Embers: Haunting, unsettling evocations of the past

Works by Irish composer Raymond Deane enclose a much longer piece by Ukrainian Valentin Silvestrov

From Mozart to Britten, the requiem will live forever

Composers have always been drawn to honour the dead with powerful, passionate music

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

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

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

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

Valentin Silvestrov: Hieroglyphen der Nacht – soundscapes haunted by the past

Feast of Russian miniatures: This week’s classical music highlights

Elisaveta Blumina in Dublin, RTÉ Contempo Quartet on tour and Irish Baroque Orchestra

Ustvolskaya, Silvestrov, Kancheli - Works for Piano and Orchestra album review: Scorched sounds in an echo chamber

USTVOLSKAYA, SILVESTROV, KANCHELI: WORKS FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRaElisaveta Blumina (piano), Stuttgart CO/Thomas Sanderling ****Grand Piano GP 678