Charles Villiers Stanford: More than a teacher of composersMusic programme to focus on Stanford’s composing rather than his catalogue of pupilsMon Jan 17 2022 - 05:00
Sam Perkin: Flow album review – Pass the jointTime is stilled on Perkin’s new releaseFri Jan 07 2022 - 05:00
JS Bach/Karlheinz Essl: Gold.Berg.Werk – Electronic meditations and variationsFri Dec 17 2021 - 05:00
The Ticket’s top roots, jazz, trad and classical albums of 2021Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; Matthew Halpin; John Francis Flynn; Haydn/BrahmsSat Dec 11 2021 - 05:00
Laoise O’Brien: Crusader on behalf of her instrument, the recorder‘What I loved about it, and no disrespect to my flute-playing colleagues, was the camaraderie’Wed Dec 08 2021 - 05:00
Modest Mussorgsky Unorthodox Music review – Treasure trove of vivid storytellingThe celebrated song-cycles are sliced through for samples rather than presented completelyFri Dec 03 2021 - 00:00
Malachy Robinson: The Irish Double Bass review – Strings core to this personal releaseAnother album from lockdown, Robinson is aided by pianist Gary BeecherFri Nov 19 2021 - 05:00
Elsewhere: Agitprop opera combines the serious and the comicMichael Gallen’s polyglot minimalist music captures energy of historic Monaghan strikeTue Nov 16 2021 - 14:24
Leader of the pack: The strange art of conductingElaine Kelly forged a dynamic path with Irish National Opera during lockdownMon Nov 15 2021 - 05:00
The Monaghan Soviet: How the people took over the asylumMichael Gallen on the event in his home county that inspired a new opera at the Abbey TheatreSun Nov 14 2021 - 05:00
My favourite Brandenburg: ‘A weird kaleidoscope of all that could possibly be’IBO musicians choose which of these celebrated Bach concertos they like the mostMon Nov 08 2021 - 05:00
Con Brio: Widmann, Strauss, Beethoven – A circumspect recordingWork commissioned as part of project by Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony OrchestraFri Nov 05 2021 - 05:00
Sinéad Campbell Wallace on returning to opera: ‘It’s in my bones’Going back to singing was a challenge – not least because her voice had changedWed Oct 27 2021 - 05:00
The 47th Saturday review: Nicely paced but vocal projection is overdoneWexford Festival Opera: Young cast cope well with demands of Andrew Synnott’s musicTue Oct 26 2021 - 15:00
Ein Wintermärchen review: Warmest emotional indulgence on offerWexford Festival Opera: The opera is more engaging in the moment than as a wholeTue Oct 26 2021 - 11:30
I Capuleti e i Montecchi: A different take on Romeo and JulietWexford Festival Opera: A young cast takes on Bellini’s challenging musicFri Oct 22 2021 - 13:19
Le Songe d’une Nuit d’Été: Comic opera’s limitations exposedWexford Festival Opera: Action is neatly handled, but the real flaw is the musicThu Oct 21 2021 - 18:22
Edmea: A psychological slant on a popular workWexford Festival Opera: Chorus and orchestra overcome Covid-restricted numbers with gustoWed Oct 20 2021 - 11:24
A chorus of crises: Wexford, opera and the festivalKarina Daly’s fascinating book is lean on links with RTÉ, Arts Council and MazarsWed Oct 20 2021 - 05:00
Dave Flynn: Irish Minimalism – A mixed engagement with the traditionFlynn’s takes on the Irish tradition can come across as rather too emblematicFri Oct 15 2021 - 05:00
Pianist Christian Blackshaw is set to play Galway: ‘Mozart got into my head’The English performer will play a concert devoted to the Salzburg prodigy in OctoberMon Oct 11 2021 - 05:00
Wexford Festival Opera at 70: ‘I thought, this would be a great job to have’Artistic directors past and present recall the memorable moments from the festivalSat Oct 09 2021 - 05:00
Christina Petrowska-Quilico: Retro Americana review – A dry piano recordAmerican composers Cowell, Rzewski and Monk are the attractions hereFri Oct 01 2021 - 05:00
A live-concert resurrection to lift us out of musical limboNew Ross Piano Festival was back in action with some transcendent performancesTue Sept 28 2021 - 05:00
‘Visceral connection’: New Ross festival pianists on playing for live audiences againFive performers on the lows and highs of lockdown – and what comes nextMon Sept 20 2021 - 05:00
‘This is the big one’: Sligo Festival of Baroque Music returns for 2021Artistic director Nicola Cleary aiming to bring continental enthusiam to the westSat Sept 18 2021 - 05:00
Nicholas Daniel: ‘I had no idea what an oboe was. My father sold cars’The Westport-bound musician talks about his career and how the pandemic has radically changed his prioritiesSat Sept 04 2021 - 05:00
Kilkenny Festival introduces Julius Eastman to new audienceA fiery pianist, and a singer of phenomenal range and powerTue Aug 17 2021 - 05:00
Mozart: Sonatas for piano four hands – up close and personal at the keyboardFerenc Rados and Kirill Gerstein achieve a rare intimacy on these duets for one pianoFri Aug 06 2021 - 05:00
Giselle Allen: ‘Mystique surrounds Elektra for singers. It’s seen as a voice-killer’Belfast soprano on music, acting and her career route to Strauss’s angry, angular roleSat Jul 31 2021 - 05:00
Sitkovetsky Trio: Ravel & Saint-Saens Piano Trios review – energetic rendering accentuates mysteryTrio finds the colours and ebb and flow to bring out the mystery in the RavelFri Jul 16 2021 - 05:00
‘I sort of vomited up a draft’: Megan Nolan and Amanda Feery on creating an opera for the first timeA Thing I Cannot Name is a collaboration between the two that explores ugly side of desireSat Jul 10 2021 - 05:00
Erik Chisholm Songs: Strong and sensitive performancesThe Scottish composer’s music displays a spicy spirit; the best of it is jocular in toneFri Jul 02 2021 - 00:00
Choir returns: ‘It’s the most normal thing, but it’s now such a joy’Conductor Bernie Sherlock’s concert with Chamber Choir Ireland streams this weekWed Jun 23 2021 - 05:00
Ben Goldscheider: Legacy, A Tribute to Dennis Brain – Probing reminder of musicianFri Jun 18 2021 - 05:00
Sean Shibe: The great composers didn’t write for the guitar in substantial waysThe guitarist uses the instrument to explore colour in an ‘overtly physical and tactile way’Tue Jun 15 2021 - 06:00
Music Ireland and the Sixteenth Century: The Irish Consort – Enchanting harpIn sure hands, the nail-plucked, metal-strung Irish harp displays an ethereal magicFri Jun 04 2021 - 05:00
A French Connection: Chausson, Debussy, Franck – Alluring arrangements and sensual deliveryViolinist Daniel Rowland and pianist Natacha Kudritskaya helm this appealing collectionFri May 21 2021 - 05:00
Fiachra Garvey: From sheep dipping to ShostakovichPianist and farmer talks about agriculture, classical music and protecting his handsTue May 18 2021 - 05:00
Wexford Festival Opera: Curtain up on a historic 70th yearDirector Rosetta Cucchi is looking forward to anniversary celebrations after a tough lockdownTue May 11 2021 - 08:00
Mozart/Jones review: Fascinating take on late fragmentsSensitive performances with a focus on pieces for piano with violinFri May 07 2021 - 05:00
Francesca Dego: Il Cannone review – Refinement and controlDego seems to have developed an immediate affinity for Paganini’s violinFri Apr 16 2021 - 05:00
‘I think we’ve all out-Zoomed ourselves’: A festival organiser adaptsNew Dublin Music’s John Harris on factors beyond his control and keeping streamed performances freshThu Apr 15 2021 - 05:00
Embers: Haunting, unsettling evocations of the pastWorks by Irish composer Raymond Deane enclose a much longer piece by Ukrainian Valentin SilvestrovFri Apr 02 2021 - 05:00
Cellissimo: Mischa Maisky on the master cellists who inspired himThe Israeli cellist plays the final concert of Music for Galway’s online-only cello festivalMon Mar 22 2021 - 05:00
The Trials of Tenducci, A Castrato in Ireland – exploring musical connectionsTara Erraught, Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra evoke Dublin in the 1700sFri Mar 19 2021 - 05:00
Anna Devin: ‘I’ve been full of happiness and deep sadness all at the same time’The soprano on ‘grieving for the music industry’, childbirth and singing in La bohèmeWed Mar 10 2021 - 05:00
