On the first of two evenings, the composer leads his ensemble through first his new album and then his Iraq War ‘protest record’
Choral director Paul Hillier on his concert tribute to late composer Steve Martland
Cult pop conceptualist on post-punk mythmaking and his discovery of classical music
Unusual ambience and myriad external intrusions fails to derail eclectic artistry
The composer on febrile 1960s New York, working day jobs into his 40s and the term ‘minimalism’
Bangers and Crash Percussion Group starts tour, teenage wunderkind Daniel Lozakovich
All-percussion concert with Colin Currie and tributes to John O’Conor veered from the classical core
When it comes to performing Steve Reich, the percussionist says, preparation is key
Let’s see how new works and living, Irish and female composers fare in upcoming programmes
The spoken word overlaid with music – or should it be the other way around – actually has quite a long history
Ahead of their sold-out concerts at the NCH, The Gloaming reflect on modern Ireland, women in trad, and how they work, rest and play
Chris Merrick Hughes: Eirenic Life, Helium, 4 stars
Composer Hanns Eisler wrote the `Hollywood Songbook' while in enforced exile from Germany
Three festivals showcased electronic works that deserve to be heard by a wider audience
Last weekend’s New Music festival finally delivered on its celebratory promise
Laura Jurd is one of jazz's fastest rising stars but her band Dinosaur has a sound that's pure early 1970s electric funk
Ten years after I first heard of Wandelweiser, Louth Contemporary Music Society has brought it to Ireland
New Music Dublin has suffered numerous abuses in its short life and has been postponed for 2016. Can it be fixed?
Since 1969 Manfred Eicher has had a singular influence on jazz through his ECM label. So what happens in a recording session with the enigmatic producer?
Yeats might well have appreciated the wordiness of William Brooks’s Everlasting Voices, which revisits the poet’s ideals of ‘chaunting’
The National guitarist is excited about curating the first Sounds from a Safe Harbour festival, which will be ‘like throwing a party for your friends’
The orchestra’s appearance at the NCH kept things contemporary, unorthodox and sensual
Classical Music: The ensemble is to give a series of concerts in the dark; elsewhere, street opera proves a slippery business
Why this year’s festival turned to the US for a curator is hard to fathom
In curating the What? . . . Wow festival, Lang is examining the legacy of his neighbourhood, and the 1960s New York scene that gave the world minimalism
From the genius of Máirtín O’Connor and the huge contribution of the Irish Traditional Music Archive to the magpie stylings of Ensemble Ériú, the list of recipients of the annual TG4 awards is impressively diverse
The German composer clung to the same style throughout his career – do any modern counterparts keep the faith?
‘Reign’ oozes anachronisms; you’ll find a more authentic torture and dark intrigue on ‘Shakedown the Town’
John Adams’s first opera, which had its premiere in 1987 but has just landed in Dublin, is full of ideas
Electronica royalty joins up with bell ringers – and somehow it works
The ‘AntiMidas’ cast of four double as a Greek chorus and the media, presented as a wild line-up of TV pundits
Why has Music Network allowed applicants for grants it is overseeing to sit on its judging panel?
Even bats go wild for the quartet’s take on Philip Glass’s music
Being in college means being in the know about all things music, art, film, food and politics, so here’s a cheatsheet to start you off
Dublin International Piano Festival opened with an intimate look at – and inside – the instrument
There is a time for artistic licence – and a time to focus on basics of performing: William Brooks on Yeats, and string quartet masterclasses at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival
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
