Ina Boyle: Songs – Singers and pianist do pared-back songs proud

Nicholas Daniel: ‘I had no idea what an oboe was. My father sold cars’

The Westport-bound musician talks about his career and how the pandemic has radically changed his priorities

Classical gig of the week: Westport Festival of Chamber Music

The historic setting of Westport House is the centerpiece of this fine boutique festival in Co Mayo featuring works by Grieg, Mozart, Bach, Shostakovich, Schumann and Fauré

Winners and losers in Arts Council’s absurd festival grants scheme

Two long-standing music series lose out as new events hit the jackpot, but the lack of continuity from year to year is mind-boggling

Three global orchestras make Irish debuts in new concert season | Classical

The new season is strong on singing and orchestral debuts, and composers from Sibelius to Mahler

Michael Dervan’s cultural highs and lows of 2014

Richard Goode at the KBC Great Music in Irish Houses festival

Review: Bill Whelan celebration

The composer’s music is at its best when it accompanies something with a strong visual element, such as a film or dance show

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The fireworks and the finer points of ‘Nixon in China’

John Adams’s first opera, which had its premiere in 1987 but has just landed in Dublin, is full of ideas