A taste of the Swiss big cheeseWHERE do you meet an opera director in Dublin when he's working? In the case of Dieter Kaegi, who is directing Verdi's Macbeth…Wed Apr 02 1997 - 01:00
Conor Linehan (piano), John Field Room, National Concert Hall{TABLE} Variations in F minor.................... Haydn Piano Pieces Op 118...................... Brahms Kreisleriana.......Wed Mar 26 1997 - 00:00
Brian Boydell 80th Birthday Celebration, NCH John Field RoomTHE composer Brian Boydell was 80 on St Patrick's DayWed Mar 26 1997 - 00:00
Reflections on a themeTHE Irish Chamber Orchestra began its series of three spring concerts in association with the National Concert Ha on Sunday afternoon…Tue Mar 25 1997 - 00:00
Finghin Collins (piano) NCH John Field Room{TABLE} Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue..................... Bach Sonata.........................................Wed Mar 19 1997 - 00:00
Dynamism waited for second encore{TABLE} Violin Sonata in G, Op 78.............. Brahms Violin Sonata in A, Op 100............. Brahms Phantasy Op 47........Mon Mar 17 1997 - 00:00
Hugh Tinney (piano), NSO/Alexander Anissimov NCH{TABLE} The Rock............................ Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini..... Rachmaninov Symphony No 2.....Mon Mar 17 1997 - 00:00
Madrigal '75/Orchestra of St Cecilia/Geoffrey Spratt St Ann's Church, Dawson Street{TABLE} Cantata 150 Nach dir, Herr................. Bach Sinfonia from Cantata 42/.................Thu Mar 06 1997 - 00:00
Polyphonia/Blanaid MurphyPOLYPHONIA is a new professional vocal ensemble formed to perform music from the late Renaissance and early baroque period under…Tue Mar 04 1997 - 00:00
Higgins should move on PIANO planTHE omens for the National Symphony Orchestra's recent British re mixedTue Mar 04 1997 - 00:00
Carlo Curley (organ)A LARGE man reached out and shook my hand as I entered St Patrick's Cathedral on Friday eveningMon Mar 03 1997 - 00:00
CLASSICALBeethoven, "Op 18, Six quartets", Vanbrugh String Quartet, Intim Musik,Fri Feb 28 1997 - 00:00
Culwick Choral Society, Orchestra of St Cecilia/Colin Block{TABLE} The Creation......Mon Feb 24 1997 - 00:00
Puccini staged in a time warp{TABLE} Madama Butterfly..... Puccini {/TABLE} IT'S an odd state of affairsMon Feb 24 1997 - 00:00
A flaming success{TABLE} Flamboys.................. Gerald Barry Piano Concerto No 4....... Beethoven Mother Goose Suite.......Sat Feb 15 1997 - 00:00
Christian Altenburger (violin), Melvyn Tan (piano){TABLE} Duo Concertant............. Stravinsky Sonata in A Op 100......... Brahms Theme and variations......Fri Feb 07 1997 - 00:00
CLASSICALAnyone who heard last year's Kilkenny Arts Week violin and piano recital by Vadim Repin and Boris Berezovsky will find this impressive…Fri Feb 07 1997 - 00:00
Schubert on the sunny side{TABLE} Quartet in G K156............... Mozart Clarinet Quintet................ Weber Octet..........................Tue Feb 04 1997 - 00:00
Virtuosity impedes the music{TABLE} Der vierjahrige.......... Posten Overture................. Schubert Violin Concerto.........Sat Feb 01 1997 - 00:00
Veronica Dunne Singing Competition National Concert HallTHE 1997 Veronica Dunne singing Competition was a very different sort of event from the firstWed Jan 29 1997 - 00:00
Schubert Ensemble,{TABLE} Dumky Trio.......................... Dvorak Marche Oobliee.....................Tue Jan 28 1997 - 00:00
Waterfront celebrations{TABLE} Firebird Suite........... Stravinsky Rococo variations........ Tchaikovsky Symphony No 10..........Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00
St Petersburg PO/ Yuri Temirkanov{TABLE} Vocalise............... Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3.... Rachmaninov Symphony No 2.........Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00
Russians ravishing in the end{TABLE} Polonaise from Eugene Onegin.............. Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1......................Sat Jan 25 1997 - 00:00
Ulster Orchestra/Jerzy Maksymiuk{TABLE} Waterfront Fanfares................ Philip Hammond Dance Episodes from Rodeo.........Sat Jan 18 1997 - 00:00
Recital celebrates O'Connor birthday{TABLE} Sonata in E minor Op 90......... Beethoven Waltzes D145.................... Schubert Bagatelles OP 126..............Fri Jan 17 1997 - 00:00
On the WATERFRONTFROM the outside, the new, £32 million sterling Belfast Waterfront Hall, a squattish circular tower with generous glass frontage…Fri Jan 17 1997 - 00:00
Concert of two contrasting halves{TABLE} Concerto in D........................... Stravinsky Piano Concerto in D K53................Tue Jan 14 1997 - 00:00
Julian Bream (guitar)THE honour of giving the I first public concert at the Belfast Waterfront Hall fell to the guitarist Julian Bream, who is currently…Mon Jan 13 1997 - 00:00
Waterfront festival feastTHE logo for Belfast City Council's new £29 million, 2,300 seater Waterfront Hall has a banner which reads "conference and concert…Sat Jan 11 1997 - 00:00
Welcome returns{TABLE} Piano Concerto No 2..................... Brahms The Love for Three Oranges Suite.........Prokofiev La valse.........Sat Jan 11 1997 - 00:00
National Youth Orchestra/En Shao{TABLE} Night on the hare mountain........ Mussorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol...............Mon Jan 06 1997 - 00:00
PIANO report hangs in the balanceONE of the big musical unknowns at the moment is the fate of the PIANO reportFri Jan 03 1997 - 00:00
Vivid and visceral: a bigfella among filmsBEGINNING on the first Friday of the year with the release of David Fincher's Seven and continuing in subsequent weeks with the…Fri Dec 27 1996 - 00:00
Spirit lifting experiencews, enriching undertakingsGERALD BARRY's La Jalousie Taciturne, written for the strings of the IrishFri Dec 27 1996 - 00:00
Spirit-lifting experiences, enriching undertakingTHERE have been quite a few changes at or near the top of major music or music-related organisations during the last yearFri Dec 27 1996 - 00:00
Polished chorus shows its class{TABLE} Messiah...................... Handel {/TABLE} THERE'S no shortage of Messiahs in Ireland around Christmas timeMon Dec 23 1996 - 00:00
Carols win the dayTHE Dublin Choral Foundation was established earlier this year "to promote the development of choirs of excellence and to provide…Mon Dec 16 1996 - 00:00
Tallaght Choral Society, Orchestra of St Cecilia/Grainne Gormley{Table} Christmas Oratorio, Parts 1-3 Bach {/Table} BACH'S Christmas Oratorio is what the Tallaght Choral Society were billed…Mon Dec 16 1996 - 00:00
A long time coming{TABLE} Ritual Dance............... Patrick Zuk Piano Concerto............. Moszkowski Symphony in D minor.......Sat Dec 14 1996 - 00:00
CLASSICALThe Swiss composer Frank Martin (1890-1974) came to international attention in the 1940s through his Petite Symphonic Concertante…Fri Dec 13 1996 - 00:00
Music cast in shades of greyTHE Goethe Institute Choir's Christmas Concert at the National Concert Hall was unusual in a number of waysThu Dec 12 1996 - 00:00
Huddersfield hears a Stockhausen in depressing declineTHERE aren't many living composers who have managed to stir up as much controversy as Karlheinz Stockhausen, now strange as it…Wed Dec 11 1996 - 00:00
Seasonal bells ring out{TABLE} The Bells........... Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances...Sat Dec 07 1996 - 00:00
CLASSICALReinbert de Leeuw has followed up his collection of the early, better known piano music of Erik Satie with a CD which concentrates…Fri Nov 22 1996 - 00:00
