It’s oh so quiet: Exploring the role of silence in music
Experimental composer and guitarist Michael Pisaro-Liu’s 2013 work, asleep, wind, voice, poe gets its Irish premiere this month
Ellen Jansson on discovering Fanny Mendelssohn: ‘It’s deeply personal’
Clonmel’s Finding a Voice festival of music by women composers is going online this year
The best classical music events this week
Christmas concerts in various venues and the Ficino Quartet at the National Concert Hall
Minister for Arts wants gender policies in place next year
Minister Heather Humphreys is asking cultural institutions to step up to the plate on gender
Sea to the West classical album review: Layered sounds for solo soprano
SEA TO THE WESTElizabeth Hilliard (soprano) ****Métier MSV 28551
Dutch orchestra assumes three identities for the price of one
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Daniele Gatti delivered everything you could have asked for
Classical music: Printed programmes are a convention worth keeping
A high proportion of composers do not like writing about their work but listeners find such context invaluable
Belfast opera director lands a tricky new job in Norway
Norway’s top opera job is being taken up by Annilese Miskimmon. The post comes with its own dramatic history
An incurable romantic: who is the Max Bruch of the 21st century?
The German composer clung to the same style throughout his career – do any modern counterparts keep the faith?
The Magic Flute in a circus makes for a frustrating experience in Lismore
The looseness of the ensemble and problems with co-ordination proved largely insurmountable
I prefer Mendelssohn’s early stuff (to Mozart’s)
There is nothing in Mozart’s early output to match the compositions Mendelssohn wrote aged 16 and 17
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