How are composers affected by lockdowns, wars and revolutions?

From Stravinsky to Schoenberg, composers differed in their treatment of global events in the 20th century

The Cork woman who inspired radicalism from Ireland to Russia

The Irish woman wrote one of the most popular and influential novels of the 20th century selling millions of copies worldwide

Best classical concerts: Emily Anderson remembered

Plus Nathalie Stutzmann’s French tribute and Rafael Payare’s final season

Folk music is to people what pollen is to the bee

Nick Roth’s band Yurodny celebrate their 10th anniversary with a new suite ‘Wave’, coalescing traditional and modern music inspired by the jesters of Russian folklore

Zenit St Petersburg another proposition altogether for Dundalk

Gazprom-funded Russian side pose Stephen Kenny and his side their sternest Europa test

Shostakovich’s Tenth: a celebration of surviving Stalin

The RTÉ NSO’s performance packed tremendous punch, if a bit out of control

Wartime Consolations: Linus Roth | Album Review

Wartime ConsolationsLinus Roth (violin), Württemberg CO Heilbronn/Ruben Gazarian, José Gallardo (piano)Challenge Classics CC 736804

The devil in the detail of RTÉ’s orchestral cutbacks

A heavily redacted report on RTÉ’s orchestras gives the lie to the Government’s claims about transparency

The Times We Lived In: When Shostakovich met deValera

Published: July 7th 1972 Photograph: Tommy Collins

Weinberg: Chamber & Orchestral Works