ClassicalDavid Adams (right), winner of the 1986 Dublin International Organ Competition, is turning up right across the musical spectrum…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
National Chamber Choir/Colin MawbyThe National Chamber Choir concluded its "Composers under the Influence" summer season of hour-long, early-evening concerts at…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
New dimensions for DonizettiFor their current Opera Theatre Company production of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'a- more, the director/designer team of James Conway…Fri Aug 04 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalBBC Northern Ireland's annual free summer invitation concerts with the Ulster Orchestra focus this year on concertos by Haydn…Sat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
Deirdre Comerford (organ)Deirdre Comerford, who gave Sunday's organ recital at St Michael's, Dun Laoghaire, has been studying in London this past year…Tue Jul 25 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalCatherine Leonard the leading Irish violinist of her generation, opens a short celebration of the music of Bach in West Cork …Sat Jul 22 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalBach is high on the agenda at the AerFi Killaloe Music Festival, which runs from next Wednesday until Sunday 23rdSat Jul 15 2000 - 01:00
Ernst Kovacic (violin) NSO/Gerhard MarksonSymphony No 31 (Horn Signal) - HaydnSat Jul 15 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalMagdalena Kozena (mezzo soprano), Graham Johnson (piano): Love Songs (Deutsche Grammophon)Fri Jul 14 2000 - 01:00
Carys Lane (soprano), Colm Carey (organ)The music at the heart of Sunday's recital at St Michael's, Dun Laoghaire was, unusually, by Brahms, a composer whose name rarely…Wed Jul 12 2000 - 01:00
Classical MusicThe music of the 18th century is generally one of the weakest areas in the output of the National Symphony OrchestraSat Jul 08 2000 - 01:00
Bantry festival was bursting at the seamsThe West Cork Chamber Music Festival is, you might say, bursting at the seamsWed Jul 05 2000 - 01:00
West Cork Chamber Music FestivalA day is a long time in Irish politics at the moment, as fortunes fluctuateTue Jul 04 2000 - 01:00
West Cork Chamber Music FestivalAfter Wednesday's two concerts, which had restricted themselves to music from the late 20th century, it was business as usual…Mon Jul 03 2000 - 01:00
West Cork Chamber Music FestivalAccordion, chamber orchestra and solo percussion were the focus of Wednesday's concerts at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival…Fri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
West Cork Chamber Music FestivalThere's a famous African drummer, Dondo Tch'il, who was greatly taken by his earliest encounters with Western art musicThu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalWith up to eight events a day (if you include master classes) the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, now in its fifth year, is…Sat Jun 24 2000 - 01:00
Lynne Dawson (soprano), Jimmy Vaughan (piano)Lynne Dawson's biography opens with a quote from Gramophone magazine describing her as "perhaps the leading Handel opera soprano…Tue Jun 20 2000 - 01:00
HerodiadeThe new Anna Livia International Opera Festival, which opened at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin on Friday, is a strange amalgam…Mon Jun 19 2000 - 01:00
La rondineThe Anna Livia International Opera Festival's new production of Puccini's La rondine, which opened at the Gaiety Theatre on Saturday…Mon Jun 19 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalThe Gerald Barry Festival, which runs from Wednesday until tomorrow week, serves a dual functionSat Jun 17 2000 - 01:00
Anne Leahy (organ), Canzona/Blanaid MurphySchmucke dich, o liebe Seele BWV654 - BachTue Jun 13 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalThe Anna Livia International Opera Festival, masterminded by Bernadette Greevy (right), opens at the Gaiety Theatre next Friday…Sat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
Castleward OperaIn the mid-1980s Opera Northern Ireland was formed out of a forced marriage of the Northern Ireland Opera Trust and the Studio…Wed Jun 07 2000 - 01:00
Madama ButterflyThe two recent Castleward Opera seasons in Belfast have not been impressive theatrical or musical achievementsWed Jun 07 2000 - 01:00
Noriko Kawai (piano), Mary Hegarty (soprano), Ulster Orchestra/Thierry FischerAu milieu - Gerald BarryMon Jun 05 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalIf the name Francois-Frederic Guy (right) sounds familiar to music lovers in Ireland, it's more than likely because he was one…Sat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
`French connection' for Wexford Festival OperaThe programme for the 49th Wexford Festival Opera was announced yesterday by the Minister for Arts and Heritage, Ms de Valera…Fri Jun 02 2000 - 01:00
Bernadette Greevy (mezzo soprano) NSO/Gunther HerbigEgmont Overture - BeethovenMon May 29 2000 - 01:00
Head for Barry townThe Gerald Barry Festival, which Lyric FM is promoting at the end of June, includes one premiere (1998 for violin and piano), …Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Important watershedThe fifth Dublin International Piano Competition marked an important but hitherto unnoted watershed.Sat May 20 2000 - 01:00
Young Russian wins piano trophyNearly 60 hours of piano playing and 14 days of waiting came to an end last night, with the announcement of the results of the…Fri May 19 2000 - 01:00
