Kirov Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Valery GergievThe Kirov Opera's visit to the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on Friday night was one of those occasions that fully lived up to any…Mon Jun 14 1999 - 01:00
ClassicalThe National Symphony Orchestra's principal conductor, Alexander Anissimov (left), has shown himself a distinctive interpretative…Sat Jun 12 1999 - 01:00
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Christ Church Baroque/Therese Timoney (violin)The Music in Great Irish Houses Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary with a return after a four-year gap to a renovated but…Sat Jun 12 1999 - 01:00
Plain is rewardingTrio in C minor Op 1 No 3 - Beethoven Les jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este - Liszt Sonatina Kodaly Trio in D minor Op 49 - Mendelssohn…Fri Jun 11 1999 - 01:00
Wexford unveils a varied programme of musical treatsDetails were announced yesterday of the 48th Wexford Festival Opera, which will feature almost 60 events between October 14th…Thu Jun 03 1999 - 01:00
Co-OperaMichael Hunt's Co- Opera, launched last year with La traviata, has chosen as its second production the even more popular Carmen…Wed Jun 02 1999 - 01:00
James Galway (flute), Phillip Moll (piano)Most of what's to be written about James Galway has been written long before nowSat May 29 1999 - 01:00
Culwick Choral Society, St Eugene's Cathedral Choir, Belfast Community Choir, Armagh City Choir, Studio SO/Colin BlockRequiem - VerdiMon May 24 1999 - 01:00
ClassicalJames Galway is probably the best known Irish classical musician, alive or deadSat May 22 1999 - 01:00
Sinead Blanchfield (soprano), London Baroque Sinfonia/Laurence CummingsIn tandem with Opera Theatre Company's current tour of Handel's Rodelinda, the period-instrument players of the London Baroque…Fri May 21 1999 - 01:00
Fionnuala Hunt (violin), ICO/Bruno Giuranna (viola)Divertimento in D, K136 - MozartFri May 21 1999 - 01:00
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier, Peter Maxwell DaviesFirebird Suite - StravinskyTue May 18 1999 - 01:00
Berlin string quartet to take up Sligo residencyThe Vogler String Quartet from Berlin is to become quartet-in-residence in SligoTue May 18 1999 - 01:00
ClassicalIt's 11 years since the Manchester-based BBC Philharmonic last visited Dublin, and Monday's concert came about only by the orchestra…Sat May 15 1999 - 01:00
Opera Theatre CompanyWhatever way you look at it, Handel's Rodelinda has a very special place in the composer's outputMon May 03 1999 - 01:00
RTE Chorale, RTECO/Roy GoodmanThe Bord Gais Cork International Choral Festival is operating this year without the benefit of its regular venue, City Hall, …Sat May 01 1999 - 01:00
ClassicalJoanna MacGregor is the sort of musician who evades easy categorisationSat May 01 1999 - 01:00
Classical/OperaThe ritualised stillness of John Tavener's work proves well suited to the players of period instruments, with their fondness …Sat Apr 24 1999 - 01:00
Brahms, Robert & Clara Schumann, Dietrich. Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Ronald Brautigam (piano) (Koch Schwann). Schumann, Goetz, Brahms, Dietrich. Patricia Verhagen, Paul Kohnen (piano duet) (Globe)Keulen and Brautigam handle Clara Schumann's Op 22 Romances and Brahms's G major Sonata with a gentle inwardness that serves …Sat Apr 24 1999 - 01:00
`Interpretation is for people who don't get it'Thomas Hampson's early biography sounds like that of the all-American boySat Apr 24 1999 - 01:00
Gary Arbuthnot (flute), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)Gary Arbuthnot is a young Northern Irish flautist with an impressive string of prizes and awards to his creditFri Mar 26 1999 - 00:00
Change and consultation basis of RTE's music planA radical management restructuring and a series of public consultation meetings form the main thrust of changes in RTE's music…Thu Mar 25 1999 - 00:00
Ioana Petcu-Colan (violin), Una Hunt (piano)Sonata in A Op 30 No 1 - BeethovenMon Mar 22 1999 - 00:00
Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra/Jorg Peter WeigleMidsummer Night's Dream Suite - MendelssohnMon Mar 15 1999 - 00:00
Yuri Bashmet (viola), Mikhail Muntian (piano)Yuri Bashmet was in subdued form for his celebrity concert at the National Concert Hall last nightWed Mar 03 1999 - 00:00
Tinney soundsIt's interesting to talk to pianist Hugh Tinney about his increased involvement with contemporary musicSat Feb 27 1999 - 00:00
