Linda Buckley

Review: ‘Man At The Door (Number 54)’ and ‘Pilgrimage’ at Cork Midsummer Festival

The common theme at the Sunbeam Bingo Hall and Sirius Arts Centre performances was personal identity

Thu Jun 28 2018 - 05:45

Louth and clear: a maverick’s musical adventures in Dundalk

Louth Contemporary Music Society’s Book of Hours Festival was unfailingly adventurous

Wed Jun 27 2018 - 05:00

Máire Carroll in the Kirkoskammer series: this week’s classical highlights

Also, Two-day festival in the Oriel from Louth Contemporary Music Society

Sat Jun 16 2018 - 05:00

Louth music: Eamonn Quinn ‘first backstage laureate’ of Belmont Prize

Founder of Louth Contemporary Music Society singled due to ‘burning passion for contemporary music’

Wed Mar 28 2018 - 05:15

Women composers find a voice: The week’s best classical music

Finding a Voice festival’s all-female finale; Vanbrugh & Michael McHale; Philippe Cassard

Sat Mar 10 2018 - 05:00

Gig of the week – The Spike Cello Festival

The second edition of Dublin’s genre-blind alternative festival is back next week to once again challenge cello orthodoxy

Sat Feb 03 2018 - 05:00

Judith ring's music shimmers with light

And the Tallis Scholars delivered a masterful programme

Wed Oct 11 2017 - 05:00

Kilkenny Arts Festival: a compelling chain of events and emotions

From Antarctica to Ukraine and Schubert to Brexit, a one-day exploration of the festival

Wed Aug 16 2017 - 05:00

Schubert dip and Caesar salad: Classical and opera treats this week

Schubert: Dreaming the Sublime, Giulio Cesare, and Rediscovering Irish State Musick

Thu Aug 10 2017 - 13:00

Sea to the West classical album review: Layered sounds for solo soprano

SEA TO THE WESTElizabeth Hilliard (soprano) ****Métier MSV 28551

Wed Jan 18 2017 - 16:15

‘Composing music is almost like trying to remember a dream’

‘Composing the Island’ celebrates 100 years of music by Irish composers, written between 1916 and 2016. What do composers think about Irish music now?

Wed Sept 07 2016 - 05:00

RTÉ takes a fresh approach to new music

Can the Music of Our Time series at the NCH remedy the weaknesses of the national broadcaster’s long-standing approach to new music?

Wed Apr 27 2016 - 01:00

Belfast opera director lands a tricky new job in Norway

Norway’s top opera job is being taken up by Annilese Miskimmon. The post comes with its own dramatic history

Wed Dec 16 2015 - 01:00

Who was the best composer of the late 19th century?

That question was arguably answered in concerts at the National Concert Hall and University Church last week

Wed Oct 14 2015 - 06:00

A glorious gamelan with a distinctive Irish accent

What attracted Iarla Ó Lionáird, Duke Special and Julie Feeney to collaborate with Cork Gamelan Ensemble?

Thu Aug 06 2015 - 01:00

Diabelli’s Variations and the Hugh Lane’s mysterious moving piano

The original theme lacked grandeur, but such portmanteaus can be a source of creativity

Wed Jul 29 2015 - 01:00

What? . . . Wow: not much new about David Lang’s festival of minimalism

Why this year’s festival turned to the US for a curator is hard to fathom

Wed Mar 11 2015 - 01:00

David Lang: ‘Minimalism existed for about a minute ’

In curating the What? . . . Wow festival, Lang is examining the legacy of his neighbourhood, and the 1960s New York scene that gave the world minimalism

Tue Mar 03 2015 - 06:00

We have lift-off: Irish cultural calendar 2015

A year of Yeats. The return of the Gathering. The zaniness of TedFest. The muckiness of the National Ploughing Championships. The musical magic of Electric Picnic. The spectacular scenery of Earagail Arts Festival. And much more. Consider yourself told

Wed Dec 31 2014 - 03:00