In this Might is Right world, there’s one group of people who hold more cards than Trump
Mark Carney won’t change Trump’s mind about anything. But Philip Glass might
Philip Glass
Max Richter in Dublin: Stunning show moves from gripping In a Landscape re-creation to breathtaking Blue Notebooks moments
On the first of two evenings, the composer leads his ensemble through first his new album and then his Iraq War ‘protest record’
Heart of Philip Glass: A musical through line from Blondie and Talking Heads to maverick minimalism
Michael Riesman, music director of the Philip Glass Ensemble, on the works by the composer that they’re bringing to Ireland
Mari Samuelsen: ‘I was probably the rebel. I was not interested in going down the same rabbit hole as the others’
The Norwegian violinist, who is giving a series of performances in Ireland, stands out in the classical world as a widely admired outsider
Labèque sisters: ‘We hear Philip Glass played mechanically. He’s not like that. He’s the last romantic composer of our century’
The celebrated French piano duo talk about the new scores for three Cocteau films they’ll be playing at the NCH
Mick Jagger: ‘It was so long ago I can’t remember. I didn’t know what I was doing’
As he lends his glorious voice to a new spy thriller, the Rolling Stone relives his greatest roles
Laurie Anderson: ‘An important voice? My friends don’t call me an important voice’
The musician and artist on CD-roms, cancel culture and her new show, The Art of Falling
Tune in to tune out: authors on music and the writing process
Roddy Doyle, Sarah Crossan and Shane Hegarty on the role songs play in their craft
Aoife Kelleher: ‘At my 30th my friends had to rescue the party from my morose playlist’
Soundtrack of My Life: The director on her lockdown listening, Francophilia, and Peppa Pig
Notturno: Beauty and horror in the conflict zone
Review: Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary depicts a world defined by fear and extremism
Grainne Humphreys: ‘Not much makes me feel better than a George Michael nostalgia trip’
Soundtrack of My Life: Kate Bush, Philip Glass and more, from the director of Dublin film festival
The best classical music and opera to see this week
Beethoven’s Fidelio and New Music Dublin both come to the National Concert Hall
Sinéad Gleeson: Rediscovering the shared frequency of music and writing
The writer on creating a world for a new album by her husband’s band, Mount Alaska
Beck: ‘U2 had the best audiences of anyone I’ve opened for’
The Beck of 1994’s Mellow Gold seems a million miles from the 49-year-old releasing Hyperspace
Bring sandwiches for a five-hour Philip Glass marathon – this week’s classical highlights
The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan in Wexford; American conductor JoAnn Falletta at NCH
Philip Glass: ‘Everyone needs a technique, whether they’re a plumber or a cook’
The composer on febrile 1960s New York, working day jobs into his 40s and the term ‘minimalism’
Book of Sounds at Hugh Lane: This week’s classical highlights
Bangers and Crash Percussion Group starts tour, teenage wunderkind Daniel Lozakovich
Berlin techno innovator Pantha Du Prince fits right in to Perspectives series
Beacon of enlightened new music programming at NCH in fog of nostalgia culture
National Concert Hall launches bumper programme for 2019-20
Joyce DiDonato, Damon Albarn, Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson in wide-ranging line-up
Third Noise Principle – Formative North American Electronica 1975-1984 review: a vibrant compilation
Blood Orange: A tuneful trip to the corners of black experience
Dev Hynes returns with a little help from his famous friends on another strong outing
Louth and clear: a maverick’s musical adventures in Dundalk
Louth Contemporary Music Society’s Book of Hours Festival was unfailingly adventurous
From The Simpsons to Pink Floyd: Stephen Hawking in popular culture
The scientist’s fame led to sitcom appearances, biopics, and music about him
Mute: A Berlin-set Bowie tribute that says nothing at all
Review: Duncan Jones’s latest film is a nod his late father, David Bowie, but it feels weirdly threadbare. It’s not disastrous – just senseless and lacking a plot
A perfect fusion of music and location at Kilruddery
The Festival of Great Music in Irish Houses plays fast and loose with its title but delivers music of calibre and quality
An alternative history of art of the last century
Exhibition shuffles briskly and entertainingly through more than 100 years of spirituality in art
Musical taste: There’s no accounting for it, especially new stuff
Last weekend’s New Music festival finally delivered on its celebratory promise
David Bowie remembered: What we’ve learned since his death
Some astounding new Bowie facts have come to light over the last year
Sideline Cut: Kerry will not take All-Ireland defeat lying down
Kingdom are living through the Dublin golden years as they’ve never had to before
A lost New York rescued from the bunker of William Burroughs
Aaron Brookner’s film Uncle Howard is about his late film-maker uncle – but it is also about Aids, a disappeared New York and the dangerous Burroughs
Centenary concerts neglect to take the revolutionary road
Michael Dervan: Two evenings of music and words as part of Ireland 2016 got me thinking about the links that were missed
Saoirse Ronan makes a malevolent jump from screen to stage in The Crucible
Ronan’s theatre debut is with Ciarán Hinds and Ben Whishaw in a formidable production directed by Ivo van Hove
Hearts of darkness: Joseph Conrad and Roger Casement in the Congo
For their collaboration commemorating the Rising at the NCH, Colm Tóibín and Donnacha Dennehy have focused on the uneasy time when Casement and Conrad shared quarters in the Belgian colony
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