Thomas Bartlett: ‘It was self-soothing in the desolation of Covid’
Gloaming pianist’s solo album, called Shelter, was composed during the early days of the pandemic but ‘pre-George Floyd’, he says
Bring sandwiches for a five-hour Philip Glass marathon – this week’s classical highlights
The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan in Wexford; American conductor JoAnn Falletta at NCH
This Album Changed My Life: Osso String Quartet – Run Rabbit Run (2009)
Éna Brennan aka Dowry on a reworking of Sufjan Stevens’s 2001 album ‘Enjoy Your Rabbit’
The classical music sandwich: delicious, nutritious and necessary
Classical Music: Concerts that intersperse classics with new pieces can be revelatory
Schubert dip and Caesar salad: Classical and opera treats this week
Schubert: Dreaming the Sublime, Giulio Cesare, and Rediscovering Irish State Musick
How Music Works: how Colm O’Herlihy found his Icelandic calling
Colm O’Herlihy recounts his journey from backing up Morrissey and putting on back-garden festivals to running Icelandic record label Bedroom Community
The Gloaming: continuing adventures of a trad fusion supergroup
The five virtuosos of The Gloaming can afford to be choosy about how, and where, they play their transcendental blend of trad, jazz, rock and classical music
San Fermin: strumming with the bulls
Ellis Ludwig-Leone’s band, named for the Pamplona festival but at home in Booklyn, blends classical craft and indie cred
The voice of experience: sean nós made new for Iarla Ó Lionáird
An eclectic range of composers have collaborated with the traditional singer with the ‘severe’ voice
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