Straight to Hell: Elliot Murphy’s sonic journey through Dante’s Inferno

Berlin-based Irish composer’s new album follows the Italian poet into the underworld

How are composers affected by lockdowns, wars and revolutions?

From Stravinsky to Schoenberg, composers differed in their treatment of global events in the 20th century

Polish avant-garde composer who had the common touch

Krzysztof Penderecki had a remarkable career, but was most proud of his arboretum

Women, Irish and living composers are still being shut out by classical establishment

RTÉ NSO and National Concert Hall remain choked by the past in certain respects

‘I went on stage, the piano was locked. And no one had the key’

Musical idols, dreams and nightmares of West Cork Chamber Music Festival performers

From Mozart to Britten, the requiem will live forever

Composers have always been drawn to honour the dead with powerful, passionate music

Radiohead: OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997-2017 – Paranoid androids reanimated

Centenary concerts neglect to take the revolutionary road

Michael Dervan: Two evenings of music and words as part of Ireland 2016 got me thinking about the links that were missed

Footfalls and phonecalls – An Irishman’s Diary about a night at the National Concert Hall

Imagining Ireland makes a stunning break for Europe

The NCH’s centenary celebrations continue with a night of high calibre one-off performances

A vision of home that has few ideas for classical music

Only one living Irish composer is part of the NCH’s seven-concert series for the 1916 centenary

Okay composer: Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood goes classical

Is Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood a rock musician who crossed over to classical music, or a composer who crossed over to rock? Meet the man behind the Martenot

Out of the chamber and into the world

The reach and reputation of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival resonates beyond the Bantry venues