Axa Dublin International Piano Competition, Semi-FinalsIt has been an unusual Axa Dublin International Piano CompetitionTue May 16 2000 - 01:00
Axa Dublin International Piano Competition, Round 2Competitions, it is often said, favour a competition style of playingSat May 13 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalIt is the way of the world, I suppose - or at least of the National Concert Hall - that an orchestra best-known for its performances…Sat May 13 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalFacco: Pensieri Adriarmonici. L'Arte Dell'Arco/Federico Guglielmo (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)Fri May 12 2000 - 01:00
30 crucial minutes decide the outcomeOver a long and sunny weekend, the 15 members of the jury of the Axa Dublin International Piano Competition listened to 53 pianists…Tue May 09 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalIt's a week in which to think piano, and not just because the Axa Dublin International Piano Competition is underwaySat May 06 2000 - 01:00
Seminar on Contemporary Choral MusicThe annual Seminar on Contemporary Choral Music at the Cork Choral Festival is a forum for the performance and discussion of …Wed May 03 2000 - 01:00
Quartet misses intimacy of Yeats's resting placeThere was a time when you could safely assume that most of the country's significant musical activity was to be found in the …Wed May 03 2000 - 01:00
Classical"An ascetic with the temperament of a maximalist, with the reserve of a repressed Vesuvius" is how Rodion Shchedrin once summed…Sat Apr 29 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalSligo's string quartet in residence, the Vogler Quartet, has a strong track recordSat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalIt has taken the National Concert Hall an astonishing 19 years to wake up to the presence of Irish composers as a group worth…Sat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00
German conductor gets top NSO appointmentRTE has announced the appointment of the German conductor, Gerhard Markson (52), as principal conductor of the National Symphony…Sat Apr 08 2000 - 01:00
ClassicalIf you're planning to gorge yourself by attending the Borodin Quartet's complete cycle of the Shostakovich quartets in Bantry…Sat Apr 01 2000 - 01:00
Storming DublinEvgeny Kissin is back in town, playing in the NCH/The Irish Times Celebrity Series on MondaySat Mar 25 2000 - 00:00
Red Priest's last confessionThe British early music ensemble, Red Priest, ended its recent Irish tour at the Coach House in Dublin Castle on Wednesday, courtesy…Fri Mar 24 2000 - 00:00
ClassicalIt's peculiar how certain things turn out: On Friday, the principal conductor designate of the Ulster Orchestra, Thierry Fischer…Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00
Barber of Seville OperaIf you were looking for a single detail to explain the nature of Tom Hawkes's Castleward Opera production of Rossini's Barber…Tue Mar 07 2000 - 00:00
EUCO/Lavard Skou Larsen (violin)Concerto in E minor for four violins - VivaldiMon Mar 06 2000 - 00:00
ClassicalThe Mostly Modern Festival, which opens at the Bank of Ireland Arts Centre tomorrow afternoon, is an extension of the Mostly …Sat Mar 04 2000 - 00:00
Crash Ensemble - Temple TheatreThe major train-inspired piece of the first half of the 20th century was Honegger's Pacific 231Tue Feb 29 2000 - 00:00
Crash cut a dash with mix mashThe Crash Ensemble, which has been enlivening the new music scene in Ireland for over two years now, makes its first appearance…Sat Feb 26 2000 - 00:00
Maxim Vengerov (violin), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord, piano)Sonata in B minor BWV1014 - BachTue Feb 22 2000 - 00:00
ClassicalThe Music Network's greatly expanded Musicwide scheme, which makes one-off concerts by Irish musicians available around the country…Sat Feb 19 2000 - 00:00
Cutting to the heart of the workFew operatic premieres in these islands have created quite the advance stir of Mark-Anthony Turnage's The Silver Tassie, which…Fri Feb 18 2000 - 00:00
RSNO Chorus, Belfast Philharmonic Choir, Ulster Orchestra/Kazushi OnoSymphony No 8 - MahlerTue Feb 15 2000 - 00:00
Olivier Charlier (violin)Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes - BrittenMon Feb 14 2000 - 00:00
The violinist vs the harpsichordistIdeas of crossover and fusion often leave one with questions about which element is likely to dominate or to be best servedSat Feb 12 2000 - 00:00
The Marriage of FigaroBrian Brady's new production of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, sung in Jeremy Sams's English translation and performed in a reduced…Fri Feb 11 2000 - 00:00
Arditti quartet display inspirational authorityQuartet No 2 - Krzysztof PendereckiTue Feb 08 2000 - 00:00
Grigori Zhislin (violin), Ulster Orchestra/Krzysztof PendereckiDe Profundis - Krzysztof PendereckiMon Feb 07 2000 - 00:00
