Ronan O'Hara and RTECORonan O'Hora (piano), RTECO/Proinnsias O Duinn - National Concert HallMon Oct 25 1999 - 01:00
Letting voices sound in gloryPromoter Ellen Kent's regular presentations of opera productions from the backwaters of Eastern Europe are filling a clear niche…Thu Oct 21 1999 - 01:00
Message is missingAs a Polish composer of the 19th century, Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872) has been completely overshadowed on the international…Mon Oct 18 1999 - 01:00
Spirited offering SiberiaUmberto Giordano is now best remembered for his Andrea Chenier of 1896Mon Oct 18 1999 - 01:00
Vogler four bring the world to GalwayThe Vogler String Quartet from Berlin, recently installed as the new quartet-in- residence in Sligo, is much more than just an…Sat Oct 16 1999 - 01:00
Bad in partsThe posthumous fame of the Hungarian-born, Vienna-based composer Karl Goldmark (1830-1915) rests primarily on two works, his …Sat Oct 16 1999 - 01:00
Cloudy chillsRaymond Deane's new full-length chamber opera, The Wall of Cloud, opened at the Backstage Theatre in Longford on WednesdayFri Oct 15 1999 - 01:00
Pianist Schiff not at his bestFor his latest appearance in The Irish Times/NCH Celebrity Series at the NCH on Saturday, pianist Andras Schiff undertook a rather…Tue Oct 12 1999 - 01:00
Ludmilla Shilova (soprano)/Ensemble XXI Moscow/Lygia O'RiordanThe String Orchestra Ensemble XXI Moscow ended a new festival, Russian Music Days in Dublin, at the National Concert Hall last…Sat Oct 09 1999 - 01:00
Beethoven focus in NSO concert seriesRTE has announced details of the 1999/2000 series of subscription concerts by the National Symphony OrchestraThu Oct 07 1999 - 01:00
Michael Collins and guestsThe idea of a concert of chamber music among friends conjures up very special imagesFri Oct 01 1999 - 01:00
Slim musical pickings at a sell-out showThe Crash Ensemble has established something of a reputation not just for selling out their concerts, but for having to turn …Tue Sept 28 1999 - 01:00
ClassicalIt's a busy week. English clarinettist Michael Collins and friends are playing in Castlepollard, Waterford, Limerick and Dublin…Sat Sept 25 1999 - 01:00
Cora's festival dateThe astonishingly talented winner of the 1998 RTE Musician of the Future Competition, Cora Venus Lunny, has been as absent from…Sat Sept 18 1999 - 01:00
Contrasting masters of the nocturneIt's been a rather muted year of Chopin commemoration here in Ireland in the 150th anniversary of the composer's deathWed Sept 15 1999 - 01:00
William Dowdall (flute), Matthew Manning (oboe), NSO/Robert HoulihanSymphony No 36 (Linz) - MozartSat Sept 11 1999 - 01:00
ClassicalThe Irish Chamber Orchestra has been making a point of working with a wide range of string specialistsSat Sept 11 1999 - 01:00
ClassicalKerry-born Robert Houlihan (left), who has held conductorships of orchestras in Romania and Hungary, is one of the most consistently…Sat Sept 04 1999 - 01:00
Johannes Ebenbauer (organ)Johannes Ebenbauer, who gave the penultimate recital in this year's organ series at St Michael's, Dun Laoghaire, is Kapellmeister…Tue Aug 31 1999 - 01:00
BMW Song CircleHugo Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch, written in two bursts in the 1890s, set a total of 46 poems by Paul Heyse, translations…Sat Aug 28 1999 - 01:00
ClassicalLots of the interesting rarities that make it onto disc nowdays are still largely excluded from the concert hallSat Aug 28 1999 - 01:00
Irish Youth Wind Ensemble/James Cavanagh, Timothy ReynishYiddish Dances - Adam GorbFri Aug 27 1999 - 01:00
Camerata KilkennyCamerata Kilkenny (or Kilkenny Camerata - Kilkenny Arts Festival's printed material offers both names) is an obvious outcome …Tue Aug 24 1999 - 01:00
ClassicalEvery August the BBC in Belfast runs a series of free invitation concerts with the Ulster Orchestra at the Ulster HallSat Aug 21 1999 - 01:00
Tasmin Little (violin) RTECO/Stephen BarlowTam O'Shanter Overture - Malcolm ArnoldMon Aug 16 1999 - 01:00
NCC/David BrophyThe last concert in the National Chamber Choir's Millennium Series at the National Gallery concentrated on "some of the less-…Sat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
ClassicalIt's the 150th anniversary of the death of Chopin this year, and the best commemoration to date has surfaced in Bantry, home …Sat Aug 07 1999 - 01:00
ClassicalThe most obvious choice for an orchestra touring Ireland is to give concerts in Dublin (National Concert Hall), Belfast (Waterfront…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Gregory Harrington (violin), Rachel Quinn (piano)Solo Violin Sonata No 1 - BachFri Jul 30 1999 - 01:00
Flamboyant exercises in guitar playingBoyle Arts Festival has been making a feature of one-man composer concerts (yes, they've all been men, so far) and the focus …Wed Jul 28 1999 - 01:00
NCC, ICO/Bruno GiurannaWith a new sponsor, AerFi, a new seating arrangement in St Flannan's Cathedral, and an enthusiastic, full house for its final…Tue Jul 27 1999 - 01:00
Fou Ts'ong (piano)The music of Chopin has had a special place in the career of Fou Ts'ongTue Jul 27 1999 - 01:00
Owen Lorigan (piano) NSO/International Orchestral Conducting Course participantsHommage a Brahms - Krzysztof MeyerMon Jul 26 1999 - 01:00
An all-Mozart affairThe Aerfi Killaloe Music Festival is the home festival of the Irish Chamber OrchestraSat Jul 24 1999 - 01:00
