Musical chairs: where’s the best place to sit at a concert?It’s an impossible question: sitting in different parts of a music hall can alter the experience significantlyWed Mar 26 2014 - 01:00
Not enough strings to Ireland’s classical bowOur orchestras are experiencing a personnel crisis, with early exits from key posts creating a symphony of discordWed Mar 19 2014 - 01:00
The shock of the New Music DublinA fascination with music of an experimental hue was evident in this programmeWed Mar 12 2014 - 01:00
Monopoly shake-up? John Wilson muscles in on NSO’s patchIt is likely to be to everyone’s benefit if the two RTÉ orchestras are allowed to compete on the same terrainWed Mar 05 2014 - 01:00
Attacca: ‘Almost as much fun as a rock band’New York’s Attacca Quartet are in Ireland to play the ‘humorous’ music of John Adams. The four friends talk about their complicated relationshipThu Feb 27 2014 - 01:00
Music history is written by the victors, but they are getting harder to spotWithin the rampant fragmentation that’s been with us for so long, the victors have become much harder to identifyWed Feb 05 2014 - 01:00
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Steven Isserlis (cello), Robert Levin (fortepiano) Hyperion CDA 67981/2 (2 CDs)Fri Jan 31 2014 - 00:00
Bach cut with Mendelssohn: a bit like painting over early artworksAdulterating Bach with Mendelssohn at a concert at the NCH was dreadfully misguidedWed Jan 29 2014 - 01:00
The strange figures and empty chairs of the Arts CouncilThe Arts Council insists that transparency is important, but it’s sadly lacking in its funding decisionsWed Jan 22 2014 - 01:00
Curtain call for Cork, a city proud of its operatic leaningsCork had the first production of 2014, and features in two successful Arts Council funding applicationsWed Jan 15 2014 - 01:00
Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin suite; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Four Pieces Op 12Fri Jan 10 2014 - 00:00
Room at the top: another departure from RTÉ’s performing groupsSeveral key vacancies persist at the top of RTÉ’s performing groups, and one man is currently covering three rolesWed Jan 08 2014 - 01:00
Les Amis: Elizabeth Hainen (harp), Jeffrey Khaner (flute), Robert Diaz (viola), IRIS OrchestraFri Jan 03 2014 - 00:00
Bach: Christmas Oratorio Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Stephen Layton Hyperion CDA 68031/2 (2 CDs)Fri Dec 27 2013 - 10:36
Grieg: Piano Concerto; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3 Nikolai Lugansky, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Kent Nagano Naïve AM 210Fri Dec 27 2013 - 10:34
Beethoven: Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II; Symphony No 2 San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas SFS Media SFS 0058Fri Dec 27 2013 - 10:32
