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
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
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
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
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
Welcome returns{TABLE} Piano Concerto No 2..................... Brahms The Love for Three Oranges Suite.........Prokofiev La valse.........Sat Jan 11 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
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
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
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
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
Hugh Tiney (piano)/Orchestra of St Cecilia/Geoffrey Spratt{TABLE} Divertimento in F K138............... Mozart Piano Concerto in B flat............. Mozart Piano Concerto in G K453..Fri Nov 22 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
At home with charm of DussekTHE young harpist Maria Cleary is based in the Netherlands, where she studied with Edward Witsenburg at the Royal Conservatory…Tue Nov 19 1996 - 00:00
