West Cork Chamber Music FestivalThere's a famous African drummer, Dondo Tch'il, who was greatly taken by his earliest encounters with Western art musicThu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalWith up to eight events a day (if you include master classes) the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, now in its fifth year, is…Sat Jun 24 2000 - 01:00
Lynne Dawson (soprano), Jimmy Vaughan (piano)Lynne Dawson's biography opens with a quote from Gramophone magazine describing her as "perhaps the leading Handel opera soprano…Tue Jun 20 2000 - 01:00
HerodiadeThe new Anna Livia International Opera Festival, which opened at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin on Friday, is a strange amalgam…Mon Jun 19 2000 - 01:00
La rondineThe Anna Livia International Opera Festival's new production of Puccini's La rondine, which opened at the Gaiety Theatre on Saturday…Mon Jun 19 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalThe Gerald Barry Festival, which runs from Wednesday until tomorrow week, serves a dual functionSat Jun 17 2000 - 01:00
Anne Leahy (organ), Canzona/Blanaid MurphySchmucke dich, o liebe Seele BWV654 - BachTue Jun 13 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalThe Anna Livia International Opera Festival, masterminded by Bernadette Greevy (right), opens at the Gaiety Theatre next Friday…Sat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
Castleward OperaIn the mid-1980s Opera Northern Ireland was formed out of a forced marriage of the Northern Ireland Opera Trust and the Studio…Wed Jun 07 2000 - 01:00
Madama ButterflyThe two recent Castleward Opera seasons in Belfast have not been impressive theatrical or musical achievementsWed Jun 07 2000 - 01:00
Noriko Kawai (piano), Mary Hegarty (soprano), Ulster Orchestra/Thierry FischerAu milieu - Gerald BarryMon Jun 05 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalIf the name Francois-Frederic Guy (right) sounds familiar to music lovers in Ireland, it's more than likely because he was one…Sat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
`French connection' for Wexford Festival OperaThe programme for the 49th Wexford Festival Opera was announced yesterday by the Minister for Arts and Heritage, Ms de Valera…Fri Jun 02 2000 - 01:00
Bernadette Greevy (mezzo soprano) NSO/Gunther HerbigEgmont Overture - BeethovenMon May 29 2000 - 01:00
Head for Barry townThe Gerald Barry Festival, which Lyric FM is promoting at the end of June, includes one premiere (1998 for violin and piano), …Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Important watershedThe fifth Dublin International Piano Competition marked an important but hitherto unnoted watershed.Sat May 20 2000 - 01:00
Young Russian wins piano trophyNearly 60 hours of piano playing and 14 days of waiting came to an end last night, with the announcement of the results of the…Fri May 19 2000 - 01:00
Axa Dublin International Piano Competition, Semi-FinalsIt has been an unusual Axa Dublin International Piano CompetitionTue May 16 2000 - 01:00
Axa Dublin International Piano Competition, Round 2Competitions, it is often said, favour a competition style of playingSat May 13 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalIt is the way of the world, I suppose - or at least of the National Concert Hall - that an orchestra best-known for its performances…Sat May 13 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalFacco: Pensieri Adriarmonici. L'Arte Dell'Arco/Federico Guglielmo (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)Fri May 12 2000 - 01:00
30 crucial minutes decide the outcomeOver a long and sunny weekend, the 15 members of the jury of the Axa Dublin International Piano Competition listened to 53 pianists…Tue May 09 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalIt's a week in which to think piano, and not just because the Axa Dublin International Piano Competition is underwaySat May 06 2000 - 01:00
Quartet misses intimacy of Yeats's resting placeThere was a time when you could safely assume that most of the country's significant musical activity was to be found in the …Wed May 03 2000 - 01:00
Seminar on Contemporary Choral MusicThe annual Seminar on Contemporary Choral Music at the Cork Choral Festival is a forum for the performance and discussion of …Wed May 03 2000 - 01:00
Classical"An ascetic with the temperament of a maximalist, with the reserve of a repressed Vesuvius" is how Rodion Shchedrin once summed…Sat Apr 29 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalSligo's string quartet in residence, the Vogler Quartet, has a strong track recordSat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalIt has taken the National Concert Hall an astonishing 19 years to wake up to the presence of Irish composers as a group worth…Sat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00
German conductor gets top NSO appointmentRTE has announced the appointment of the German conductor, Gerhard Markson (52), as principal conductor of the National Symphony…Sat Apr 08 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalIf you're planning to gorge yourself by attending the Borodin Quartet's complete cycle of the Shostakovich quartets in Bantry…Sat Apr 01 2000 - 01:00
Storming DublinEvgeny Kissin is back in town, playing in the NCH/The Irish Times Celebrity Series on MondaySat Mar 25 2000 - 00:00
Red Priest's last confessionThe British early music ensemble, Red Priest, ended its recent Irish tour at the Coach House in Dublin Castle on Wednesday, courtesy…Fri Mar 24 2000 - 00:00
