Looking for extreme soundsIt is just nine years since Thierry Fischer, the new principal conductor of the Ulster Orchestra, made the much-travelled journey…Wed Sept 26 2001 - 01:00
Opera Theatre Company/David AdamsErismena Cavalli Opera Theatre Company has reached back into the earliest decades of operatic history to present in four historic…Mon Sept 17 2001 - 01:00
Regina Nathan (soprano), Linnhe Robertson (piano)Regina Nathan's recital at the NCH on Thursday may have included only seven of the originally advertised 16 items (and none of…Sat Sept 08 2001 - 01:00
Making his marks on the NSOFive-year-old prodigies on the piano or violin are ten a penny by comparison with 15-year-olds who can conduct with any degree…Wed Sept 05 2001 - 01:00
Excellent moments in an extraordinary testament to the human spiritMusic ProgrammesWed Aug 22 2001 - 01:00
Ensemble Pian e ForteHow much time can you bear to spend on one chord, or sequencing between the chords of the tonic and dominant? No, this question…Tue Aug 21 2001 - 01:00
Baroque programmeWednesday was an all-baroque day in the two major musical strands at Kilkenny Arts WeekSat Aug 18 2001 - 01:00
Baroque & Chamber Music SeriesThe festival's two main musical strands, one of baroque, the other mainly of 19th and 20th-century chamber music, began on Tuesday…Thu Aug 16 2001 - 01:00
NCC/Claudio BuchlerThe Oslo-born, Austria-raised chorus master and conductor Claudio Buchler is not a figure new to DublinSat Aug 11 2001 - 01:00
In search of light and shadeYou don't have to spend long in the company of Jean-Guihen Queyras to imagine him as having once been an irrepressibly hyperactive…Mon Aug 06 2001 - 01:00
Sonja van Beek (violin), Netherlands Youth Orchestra/Jurjen HempelTragic Overture - BrahmsThu Aug 02 2001 - 01:00
National Chamber Choir/Roger O DoyleThe penultimate concert in the National Chamber Choir's Making Connections series, on Thursday, was devoted to the music of Brahms…Tue Jul 31 2001 - 01:00
Franzita Whelan (soprano), National Youth Orchestra of Ireland/Eri KlasPrometheus Overture - BeethovenWed Jul 25 2001 - 01:00
Concorde/Jane O'LearyConcorde, the new music ensemble directed by Galway-based composer and pianist Jane O'Leary, is presenting two programmes during…Tue Jul 24 2001 - 01:00
Rufus Mⁿller (tenor), Maria Joπo Pires (piano)Adelai..........................................BeethovenTue Jul 24 2001 - 01:00
Augustin Dumay (violin), Maria Joao Pires (piano)Violin Sonata in D Op 12 No 1 - BeethovenMon Jul 23 2001 - 01:00
ICO/Nicholas McGeganConcerto Grosso in F Op 7 No 6.................................LocatelliFri Jul 20 2001 - 01:00
Gareth Price, Graham Howell (organ duet)The British duo of Gareth Price and Graham Howell have been playing organ duets for over 15 years, since they were both organ…Tue Jul 17 2001 - 01:00
Jan Garbarek (saxophones), Hilliard EnsembleChrist Church Cathedral was packed last Friday for the first Dublin appearance by Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard EnsembleMon Jul 16 2001 - 01:00
Conductor Master-classRebus - Markevitch Piano Concerto in B flat - Mozart Symphony No 3 - Schumann Gerhard Markson, incoming principal conductor of…Fri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Guy Johnston (cello), Tom Poster (piano)Variations on an old Slovak song - MartinuSonata in A Op - Beethoven Sonata Op - ShostakovichIntroduction and Grand Polonaise…Fri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
A musical ambassadorNicholas McGegan is by temperament and practice exactly the opposite of the type of conductor Hollywood likes to portrayFri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Davide Franceschetti (piano), San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra/Alasdair NealeLollapalooza - John AdamsMon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
West Cork Chamber Music FestivalLatvian composer Peteris Vasks's new Piano Quartet, commissioned by the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, was premiered on Saturday…Tue Jul 03 2001 - 01:00
West Cork Chamber Music FestivalOne of the charms of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival is that it includes a high percentage of what you might call bespoke…Mon Jul 02 2001 - 01:00
West Cork Chamber Music FestivalThursday's opening concert at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival was devoted to music for the Hungarian dulcimer, the cimbalom…Sat Jun 30 2001 - 01:00
West Cork Chamber Music FestivalWednesday is always a day with a difference at the festival, when the concert focus shifts away from Bantry House for music-making…Fri Jun 29 2001 - 01:00
West Cork Chamber Music FestivalFrom the French baroque of Couperin to the contemporary Hungary of Gyorgy Kurtag was the reach of Tuesday's concertsFri Jun 29 2001 - 01:00
West Cork Chamber Music FestivalIt's obvious to the pianist Kris Bezuidenhuit, who gave a fortepiano recital at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival on Monday…Wed Jun 27 2001 - 01:00
West Cork Chamber Music FestivalGerald Barry's Six Marches For String Quartet, commissioned by the festival and premiered on Sunday, are hardly what you would…Tue Jun 26 2001 - 01:00
Il Tabarro & Gianni SchicchiPuccini's idea of writing a trilogy of one-act operas to fill an evening has turned out less a successful innovation than an …Wed Jun 20 2001 - 01:00
FaustIt's interesting that the Anna Livia International Opera Festival, which is seeking a new niche in the world of Irish opera, …Wed Jun 20 2001 - 01:00
Crash EnsembleThe Crash Ensemble's programme on Thursday concentrated on composers from Japan (represented by five pieces), Australia (two), …Tue Jun 19 2001 - 01:00
Joanna MacGregor (piano)/Royal Liverpool PO/Petr AltrichterPrometheus Overture - Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 - Beethoven Symphony No 6 (Pastoral) - BeethovenMon Jun 11 2001 - 01:00
