Gráinne Mulvey: ‘It’s absolutely remarkable. These women were making huge strides’
The composer’s new work for Finding a Voice, the festival of music by women, is inspired by more than a century of activism
Gráinne Mulvey
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The best classical music concerts in Ireland this week
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The best classical music events this week
Christmas concerts in various venues and the Ficino Quartet at the National Concert Hall
Composer Roger Doyle elevated to Saoi by Aosdána
Previous holders of title include Samuel Beckett, Brian Friel and Seamus Heaney
Great Music in Irish Houses brings the programme up to date
All-percussion concert with Colin Currie and tributes to John O’Conor veered from the classical core
What’s new? Irish festivals reveal the state of contemporary music
Let’s see how new works and living, Irish and female composers fare in upcoming programmes
Composer Siobhán Cleary opens Arts Council can of worms
Council scheme is set up in a way that cannot deal with idea of ‘equal pay for equal work’
Claude Debussy centenary: Irish composers salute the master
Ireland’s Tombeau to Debussy includes new pieces from seven Irish composers and a trio of NCH concerts
Anna Tsybuleva and Jaime Martin: The best classical music this week
The Russian pianist begins her Music Network tour
‘Powder Her Face’, New Music Festival: the best in opera and classical music this week
From the scandalous opera by Thomas Adès to new work by Crash Ensemble
Director’s first full festival hoves into view
New Music Dublin to open with Crash Ensemble on the front steps of the National Concert Hall at sunset
Orchestra funding should be ringfenced at RTE, says Martin
New Music Dublin festival director claims rumoured cutbacks would have trickle-down effect
Classical highlights in November
At last, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra is presenting ‘A celebration of contemporary Irish female composers’ at the NCH
Sea to the West classical album review: Layered sounds for solo soprano
SEA TO THE WESTElizabeth Hilliard (soprano) ****Métier MSV 28551
Dutch orchestra assumes three identities for the price of one
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Daniele Gatti delivered everything you could have asked for
Can music really change the world?
And what does a composer have to do around here to get one of his works banned?
Classical music: Printed programmes are a convention worth keeping
A high proportion of composers do not like writing about their work but listeners find such context invaluable
The sound of sadness permeates musical commemorations of the Rising
Sorrow and loss continue to hold us in greater thrall than the idea of a new order in the offing
The unpredictable sounds of an American Wolff in Dundalk
The composer Christian Wolff, of the New York School, was central to a memorable night in Louth
Kirkos Ensemble are drawn to the dark side
Classical Music: The ensemble is to give a series of concerts in the dark; elsewhere, street opera proves a slippery business
Popular and practical selection of courses in institutes of technology
Institutes of technology have a wide selection of popular postgrad courses, from cloud computing to social care, biopharmceutical science to screenwriting, traditional music to polymer technology
An incurable romantic: who is the Max Bruch of the 21st century?
The German composer clung to the same style throughout his career – do any modern counterparts keep the faith?
The Magic Flute in a circus makes for a frustrating experience in Lismore
The looseness of the ensemble and problems with co-ordination proved largely insurmountable
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