Lyric Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Marco Zambelli , Verdi - National Concert HallTo judge by the attendance and audience response at the National Concert Hall last night, Vivian Coates's Lyric Opera Productions…Thu Feb 04 1999 - 00:00
Finals of ESB Veronica Dunne International Singing CompetitionBeginning with preliminary rounds held in Ireland and abroad late last year, an initial entry of 117 singers from around the …Fri Jan 29 1999 - 00:00
Geraldine O'Grady (violin)/Veronica McSwiney (piano)Sonata in A, Op 47 (Kreutzer) - BeethovenThu Jan 21 1999 - 00:00
Dancing to the tune of the dancerConventional notions of dancing to music don't have much relevance to the music for dance composed by Todd WinklerSat Dec 19 1998 - 00:00
Irish premiere of minimalist classicThe British Prime Minister's address to the Oireachtas was not Thursday's only evidence of the new IrelandSat Nov 28 1998 - 00:00
Opera of the absurdThe first piece of Tom Johnson's that I encountered was FailingSat Nov 21 1998 - 00:00
Rolf Hind (piano)Time was when one of the regular complaints about the Belfast Festival was its virtual exclusion of contemporary musicThu Nov 19 1998 - 00:00
Anne O'Briain (flute, piccolo), Conor O'Riordan (tuba), David Adams (piano)The music of the reclusive Russian, Galina Ustvolskaya (born 1919), explains the unusual line-up of instruments for the second…Tue Nov 10 1998 - 00:00
classical musicSaturday Morning Coffee Concerts. Elmwood Hall, 11am, Saturdays November 14th, 21st and 28th, 11 a.m.Sat Nov 07 1998 - 00:00
A touch of the pastSligo's Model Arts Centre is the venue for the town's Early Music FestivalMon Oct 26 1998 - 00:00
Spiritually upliftingThe Out of Denmark programme running in Dublin brought, on Sunday, a first visit to the NCH by the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra…Wed Oct 21 1998 - 01:00
Die FledermausThe big set-piece in Patrick Mailler's English-language Wexford Festival Opera Scenes production of Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus…Tue Oct 20 1998 - 01:00
Brilliant and shallow musicRiccardo Zandonai (1883-1944), composer of I Cavalieri di Ekebu, is the best-known of the three composers featured in the main…Mon Oct 19 1998 - 01:00
Wexford Festival OperaCarlos Gomes (18361896), whose Fosca opened the Wexford Festival last night, is Brazil's best-known opera composerFri Oct 16 1998 - 01:00
Judy Tarling (violin) Peter Holman (chamber organ)In addition to its work as an orchestra, Mark Duley's Christ Church Baroque is starting to promote early music concerts on a …Tue Oct 06 1998 - 01:00
Stavanger SO/Vassily SinaiskyThe best-known work of the Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt (1908-1981) falls into a category much practised in Ireland this century…Fri Oct 02 1998 - 01:00
Golden age for RTE music pledgedRTE's director of music, Mr Niall Doyle, yesterday announced that he is to initiate a "root and branch review of all structures…Wed Sept 30 1998 - 01:00
Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet) Wayne Marshall (organ)There was a delayed start to the opening of the new NCH/The Irish Times Celebrity Concert Series at the National Concert Hall…Wed Sept 16 1998 - 01:00
Catching up with CageThe innovative Crash Ensemble's two concerts at Project @ The Mint were billed to focus on music from Ireland (Saturday) and …Tue Sept 15 1998 - 01:00
Composers in controlComposers' Ink is a collective representing just five composers, Raymond Deane, Donnacha Dennehy, Roger Doyle, Benjamin Dwyer…Mon Sept 14 1998 - 01:00
Golden momentsRTE devotes a lunchtime concert a week over the summer months to the lighter end of the orchestral repertoireSat Sept 12 1998 - 01:00
Crash course in musicLast year saw the rise of two new bodies concerned with contemporary musicSat Sept 12 1998 - 01:00
National Chamber Choir/Roger O. DoyleRoger O. Doyle is professor of music at the University of Portland and is a conductor of many choirs in the north-western region…Sat Sept 05 1998 - 01:00
Irish Youth Wind Ensemble/James Cavanagh, William HalpinThe Irish Youth Wind Ensemble's concert on Thursday began in jaunty style, with a piece by a composer from Luxembourg, Marcel…Mon Aug 31 1998 - 01:00
