SligoSat Mar 31 2018 - 05:00
Louth music: Eamonn Quinn ‘first backstage laureate’ of Belmont PrizeFounder of Louth Contemporary Music Society singled due to ‘burning passion for contemporary music’Wed Mar 28 2018 - 05:15
Bach’s St John’s Passion, RTÉ NSO with Nicholas Kraemer: The best classical music this weekThere’s a Nordic affair at the NCH and the ConTempo Quartet mix things up in GalwaySat Mar 24 2018 - 05:00
Met showdown over James Levine ‘sexual misconduct’ firingConductor files $6m suit for ‘kangaroo court’ decisionWed Mar 21 2018 - 05:15
James Taylor, Tom Ó Drisceoil, Elisabeth Leonskaja and Alina Pogostkina: the best classical music this weekTaylor and Ó Drisceoil play rare two-harpsichord works; Leonskaja plays with the ICO; Pogostkina plays with the RTÉ NCOSat Mar 17 2018 - 05:00
Embracing the ethos of Sounding the FeministsA new commissioning scheme will provide opportunity to established and emerging [female] composers to have their work commissioned and performed at the NCHWed Mar 14 2018 - 05:15
Women composers find a voice: The week’s best classical musicFinding a Voice festival’s all-female finale; Vanbrugh & Michael McHale; Philippe CassardSat Mar 10 2018 - 05:00
Can anything be salvaged from the New Music Dublin Festival?There’s no way that the whole programme can be saved – it’s too big and too complicated for thatWed Mar 07 2018 - 05:15
Anna Tsybuleva and Jaime Martin: The best classical music this weekThe Russian pianist begins her Music Network tourSat Mar 03 2018 - 05:00
Powder Her Face review: Thomas Adès opera about Duchess of ArgyllDuchess’s sexual voracity is focus of opera with unflagging singers and INO OrchestraWed Feb 28 2018 - 17:02
RTÉ’s cuts to National Symphony Orchestra are no accidentDee Forbes wants to give the impression RTÉ is committed to maintaining two orchestras, but it has forced the NSO into a situation of atrophyWed Feb 28 2018 - 05:15
‘My first musical memory is standing in a cot listening to an old Telefunken reel-to-reel tape recorder’Musicians whose work will be at this week’s New Music Festival talk about their influences, ambitions and fearsTue Feb 27 2018 - 12:20
‘Powder Her Face’, New Music Festival: the best in opera and classical music this weekFrom the scandalous opera by Thomas Adès to new work by Crash EnsembleSat Feb 24 2018 - 05:00
Czech Philharmonic aquires middle-aged paunchThere were, of course, multiple pleasures along the way – this was a leading Czech orchestra playing some of the greatest Czech musicWed Feb 21 2018 - 05:15
‘Is opera an Irish artform? Of course it is’Opera is becoming ‘sexy again’ and Irish National Opera aims to capitalise on the new interest by bringing opera to the peopleSat Feb 17 2018 - 05:00
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Nathalie Stutzmann, Quentin Hindley: the best classical music this weekThe Czech orchestra is playing three times at the NCH; Stutzmann’s RTÉ NSO concerts are not to be missedSat Feb 17 2018 - 05:00
French Baroque back in vogue at the National Concert HallMagdalena Kozena makes singing seem like an entirely natural activityWed Feb 14 2018 - 05:15
The best classical concerts this week2012 Dublin International Piano Competition winner Nikolay Khozyainov returns to NCHSat Feb 10 2018 - 05:00
Estonian choir shows its choral pedigree at the National Concert HallRTÉ National Symphony Orchestra makes important exploration of Mozart and RameauWed Feb 07 2018 - 05:15
Treats for piano gourmands: this week’s classical highlightsEmmanuelle Haïm brings French baroque to Dublin, rising star Duncan Ward conducts the RTÉ NSO; and Dublin International Piano Competition winners perform in GalwaySat Feb 03 2018 - 05:00
Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto: the musician’s best friendIt is designed to make players sound better than they are – but a recent performance did the oppositeWed Jan 31 2018 - 05:15
Peter Whelan: a man of many partsWhelan has moved from wind section to the podium as artistic director of the Irish Baroque OrchestraMon Jan 29 2018 - 05:00
The best of the week’s classical musicThe Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Kaspars Putninš, The Vanbrugh, RTÉ NSO/Harry BicketSat Jan 27 2018 - 05:00
Director’s first full festival hoves into viewNew Music Dublin to open with Crash Ensemble on the front steps of the National Concert Hall at sunsetWed Jan 24 2018 - 05:15
The best classical music this week: Joshua Bell and Academy of St Martin in the Fields at NCHConductor Daniele Rustioni debuts with the RTÉ NSO and busy percussionist Alex Petcu gets the stage to himselfSat Jan 20 2018 - 04:00
National Opera’s Big Bang! a real statement of intentLaunch of new company ‘a golden moment’ and signals commitment to Irish creative talentWed Jan 17 2018 - 05:15
Top three classical performances this weekCelebrating composer Brett Dean, Stravinsky’s Funeral Song resurfaces and composers on loveSat Jan 13 2018 - 04:00
Chamber Music Gathering ignores female composers for second yearThe NCH event has a thing or two to learn from West Cork FestivalWed Jan 10 2018 - 05:15
More bang for your bucks: This week’s classical and opera highlightsChamber music at the NCH; Irish National Opera company celebrates 2018 programme with 12 top singers; and Russian conductor Stanislav Kochanovsky debuts with RTÉ NSOSat Jan 06 2018 - 04:00
Why we need a new State-funded national orchestraRTÉ’s role as ‘primary custodian’ of symphonic music must be challengedWed Jan 03 2018 - 05:00
Classical music highlights for week ending January 7thNew Year’s Eve Viennese Gala – New Year Celebration – RTÉ NSO/Alexander ShelleyFri Dec 29 2017 - 00:00
Arts Council’s attacks on Government a strange strategyCouncil needs to embrace idea it will no longer be sole recipient of fundingWed Dec 27 2017 - 05:00
Orchestra funding should be ringfenced at RTE, says MartinNew Music Dublin festival director claims rumoured cutbacks would have trickle-down effectWed Dec 20 2017 - 05:00
Classical music highlights of the week – from Hugh Lane Gallery to the Ulster HallIrish Opera Artists’ Christmas Gala and A Box of Festive DelightsFri Dec 15 2017 - 00:00
A sequence of visions of ChopinIt’s always a pleasure to meet so accomplished, so resourceful and so thoughtful a virtuoso as Russian Daniil TrifonovWed Dec 13 2017 - 05:00
Irish National Opera appoints Fergus Sheil as artistic directorCompany’s first production, Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, to be directed by Patrick MasonMon Dec 11 2017 - 23:52
The best classical music this week: RTÉ NSO Christmas GalaLauma Skride, UO/Olari Elts – Ailish Tynan (soprano), ICO/Katherine Hunka (violin)Fri Dec 08 2017 - 00:00
Sexual misconduct controversy hits the New York Met Opera‘Conversations I’ve had with victims over the years suggests that Ireland is no different in relation to these issues’Wed Dec 06 2017 - 05:00
The best classical music this week: Daniil Trifonov makes NCH debutRTÉ Contempo Quartet play Beethoven while Peter Whelan directs Irish Baroque Orchestra performance of Handel’s MessiahFri Dec 01 2017 - 00:00
Playing politics with the RTÉ orchestra cutbacks controversyTaoiseach weighs in, Minister for Arts kicks to touch, Fianna Fáil comes late to the causeWed Nov 29 2017 - 05:00
Classical music highlights of the week: JoAnn Falletta’s NCH debutCrash Ensemble celebrate 20 years with special performance and Nathalie Stutzmann leads the RTÉ NSO in Strauss and MozartFri Nov 24 2017 - 00:00
