Staging a coup at the Wexford FestivalThe exact nature of the conflict between RTE and the Wexford Festival Opera that brought about the early exit of the National…Fri Apr 13 2001 - 01:00
Belarus Symphony Orchestra to play at Wexford FestivalThE National Symphony Orchestra of Belarus has been engaged to play for the Wexford Festival next October, The Irish Times has…Sat Apr 07 2001 - 01:00
Double life for Opera IrelandThe films that win the Oscars tend to be films that are respectful of conventionTue Apr 03 2001 - 01:00
Turnage gets `Tassie' approvalAs Mark-Anthony Turnage tells it, the crucial turning point for him in becoming a composer came at the age of nineThu Mar 29 2001 - 01:00
Miceal O'Rourke (piano), NSO/Gerhard MarksonMozart Variations - von SchweinitzWed Mar 28 2001 - 01:00
Emma-Jane Murphy (cello), NSO/Colman PearceA Small White Cloud Drifts Over Ireland - Seoirse BodleyThu Mar 22 2001 - 00:00
Galina Gorchakova (soprano), Iain Burnside (piano)The Russian soprano Galina Gorchakova made her Irish debut in the National Symphony Orchestra's Golden Jubilee concert in 1998…Thu Mar 15 2001 - 00:00
Yves Thibaudet (piano), NSO/Vladimir AltschulerPrelude a l'apresmidi d'un faune - DebussyTue Mar 13 2001 - 00:00
Matthew Manning (oboe), NSO/Colman PearceSan Francisco Polyphony... Gyorgy LigetiFri Mar 09 2001 - 00:00
Matthew Manning (oboe), NSO/Colman PearceSan Francisco Polyphony - Gyorgy LigetiThu Mar 08 2001 - 00:00
Music takes back seat in arts centresA couple of years ago, a lot of attention was lavished on the rising rate of GDP per capita in IrelandTue Mar 06 2001 - 00:00
Waterfront Hall, BelfastThe playing which conductor Roderick Dunk secured left a lot to be desired, both technically and musicallyWed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Joshua Bell (violin), Simon Mulligan (piano)Joshua Bell put the music of Karl Goldmark to the stiffest of tests at the latest NCH/The Irish Times Celebrity Series concert…Wed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Mozart and Beethoven translated in GalwayMusic for Galway: Mozart/Beethoven weekendWed Feb 14 2001 - 00:00
Julia Gooding (soprano), FretworkThe current Music Network tour by the viol consort Fretwork takes its listeners rather beyond the range of early English music…Sat Feb 10 2001 - 00:00
The Beggar's Opera O'Reilly Theatre, Belvedere CollegeJohn Gay's Beggar's Opera of 1728 is and will forever be an important landmark in the history of operaThu Feb 08 2001 - 00:00
Orchestra breathlessly awaits a level playing environmentNational Symphony Orchestra musicians have decided that enough is enough, that on the stage of the National Concert Hall they…Tue Feb 06 2001 - 00:00
Waterford New Music Week - Garter Lane Arts CentreWaterford new music week, which opened on Monday and runs until today, is an initiative of the Waterford Institute of Technology…Fri Feb 02 2001 - 00:00
Viennese evening finds O'Conor in well-mannered formVariations on Ah! Vous, Dirai-je Maman - MozartTue Jan 23 2001 - 00:00
ReviewsIt's always interesting at the start of January when the National Youth Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra play on…Tue Jan 09 2001 - 00:00
Harry Sparnaay (bass clarinet), Crash Ensemble/David BrophyCrash Ensemble's Christmas concert at the Project Arts Centre presented three Irish works showing composers in peak formThu Dec 28 2000 - 00:00
Enigmatic notes from HuddersfieldThe young Dublin composer, Andrew Hamilton, obviously has a black sense of humourTue Dec 05 2000 - 00:00
Orphee et EurydiceIt's hard to know what to expect from a modern-day revival of Berlioz's 19th-century French revival of Gluck's Orfeo ed Eurydice…Sat Nov 18 2000 - 00:00
CarmenThe popularity of a play or opera is no guide as to how it will be treated in performanceThu Nov 16 2000 - 00:00
Catherine Leonard (violin), Orchestra of St Cecilia's/Barry DouglasDivertimento in D, K136 - MozartTue Nov 14 2000 - 00:00
Philip Martin (piano), National Symphony Orchestra/George CleveFanfare for the Common Man - CoplandTue Nov 14 2000 - 00:00
ClassicalIreland's leading Bach singer, the mezzo soprano Alison Browner, appears in thelast two concerts of the Christ Church Baroque…Sat Nov 11 2000 - 00:00
Letting the stick do the talkingVernon Handley is a man whose enthusiasms are infectiousThu Nov 09 2000 - 00:00
The Sixteen/Harry ChristophersHarry Christophers's celebrated choir, The Sixteen, made its third visit to Northern Ireland on Thursday and Friday for a pair…Mon Nov 06 2000 - 00:00
Patricia Rozario (soprano), Emma Johnson (clarinet), Mark Troop (piano)Domine Deus, salutis meae - MozartTue Oct 31 2000 - 00:00
ConchitaRiccardo Zandonai's Conchita (1911) is the third, and weakest of this year's operas at the Wexford FestivalTue Oct 24 2000 - 01:00
Orleanskaya Deva/The Maid of OrleansThe verdicts more commonly encountered on Tchaikovsky's Orleanskaya Deva (The Maid of Orleans) are negativeSat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalBernstein: The Age of Anxiety; Piano Concerto. Marc-Andre Hamelin, UO/Dmitry Sitkovetsky (Hyperion)Fri Oct 20 2000 - 01:00
