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
Miceal O'Rourke (piano), OSC/Jean ThorelVariations on a theme of Tchaikovsky - ArenskyMon Jul 19 1999 - 01:00
Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Mark DuleyThe members of the Choir of Dublin's Christ Church Cathedral were in festive mode on Saturday for their annual summer concert…Wed Jul 14 1999 - 01:00
West Cork ChamberWhen Zoltan Kodaly wrote his Sonata for solo cello in 1915 he broached a gap of almost 200 years, by producing the first such…Mon Jul 05 1999 - 01:00
ClassicalThe 18th-century practice of a soloist directing concertos from the keyboard was revived as far back as the 1930s by the great…Sat Jul 03 1999 - 01:00
West Cork ChamberDay three of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival was like the day's weather, a bit grey and mixed, but with bright spots.Fri Jul 02 1999 - 01:00
West Cork ChamberBeethoven's Grosse Fuge is one of those pieces which invites metaphors involving Mount EverestWed Jun 30 1999 - 01:00
`World' premiereThe West Cork Chamber Music Festival, which runs for eight days from tomorrow in Bantry, has created another rich and fascinating…Sat Jun 26 1999 - 01:00
Corrado Rollero (piano), NSO/Alexander AnissimovDon Giovanni Overture - MozartMon Jun 21 1999 - 01:00
Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen CleoburyThe Dublin International Organ and Choral Festival launched itself in fine style on Saturday in a crowded St Patrick's Cathedral…Mon Jun 21 1999 - 01:00
Max Levinson (piano)The odds were rather tilted against Max Levinson at Powerscourt House on Wednesday, when the first US winner of the Guardian …Fri Jun 18 1999 - 01:00
Kirov Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Valery GergievThe Kirov Opera's visit to the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on Friday night was one of those occasions that fully lived up to any…Mon Jun 14 1999 - 01:00
ClassicalThe National Symphony Orchestra's principal conductor, Alexander Anissimov (left), has shown himself a distinctive interpretative…Sat Jun 12 1999 - 01:00
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Christ Church Baroque/Therese Timoney (violin)The Music in Great Irish Houses Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary with a return after a four-year gap to a renovated but…Sat Jun 12 1999 - 01:00
Plain is rewardingTrio in C minor Op 1 No 3 - Beethoven Les jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este - Liszt Sonatina Kodaly Trio in D minor Op 49 - Mendelssohn…Fri Jun 11 1999 - 01:00
Wexford unveils a varied programme of musical treatsDetails were announced yesterday of the 48th Wexford Festival Opera, which will feature almost 60 events between October 14th…Thu Jun 03 1999 - 01:00
Co-OperaMichael Hunt's Co- Opera, launched last year with La traviata, has chosen as its second production the even more popular Carmen…Wed Jun 02 1999 - 01:00
James Galway (flute), Phillip Moll (piano)Most of what's to be written about James Galway has been written long before nowSat May 29 1999 - 01:00
Culwick Choral Society, St Eugene's Cathedral Choir, Belfast Community Choir, Armagh City Choir, Studio SO/Colin BlockRequiem - VerdiMon May 24 1999 - 01:00
ClassicalJames Galway is probably the best known Irish classical musician, alive or deadSat May 22 1999 - 01:00
Sinead Blanchfield (soprano), London Baroque Sinfonia/Laurence CummingsIn tandem with Opera Theatre Company's current tour of Handel's Rodelinda, the period-instrument players of the London Baroque…Fri May 21 1999 - 01:00
Fionnuala Hunt (violin), ICO/Bruno Giuranna (viola)Divertimento in D, K136 - MozartFri May 21 1999 - 01:00
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier, Peter Maxwell DaviesFirebird Suite - StravinskyTue May 18 1999 - 01:00
Berlin string quartet to take up Sligo residencyThe Vogler String Quartet from Berlin is to become quartet-in-residence in SligoTue May 18 1999 - 01:00
ClassicalIt's 11 years since the Manchester-based BBC Philharmonic last visited Dublin, and Monday's concert came about only by the orchestra…Sat May 15 1999 - 01:00
Opera Theatre CompanyWhatever way you look at it, Handel's Rodelinda has a very special place in the composer's outputMon May 03 1999 - 01:00
RTE Chorale, RTECO/Roy GoodmanThe Bord Gais Cork International Choral Festival is operating this year without the benefit of its regular venue, City Hall, …Sat May 01 1999 - 01:00
ClassicalJoanna MacGregor is the sort of musician who evades easy categorisationSat May 01 1999 - 01:00
