The best classical music concerts happening this week
Beethoven celebration gets under way while Sounding the Feminists series continues at NCH
John Godfrey: pushing boundaries at the extreme ends of the musical spectrum
‘The primary core thinking behind quiet music is that this is a music you choose to engage with’
Past tension: the eternal battle between old and new music
There was nothing wrong with the New Music Dublin Festival – just its name
Let the lute one in: this week’s classical highlights
Lutenist Nigel North is the cuckoo in the nest at the NCH’s International Guitar Series
‘Powder Her Face’, New Music Festival: the best in opera and classical music this week
From the scandalous opera by Thomas Adès to new work by Crash Ensemble
Hearts of darkness: Joseph Conrad and Roger Casement in the Congo
For their collaboration commemorating the Rising at the NCH, Colm Tóibín and Donnacha Dennehy have focused on the uneasy time when Casement and Conrad shared quarters in the Belgian colony
The unpredictable sounds of an American Wolff in Dundalk
The composer Christian Wolff, of the New York School, was central to a memorable night in Louth
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?
Monopoly shake-up? John Wilson muscles in on NSO’s patch
It is likely to be to everyone’s benefit if the two RTÉ orchestras are allowed to compete on the same terrain
It’s a European Union, but is there musical harmony?
The National Chamber Choir performed an array of ‘masterworks’, but why did so much of the enjoyment seem to be the choir’s
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