Thérèse/La NavarraiseWexford Festival Opera’s love affair with Massenet continuesFri Oct 25 2013 - 15:40
Il cappello di paglia di FirenzeThis new production of Nino Rota’s farce won’t sit still for a momentThu Oct 24 2013 - 15:30
Marin Alsop: a conductor with a beat that musicians want to play forAhead of her performance in Dublin on Saturday, the conductor tells how she was inspired by Leonard BernsteinThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
Premature concert clappers: let’s give them all a round of applauseThere’s not much point in frowning on ‘ill-timed’ applause. What’s unusual today used to be the normWed Oct 23 2013 - 01:00
The way to Wexford: a strange beauty behind the scenes at the operaAttending rehearsals of a Massenet double bill ahead of the Wexford Festival Opera was a deja vu experienceWed Oct 16 2013 - 01:00
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D Minor; Concerto in D Minor for Violin and PianoFri Sept 20 2013 - 00:00
One small step for man, one giant leap of a musical kindHow to soundtrack Felix Baumgartner’s extraordinary near-space skydive? Ed Bennett has an explosive ideaWed Sept 18 2013 - 01:00
Raymond Deane’s new opera is based on an artist who had a life-like doll made of his former loverWhen Alma Mahler, the widow of composer Gustav Mahler, broke up with the artist Oskar Kokoschka, he made an anatomically accurate doll of her, and that's inspired Raymond Deane's third operaMon Sept 16 2013 - 01:00
‘A singer, dancer, policeman, psychiatrist and clown’Gábor Takács-Nagy knows what it takes to be a good conductor, and he’s more than happy to share itThu Sept 12 2013 - 01:00
Presenting Grieg with a freshness and grandeurHadland brings new take on Norway’s greatest piano concertoWed Sept 11 2013 - 01:00
Schumann: Violin Concertos; Phantasie Op 131 –Baiba Skride (violin), Danish National SO/John StorgårdsFri Sept 06 2013 - 00:00
Testing the theory: does Ireland really punch above its musical weight?It is often said we outstrip expectations when it comes to producing talent. But is it true?Thu Sept 05 2013 - 01:00
Conductors? ‘We’re just waving our hands’In person, outspoken Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko has a self-confidence that comes across as disarmingly matter-of-factWed Sept 04 2013 - 01:00
Keller Quartet – Ligeti: string quartets 1 & 2; Barber: AdagioECM New Series 481 0026Fri Aug 30 2013 - 00:00
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra/Jaap van Zweden – Bruckner: Symphony No 6Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra/Jaap van ZwedenChallenge Classics CC 72552Fri Aug 30 2013 - 00:00
Choir of Royal Holloway, Britten Sinfonia/Rupert Gough – Tonu Korvits: Kreek’s NotebookChoir of Royal Holloway, Britten Sinfonia/Rupert GoughHyperion CDA 67968Fri Aug 30 2013 - 00:00
Slow set: RTÉ taking its time to appoint replacement for CrimminsThe national broadcaster seems to have studied the Cowen reshuffle of 2011 – but at least Cowen was quickWed Aug 28 2013 - 01:00
Ksenija Sidorova (accordion), Thomas Gould (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Clark Rundell: Fairy TalesFri Aug 23 2013 - 00:00
Keys to success: masterly performances to inspire the next generationClassical Music: piano masterclasses in Dublin and mesmerising skill in Kilkenny offered young musicians much to aspire toWed Aug 14 2013 - 01:00
Pimp my piano: a technician lifts the lidDublin International Piano Festival opened with an intimate look at – and inside – the instrumentWed Aug 07 2013 - 01:00
