National Gallery, Dublin Sat 8pm €50 01-6764412

Alfred Brendel may have retired from the world of piano recitals last year, but his 78-year-old brain is still as bright as ever, and he’s back on a public platform in Dublin at the National Gallery to tackle the really serious question, “Does all classical music have to be entirely serious?”

Brendel is an illuminating writer and thinker about music, and a witty one, too. Saturday promises to be an evening through which even the most serious of music lovers will not get through without a laugh.