Musical ups and downs in a year of change and challenge

Year in Culture Review: Key directors stepped down, while performers stepped up in classical music and opera

Pro-Cathedral lead organist bows out after 42 years

Prof Gerard Gillen gives final liturgical performance at Sunday Mass

Evolution of women composers a missing link in new concert series

Why does the NCH need €20,000 before it will bother exploring music by women?

Around the Georgian houses

Nic an Ríogh’s aim in these events is to encourage audiences to engage not only with music but also with architecture

‘Horrid’ music: The dark side of the concert hall

The idea that classical music ought to be ‘nice’ has gained an alarming currency. Thank goodness, then, for ‘uneasy listening’ numbers performed at the Summer Baroque Festival

François Couperin Trois Leçons de Ténèbres: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo soprano), The King’s Consort