Music Ireland and the Sixteenth Century: The Irish Consort – Enchanting harp

In sure hands, the nail-plucked, metal-strung Irish harp displays an ethereal magic

Richard Thomas and Sharon Carty: This week’s best classical concerts

The Sligo International Chamber Music Festival with guests from across the globe

Good pairings: The best classical music and opera concerts this week

Tara Erraught collaborates with pianist John O’Connor, while Sharon Carty will be accompanied by Siobhán Armstrong

Brahms steals the show at the Kilkenny Arts Festival

Brahms’s career saw many changes in the world of piano design and manufacture

Michael Jackson at Lugalla: He asked for ‘the portrait of the freaky-looking man with the frizzy hair’ to be taken down

Portrait-painter Anthony Palliser on his friendship with Garech Browne, halcyon days at Luggala and his famous Irish subjects

Áras an Uachtaráin to open for Culture Night 2016

Tickets to be raffled for access to performances and tour in presidential residence

A bit of electrical hum is no skin off Alvin Lucier’s nose

At Dundalk Gaol, the experimental composer doesn’t flinch, allowing the problems to run their course

Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky: Ó Riada Re-imagined Louth Contemporary Music Society

An early music duo, and ‘Carmen’ by way of ‘Tallafornia’

Early music was on the agenda at two concerts, while OTC’s ‘Carmen’ was defiantly contemporary