Composer
The disarmingly direct cellist, who plays in Ireland this month, leaped to fame with John Tavener’s The Protecting Veil. It was the start of an illustrious career
The Westport-bound musician talks about his career and how the pandemic has radically changed his priorities
Founder of Louth Contemporary Music Society singled due to ‘burning passion for contemporary music’
Last weekend’s New Music festival finally delivered on its celebratory promise
A lucky few can follow their favourite groups and repertoires around the world. The rest of us have to take our chances when we can
Kilkenny’s 10-day immersion in Bach was a box-office success and provided a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
Yeats might well have appreciated the wordiness of William Brooks’s Everlasting Voices, which revisits the poet’s ideals of ‘chaunting’
If only Ireland had such a thing as a national opera company to utilise the abilities of Anna Devin and Jennifer Davis
The early-music strand of this sprawling festival is substantial enough to bear comparison with specialised events elsewhere
A study nails the myth of the yawning gap between present instruments and those of the great masters
Playing it safe doesn’t get you anywhere, says the choir’s artistic director – audiences prefer a cutting edge
Michael Dervan reviews concerts by the BBC Singers, the RTE National Symphony Orchestra, and in the National Concert Hall’s European Masterworks series.
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
