Chiaroscuro Quartet: Haydn String Quartets Op 76 – magicians at work
The quartet achieves a well-nigh perfect balancing of parts that seems impossible
Performing from home: The strange new world of summer arts festivals
Events from West Cork Chamber Music Festival to Friday Opera Sessions are migrating online
Galway’s Midwinter Festival celebrated Beethoven’s early work
The performances came across with sophisticated poise
Galway’s Beethoven celebration: ‘It has to be terrifying for everyone’
Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien on playing the Midwinter Festival
Opera merger sees more Irish singers in more varied roles
Building projects prove more time consuming than artistic changes as self-preservation prevails
The NSO’s future is now secure, but why no outside expertise?
Will RTÉ, which has been killing off the orchestra, now be allowed to fill key positions?
Three great classical music concerts to enjoy this week
West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Sebastian Heindl and Anthony Weeden
The best classical music this week: Nikolaj Znaider joins the RTÉ NSO for first time
Ted talk star Daria van den Bercken is in Galway and Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova plays an all-French programme in Drogheda
A strange forum for Irish composers whose noses are out of joint
Dave Flynn’s Burren venture is an alternative to the massive 1916 centenary survey – but the fine print is bewildering
A vocal masterclass lifts West Cork Chamber Music Festival
Mark Padmore’s singing is riveting, with an exceptional sense of intimacy and adaptability
Kilkenny Arts Festival announces its 2016 programme
Stephen Rea, Loudon Wainwright III and Christian Blackshaw are among the highlights
The oldest orchestra in the world? That’s a fuzzy notion
The Bergen Philharmonic, which is certainly one of the oldest, played with great character in its Irish debut
Conducting the Bergen: ‘You’re a little bit traffic cop, a little bit Rasputin’
Andrew Litton, who is in Dublin for one of his final appearances as conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, explains the job he has obsessed about since the age of 10
Three global orchestras make Irish debuts in new concert season | Classical
The new season is strong on singing and orchestral debuts, and composers from Sibelius to Mahler
West Cork Chamber Music Festival searches for a new Bantry home
The festival needs its own dedicated venue, and its director’s pursuit of one might be about to bear fruit
The gloss and gutsiness of West Cork Chamber Music Festival
In Bantry, musical depth was lost in the Cremona Quartet’s approach, whereas Alina Ibragimova did Bach justice
Good Friday has become a time for musical celebration
Holy Week used to be quiet in the musical calendar, but no more. This year RTÉ’s music division stepped up with Bach’s St Matthew Passion
Chiaroscuro Quartet: Mozart and Mendelssohn | Album Review
Mozart: String Quartet in D minor K421; Mendelssohn: Quartet in A minor Op 13Chiaroscuro QuartetAparté AP 0924
I prefer the early stuff: West Cork Chamber Music Festival goes back in time
The early-music strand of this sprawling festival is substantial enough to bear comparison with specialised events elsewhere
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