Terry Riley

Folks’ Music: Terry Riley would love this trad take on In C every bit as much as the audience did

Louth Contemporary Music Society’s engaging weekend festival also featured the Esposito Quartet, Sigma Project and Explore Ensemble

Mon Jun 19 2023 - 12:52

A trad take on Terry Riley’s In C: ‘It’s totally out of the comfort zone for all of us’

In C will be performed by Irish traditional musicians, led by Zoë Conway in St. Nicholas’ Church of Ireland, Dundalk on Saturday, June 17th, as part of this year’s Louth Contemporary Music Society festival. louthcms.org SOLD OUT

Tue Jun 06 2023 - 05:15

Paul Morley: ‘I wanted to write about Mozart like the NME in 1980’

Cult pop conceptualist on post-punk mythmaking and his discovery of classical music

Sat Oct 03 2020 - 06:00

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’

Sat Oct 05 2019 - 05:00

Third Noise Principle – Formative North American Electronica 1975-1984 review: a vibrant compilation

Fri Jan 25 2019 - 05:00

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

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

Director’s first full festival hoves into view

New Music Dublin to open with Crash Ensemble on the front steps of the National Concert Hall at sunset

Wed Jan 24 2018 - 05:15

Making music as a spontaneous, unpremeditated act

Many great composers were also great improvisers, Mozart, Beethoven and Bruckner among them

Wed Jul 19 2017 - 05:00

‘Putting on art music in a concert hall is not good enough any more’

The ‘Crashlands’ series of concerts will see Crash Ensemble perform in beautiful, remote locations around the country

Wed Jun 14 2017 - 05:00

Will Stratton: Rosewood Almanac – neatly fusing skills and influences

Thu May 11 2017 - 07:15

Classical Music: Choir of 16 voices in the GPO sounds larger than life

While no longer strictly in houses, the Great Music in Irish Houses festival has found good new homes

Wed Jun 15 2016 - 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

An incurable romantic: who is the Max Bruch of the 21st century?

The German composer clung to the same style throughout his career – do any modern counterparts keep the faith?

Wed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00

Portishead: ‘We’re a bit of a sleeping dragon’

So says the band’s Geoff Barrow as they prepare to play their first Irish show for 17 years at Electric Picnic. He talks about the Stradbally festival and the band’s future recording plans

Fri Aug 01 2014 - 01:00