Taoiseach highlights opera festivalThe full programme of the 50th Wexford Festival, which will run from October 18th to November 4th, was launched yesterday by …Fri Jun 01 2001 - 01:00
Building on musical foundationsFrom Hugh Tinney's point of view, the artistic directorship of the Music in Great Irish Houses festival was something that simply…Tue May 29 2001 - 01:00
Freedom and grace from risk-taking Norwegian groupQuartet in A minor Op 13..... MendelssohnTue May 22 2001 - 01:00
Kathryn Stott (piano), Skampa String QuartetThe slow introduction which gave Mozart's Dissonance Quartet its nickname was such a puzzle to 19thcentury ears that the owner…Fri May 18 2001 - 01:00
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Richard Hickox Waterfront Hall, BelfastTHE BBC National Orchestra of Wales paid its first visit to the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on Saturday in a musically well-chosen…Thu May 17 2001 - 01:00
New board of National Concert Hall announcedThe Minister for Arts and Heritage, Ms de Valera, has announced the membership of the board of the National Concert Hall for …Thu May 10 2001 - 01:00
Anna Livia International Opera FestivalAnna Livia International Opera FestivalFri May 04 2001 - 01:00
Picking at the smorgasbordArthur Rubinstein had a compact reply for people who asked how to become great pianistsThu May 03 2001 - 01:00
Staging a coup at the Wexford FestivalThe exact nature of the conflict between RTE and the Wexford Festival Opera that brought about the early exit of the National…Fri Apr 13 2001 - 01:00
Belarus Symphony Orchestra to play at Wexford FestivalThE National Symphony Orchestra of Belarus has been engaged to play for the Wexford Festival next October, The Irish Times has…Sat Apr 07 2001 - 01:00
Double life for Opera IrelandThe films that win the Oscars tend to be films that are respectful of conventionTue Apr 03 2001 - 01:00
Turnage gets `Tassie' approvalAs Mark-Anthony Turnage tells it, the crucial turning point for him in becoming a composer came at the age of nineThu Mar 29 2001 - 01:00
Miceal O'Rourke (piano), NSO/Gerhard MarksonMozart Variations - von SchweinitzWed Mar 28 2001 - 01:00
Emma-Jane Murphy (cello), NSO/Colman PearceA Small White Cloud Drifts Over Ireland - Seoirse BodleyThu Mar 22 2001 - 00:00
Galina Gorchakova (soprano), Iain Burnside (piano)The Russian soprano Galina Gorchakova made her Irish debut in the National Symphony Orchestra's Golden Jubilee concert in 1998…Thu Mar 15 2001 - 00:00
Yves Thibaudet (piano), NSO/Vladimir AltschulerPrelude a l'apresmidi d'un faune - DebussyTue Mar 13 2001 - 00:00
Matthew Manning (oboe), NSO/Colman PearceSan Francisco Polyphony... Gyorgy LigetiFri Mar 09 2001 - 00:00
Matthew Manning (oboe), NSO/Colman PearceSan Francisco Polyphony - Gyorgy LigetiThu Mar 08 2001 - 00:00
Music takes back seat in arts centresA couple of years ago, a lot of attention was lavished on the rising rate of GDP per capita in IrelandTue Mar 06 2001 - 00:00
Waterfront Hall, BelfastThe playing which conductor Roderick Dunk secured left a lot to be desired, both technically and musicallyWed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Joshua Bell (violin), Simon Mulligan (piano)Joshua Bell put the music of Karl Goldmark to the stiffest of tests at the latest NCH/The Irish Times Celebrity Series concert…Wed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Mozart and Beethoven translated in GalwayMusic for Galway: Mozart/Beethoven weekendWed Feb 14 2001 - 00:00
Julia Gooding (soprano), FretworkThe current Music Network tour by the viol consort Fretwork takes its listeners rather beyond the range of early English music…Sat Feb 10 2001 - 00:00
The Beggar's Opera O'Reilly Theatre, Belvedere CollegeJohn Gay's Beggar's Opera of 1728 is and will forever be an important landmark in the history of operaThu Feb 08 2001 - 00:00
Orchestra breathlessly awaits a level playing environmentNational Symphony Orchestra musicians have decided that enough is enough, that on the stage of the National Concert Hall they…Tue Feb 06 2001 - 00:00
Waterford New Music Week - Garter Lane Arts CentreWaterford new music week, which opened on Monday and runs until today, is an initiative of the Waterford Institute of Technology…Fri Feb 02 2001 - 00:00
Viennese evening finds O'Conor in well-mannered formVariations on Ah! Vous, Dirai-je Maman - MozartTue Jan 23 2001 - 00:00
ReviewsIt's always interesting at the start of January when the National Youth Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra play on…Tue Jan 09 2001 - 00:00
Harry Sparnaay (bass clarinet), Crash Ensemble/David BrophyCrash Ensemble's Christmas concert at the Project Arts Centre presented three Irish works showing composers in peak formThu Dec 28 2000 - 00:00
Enigmatic notes from HuddersfieldThe young Dublin composer, Andrew Hamilton, obviously has a black sense of humourTue Dec 05 2000 - 00:00
Orphee et EurydiceIt's hard to know what to expect from a modern-day revival of Berlioz's 19th-century French revival of Gluck's Orfeo ed Eurydice…Sat Nov 18 2000 - 00:00
CarmenThe popularity of a play or opera is no guide as to how it will be treated in performanceThu Nov 16 2000 - 00:00
Philip Martin (piano), National Symphony Orchestra/George CleveFanfare for the Common Man - CoplandTue Nov 14 2000 - 00:00
