Claudia Boyle (soprano), RTÉ NSO/Courtney LewisNCH, Dublin Tonight 8pm €10-€35 01-4170000 FIONA KELLY (FLUTE), JEAN KELLY (HARP), NYOI/ALAN BURIBAYEV College Street Chapel, …Fri Jul 20 2012 - 01:00
Live From The Lugano Festival 2011Martha Argerich and Friends EMI Classics 644 7012 (3 CDs) ****Fri Jul 20 2012 - 01:00
Holst, The Collector’s EditionVarious performers EMI Classics 440 4712 (6 CDs) ****Fri Jul 20 2012 - 01:00
Gershwin conundrum for modern musiciansIT WAS TO HAVE been Tchaikovsky – the Rococo Variations with the Australia-based Irish cellist Emma-Jane Murphy – coupled with…Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Philip Martin (piano). New Dublin Voices, RTÉ NSO/Matthew CooreyNCH, Dublin Tonight 8pm €10-€35 01-4170000Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Martinu: La Revue de Cuisine; Harpsichord Concerto; Chamber Music No 1; Les RondesRobert Hill (harpsichord), Holst-Sinfonietta/Klaus Simon (piano), Naxos 8.572485 ***Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Reliquie di Roma II: Cara SposoAtalante/Erin Headley, Nimbus Alliance NI 6185 *****Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Schubert: Schwanengesang; Piano Sonata in B Flat D960Matthias Goerne (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano) Harmonia Mundi HMC 902139.40 (2 CDs) ****Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Elisaveta Blumina (piano), Graham Hastings (trumpet), RTÉ NSO/Timothy Henty.NCH, Dublin Tonight 8pm €10-€35 01-4170000Fri Jul 06 2012 - 01:00
Schwarz-Schilling: Violin Concerto; Partita; PolonaiseKirill Troussov (violin), Staatskapelle Weimar/ José Serebrier Naxos 8.570435 ****Fri Jul 06 2012 - 01:00
O’neill: String Quartet; Piano Trio Op 32; Piano Quintet in E Minor; Theme and Variations on Polly OliverBridge Quartet, Michael Dussek (piano), EM Records EMR CD 005 ***Fri Jul 06 2012 - 01:00
A melting pot of chamber musicWHAT’S IN A NAME? The West Cork Chamber Music Festival, say? It all seems pretty obviousWed Jul 04 2012 - 01:00
Daring to break out of the mouldThomas Larcher wanted to compose from the age of five, but it took a long personal and musical journey before West Cork Chamber…Tue Jul 03 2012 - 01:00
Saint-Saëns: Orchestral WorksRoyal Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi Chandos CHSA 5104 ***Fri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
Hellawell: Airs, WatersRobert Plane (clarinet), RTÉ NSO/Pierre-André Valade, Fidelio Trio Delphian DCD 34114 ** *Fri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
West Cork Chamber Music FestivalBantry, Co Cork Today-Sat, Jul 7 westcorkmusic.ie 1850-788789Fri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
Staging an evolution in Irish operaThe Arts Council’s new opera strategy made four major production awards and gave a jolt of energy to the sectorWed Jun 27 2012 - 01:00
Adventure reborn at festival's heartOPERA AUDIENCES are often viewed as conservative, while opera directors are definitely notTue Jun 26 2012 - 01:00
Trombone All StylesFabrice Millischer (sackbut, trombone), Maiko Kato (organ, harpsichord), Nathanaël Gouin (piano) Aparté AP 029 **Fri Jun 22 2012 - 01:00
Debussy: Préludes; Works For Two PianosAlexei Lubimov, Alexei Zuev ECM New Series 467 4735 (2 CDs) ****Fri Jun 22 2012 - 01:00
Philip Jeck (turntables), Bill Morrison, Laurie Olinder (projection designers), Gavin Bryars EnsembleCity Hall, Cork Tomorrow 8pm €25-$30 021-4215159Fri Jun 22 2012 - 01:00
Getting its houses and music in orderThe KBC Great Music in Irish Houses festival has become more honest in its name, and more accessible in its programming, which…Tue Jun 19 2012 - 01:00
Beethoven: Diabelli VariationsAndreas Staier (fortepiano) Harmonia Mundi HMC 902091 ****Fri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
Anna Devin (soprano), Volker Krafft (piano)NCH John Field Room, Dublin Today 1.05pm €15 01-4170000Fri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
Debussy: Orchestral MusicRoyal Scottish National Orchestra/Stéphane Denève Chandos CHSA 5102 (2) (2 CDs) ****Fri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
When video makes the opera starIF YOU’VE BEEN to the Wexford Festival Opera in recent years you’ll have encountered video in opera, with projected imagery, …Tue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00
Alkan: Grande Sonate Les Quatre Âges; Symphony; Étude Op 76 No 3Vincenzo Maltempo (piano) Piano Classics PCL 0038 ***Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol 1Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) Chandos CHAN 10720 (3) (3-CD set) ****Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Jean Françaix: Music For PianoMartin Jones (piano) Nimbus NI 5880/2 (3 CDs) ***Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Lismore has a lash at singing in the rainWhile at times vocals and instruments were hard to decipher under a barrage of rain, the singers at the Lismore Music Festival…Wed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00
Celine Byrne (Soprano), Rté NSO/Robert HoulihanNCH, Dublin Tonight 8pm €15-€40 01-4170000Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Rachmaninov: The Bells; Prokofiev: Alexander NevskyBBC Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra/ Evgeny Svetlanov ICA Classics ICAC 5069 *****Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Weinbberg: Chamber Music for WoodwindsWenzel Fuchs (clarinet), Mathias Baier (bassoon), Henrik Wiese (flute), Nimrod Guez (viola), Uta Jungwirth (harp), Elisaveta…Fri Jun 01 2012 - 01:00
Taking yourself out of the tuneAt what point does an instrument’s personality defer to the power of the player, and why did Fritz Kreisler break a violin to…Tue May 29 2012 - 01:00
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6; Plus Liszt; Saint-SaënsBehzod Abduraimov (piano) Decca 478 3301 ***Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Casella: Concerto for Orchestra; A Notte Alta; Symphonic Fragments from La Donna SerpenteMartin Roscoe (piano), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/ Gianandrea Noseda Chandos CHAN 10712 ****Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Wagner: Prelude to Tristan und Isolde; Schoenberg: Pelleas und MelisandeGustav Mahler Jugendorchester/Pierre Boulez 477 9347 ****Fri May 18 2012 - 01:00
Elizabeth Pitcairn (Violin), Louise Thomas (Piano)Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin Tomorrow 1pm Adm freeFri May 18 2012 - 01:00
Górecki: Kleines Requiem für eine Polka; Concerto-Canata; Harpsichord Concerto; Three DancesAnna Górecka (piano), Carol Wincenc (flute), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra/ Antoni Wit Naxos 8.572872 ***Fri May 18 2012 - 01:00
Brahms: Violin SonatasAnthony Marwood (violin), Aleksandar Madzar (piano) Wigmore Hall Live WHLive 0050 ****Fri May 18 2012 - 01:00
Audience keyed up as young Russian wins piano contestJOHN O’CONOR, artistic director of the Dublin International Piano Competition, was in the bubbliest of form announcing this year…Thu May 17 2012 - 01:00
