Sam Perkin: Flow album review – Pass the joint

Time is stilled on Perkin’s new release

Linda Catlin Smith: Meadow review – Deeply meditative

The first in Louth Contemporary Music Society’s series of pandemic recordings

Incendiary Material – Frank McNally on a belated musical commemoration of the Burning of Cork

An Irishman’s Diary

John F Larchet’s Complete Songs and Airs: Musical comfort food

Review: Irish composer’s soft-edged songs are perfect for nostalgic reconnection

From first principals to second fiddles: life in an Irish orchestra

Playing in the RTÉCO is no easy task, not least as rumours swirl about its future

ConTempo Quartet does Beethoven: this week’s classical highlights

Also: Kaleidoscope’s last in series; Fionnuala Moynihan surveys Schubert in Triskel, Cork

The colours of music: this week’s classical music highlights

Téada Trio explore synaesthesia, David Brophy conducts SinfoNua, and a choral contrast

Easter weekend gig guide: Chelsea Wolfe, Talos, Todd Terry and more

Our critical picks of the very best of what’s on in the capital and around the country this weekend and beyond

Is Dublin finally getting a Handel on the ‘Messiah’?

RTÉ Philharmonic Choir under Mark Hindley deliver a standout performance

Irish concert repertoire only scratches the surface of our musical heritage

Opportunities to experience the broad spectrum of this country’s rich musical history are limited

Killaloe Music Festival lets its hair down with a pared-back approach

St Flannan’s is a challenging acoustic for musicians; here their solution is an energetic approach

York Bowen: Chamber Works

Esposito: Violin and Cello Sonatas