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NCH’s chamber music series offers flexibility amid closure uncertainty
Collaboration part of long tradition of composers coming together with mixed results
Mother contacts every Clare hotel in search of missing son
Sean Ryan was last seen near the Cliffs of Moher in September, 1998
Composer Siobhán Cleary opens Arts Council can of worms
Council scheme is set up in a way that cannot deal with idea of ‘equal pay for equal work’
Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra at the NCH: the best classical music this week
Choirland, a collection of 15 pieces for unaccompanied choir, goes on tour
Farmers were ‘trying to extort’ billionaire brothers, High Court hears
Farmers alleged they were ‘bullied, intimidated and threatened’ by agents for brothers
Feast of Russian miniatures: This week’s classical music highlights
Elisaveta Blumina in Dublin, RTÉ Contempo Quartet on tour and Irish Baroque Orchestra
‘Putting on art music in a concert hall is not good enough any more’
The ‘Crashlands’ series of concerts will see Crash Ensemble perform in beautiful, remote locations around the country
‘Ford is a Cork company; it just has a large American branch’
As the motor company marks its centenary in Ireland this year, we look back at the life of founder Henry Ford
Musical taste: There’s no accounting for it, especially new stuff
Last weekend’s New Music festival finally delivered on its celebratory promise
Lundin sells Clare site to new mining company
Hannan Ltd says high-grade zinc has been discovered in deep veins at the site
Sophisticated burglary at Cliffs of Moher visitor centre investigated
Gang thought to have cut power and stolen in region of €20,000 at Co Clare tourist site
‘Composing music is almost like trying to remember a dream’
‘Composing the Island’ celebrates 100 years of music by Irish composers, written between 1916 and 2016. What do composers think about Irish music now?
Oxford University to appoint first woman vice-chancellor
Nomination of Prof Louise Richardson hailed as momentous event in institution’s history
Diabelli’s Variations and the Hugh Lane’s mysterious moving piano
The original theme lacked grandeur, but such portmanteaus can be a source of creativity
What? . . . Wow: not much new about David Lang’s festival of minimalism
Why this year’s festival turned to the US for a curator is hard to fathom
Inside Track: Andrew Hamilton on his wide-ranging Auction Xchange
Auction Xchange operates online as well as from its Sandyford base
The low-down on Lang Lang and how China will change music
The most frequently quoted number for piano students in China is 50 million. The implications are huge
Paul Hillier’s ‘weird and wonderful’ blueprint for Chamber Choir Ireland
Playing it safe doesn’t get you anywhere, says the choir’s artistic director – audiences prefer a cutting edge
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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