Matthew Manning (oboe), NSO/Colman PearceSan Francisco Polyphony - Gyorgy LigetiThu Mar 08 2001 - 00:00
Music takes back seat in arts centresA couple of years ago, a lot of attention was lavished on the rising rate of GDP per capita in IrelandTue Mar 06 2001 - 00:00
Waterfront Hall, BelfastThe playing which conductor Roderick Dunk secured left a lot to be desired, both technically and musicallyWed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Joshua Bell (violin), Simon Mulligan (piano)Joshua Bell put the music of Karl Goldmark to the stiffest of tests at the latest NCH/The Irish Times Celebrity Series concert…Wed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Mozart and Beethoven translated in GalwayMusic for Galway: Mozart/Beethoven weekendWed Feb 14 2001 - 00:00
Julia Gooding (soprano), FretworkThe current Music Network tour by the viol consort Fretwork takes its listeners rather beyond the range of early English music…Sat Feb 10 2001 - 00:00
The Beggar's Opera O'Reilly Theatre, Belvedere CollegeJohn Gay's Beggar's Opera of 1728 is and will forever be an important landmark in the history of operaThu Feb 08 2001 - 00:00
Orchestra breathlessly awaits a level playing environmentNational Symphony Orchestra musicians have decided that enough is enough, that on the stage of the National Concert Hall they…Tue Feb 06 2001 - 00:00
Waterford New Music Week - Garter Lane Arts CentreWaterford new music week, which opened on Monday and runs until today, is an initiative of the Waterford Institute of Technology…Fri Feb 02 2001 - 00:00
Viennese evening finds O'Conor in well-mannered formVariations on Ah! Vous, Dirai-je Maman - MozartTue Jan 23 2001 - 00:00
ReviewsIt's always interesting at the start of January when the National Youth Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra play on…Tue Jan 09 2001 - 00:00
Harry Sparnaay (bass clarinet), Crash Ensemble/David BrophyCrash Ensemble's Christmas concert at the Project Arts Centre presented three Irish works showing composers in peak formThu Dec 28 2000 - 00:00
Enigmatic notes from HuddersfieldThe young Dublin composer, Andrew Hamilton, obviously has a black sense of humourTue Dec 05 2000 - 00:00
Orphee et EurydiceIt's hard to know what to expect from a modern-day revival of Berlioz's 19th-century French revival of Gluck's Orfeo ed Eurydice…Sat Nov 18 2000 - 00:00
CarmenThe popularity of a play or opera is no guide as to how it will be treated in performanceThu Nov 16 2000 - 00:00
Philip Martin (piano), National Symphony Orchestra/George CleveFanfare for the Common Man - CoplandTue Nov 14 2000 - 00:00
Catherine Leonard (violin), Orchestra of St Cecilia's/Barry DouglasDivertimento in D, K136 - MozartTue Nov 14 2000 - 00:00
ClassicalIreland's leading Bach singer, the mezzo soprano Alison Browner, appears in thelast two concerts of the Christ Church Baroque…Sat Nov 11 2000 - 00:00
Letting the stick do the talkingVernon Handley is a man whose enthusiasms are infectiousThu Nov 09 2000 - 00:00
The Sixteen/Harry ChristophersHarry Christophers's celebrated choir, The Sixteen, made its third visit to Northern Ireland on Thursday and Friday for a pair…Mon Nov 06 2000 - 00:00
Patricia Rozario (soprano), Emma Johnson (clarinet), Mark Troop (piano)Domine Deus, salutis meae - MozartTue Oct 31 2000 - 00:00
ConchitaRiccardo Zandonai's Conchita (1911) is the third, and weakest of this year's operas at the Wexford FestivalTue Oct 24 2000 - 01:00
Orleanskaya Deva/The Maid of OrleansThe verdicts more commonly encountered on Tchaikovsky's Orleanskaya Deva (The Maid of Orleans) are negativeSat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalBernstein: The Age of Anxiety; Piano Concerto. Marc-Andre Hamelin, UO/Dmitry Sitkovetsky (Hyperion)Fri Oct 20 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalIt's been a long time since a young British pianist has stirred up the sort of waves that have been set in motion by Freddy Kempf…Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
Michael D'Arcy (violin), RTECO/David HeuselMahagonny Suite - Weill/Br uckner-RuggebergTue Oct 10 2000 - 01:00
Thomas Trotter (organ), Sylvie Sulle (mezzo soprano), Ulster Orchestra/Gerard KorstenToccata Festiva - BarberTue Oct 10 2000 - 01:00
Northern SongsIn recent years, the Ulster Orchestra has been heard more often at the Proms in London than in DublinSat Oct 07 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalIgor Stravinsky Vol IV. Philharmonia/Robert Craft (Koch International Classics)Fri Oct 06 2000 - 01:00
Great movie, shame about the musicThe Kentucky-born film director Tod Browning joined a circus in the closing years of the 19th centuryWed Oct 04 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalIf the marketing gurus could get their hands on it they'd call it String Quartet WeekSat Sept 30 2000 - 01:00
Finghin Collins (piano), NSO/Alexander AnissimovThe keywords in Donnacha Dennehy's note for his first National Symphony Orchestra commission, The Vandal, are conveniently highlighted…Wed Sept 27 2000 - 01:00
Alexei Nabioulin (piano), ICO/Fionnuala Hunt (piano)Divertimento in F K138 - MozartSat Sept 23 2000 - 01:00
