Who lives in a house like this?The KBC Great Music in Irish Houses festival is taking a liberal view of its title – which is not without its benefitsTue Jun 18 2013 - 01:00
STRAUSS: JOSEPHSLEGENDE; LOVE SCENE FROM FEUERSNOT; FESTMARSCHRoyal Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme JärviChandos CHSA 5120Fri Jun 14 2013 - 00:00
STRAVINSKY: COMPLETE MUSIC FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRASteven Osborne (piano), BBC Scottish SO/Ilan VolkovHyperion CDA 67870Fri Jun 14 2013 - 00:00
THREE CENTURIES OF ORGAN MUSIC AT NOTRE DAME DE PARISOlivier Latry (organ)Naive V5338Fri Jun 14 2013 - 00:00
Michael Collins: ‘It’s got to come from within. From your heart and your very soul’English clarinettist Michael Collins has a formidable wealth of experience, but, he says, every concert is still a new learning environmentMon Jun 10 2013 - 01:00
A spring break with tradition that’s now a musical rite of passageA century on, Stravinsky’s ‘Rite of Spring’ still has the power to shock and awe, and musicians are still finding ways to transform itWed Jun 05 2013 - 01:00
Rachmaninov’s Vigil worth staying up forConcerts by Resurgam and the RTÉ NSO and what operas producers want to put onTue May 28 2013 - 01:00
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 contemporaryTue May 21 2013 - 02:00
The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra is out of touch with the music of its own timeThe RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra is failing to engage with modern music, and this needs to changeTue May 14 2013 - 02:00
From intimacy on the guitar, to a percussive musical stormRoland Dyens was in charming form at the Guitar Festival of Ireland, while Mantra Percussion tried to take the Drogheda Arts Festival by stormWed May 08 2013 - 07:00
Four views of Berlin, from east to west and music to museumsWho better to ask for a tour of Berlin than some of its finest musicians, the Vogler Quartet?Fri May 03 2013 - 07:00
Lang Lang, Rattle, Brazil and Bell: the musical season aheadThe National Concert Hall and the Irish Baroque Orchestra have revealed ambitious programmes for the next 12 monthsTue Apr 30 2013 - 06:00
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un Faune; Stravinsky: Rite of Spring; Ravel: BoleroFri Apr 26 2013 - 01:00
Lalo: Trio No 1; Bruch: Trio in C Minor; Mendelssohn: Trio No 1: Petrof Piano TrioFri Apr 12 2013 - 01:00
Stephen Gardner: Hallalujah; Never . . . Never . . . Never . . ; Lament: RTÉ NSO/Gerhard Markson, Gavin MaloneyFri Apr 12 2013 - 01:00
The group dynamics in an intense four-way marriageA new film gives an accurate snapshot of the bizarre dynamics involved in a typical string quartetTue Apr 09 2013 - 06:00
Marais La gamme et autres morceaux de symphonie pour violon, viole et clavecin; Forqueray Suite in D minor: La GammeFri Apr 05 2013 - 01:00
François Couperin Trois Leçons de Ténèbres: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo soprano), The King’s ConsortFri Apr 05 2013 - 01:00
When one player produces two different stylesMost times composers and musicians have a recurring style - but what happens when they sound liketwo different people?Tue Apr 02 2013 - 06:00
Berlioz: RequiemBarry Banks (tenor), London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra/Colin DavisLSO Live LSO 0729Fri Mar 29 2013 - 00:00
Bridge: Piano Quintet; Scott: Piano Quintet no 1Raphael Terroni (piano), Bingham String QuartetBritish Music Society BMS442CDFri Mar 29 2013 - 00:00
Contrasts in musical approachMichael Dervan reviews concerts by the BBC Singers, the RTE National Symphony Orchestra, and in the National Concert Hall’s European Masterworks series.Tue Mar 26 2013 - 06:00
Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century, by Paul KildeaA new biography of the British composer not only claims that he died of syphilis but also documents how his controlling singlemindedness sometimes undermined the music he madeSat Mar 23 2013 - 06:00
