Tomorrow Limerick: University Concert Hall
David McKenzie (violin), Limerick Singers/Deirdre Clancy, UL Orchestra/John Davis. Beethoven: Coriolan Overture; Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1; Tchaikovsky: Dances from Nutcracker; Humperdinck: Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel; plus choral music and Christmas carols. 8 p.m., £5, £7 (061-331549)
Armagh: Market PlaceElizabeth Goell, Lauretta Bloomer, Robert Putowski. Music for the Advent Season by Mozart, Brahms, Bach, Handel, Grieg, Schubert, 8 p.m. £7 (0483752 1821).
Enniskillen: Ardhowen TheatreThe Wallace Collection. Brass music for Christmas, 8 p.m. (048-6632 5440)
Newtownabbey Courtyard Theatre, Ballyearl 7.45 p.m. Fortwilliam Musical Society.Our Favourite Things -- Christmas Concert. £5 (04890848287).
Sunday, December 3rd
Galway Cathedral Noreena McDonagh (soprano), Phil Larkin (tenor), Galway Cathedral Choir & String Ensemble. Bach: Nun kommder Heiden Heiland; Handel: Messiah (excerpts); Tye, Tallis, Viadana, Palestrina. 8 p.m. £6
Monday, December 4th
Dublin: National Concert HallRay Barror, Celine Kelly (piano), Pauline Dempsey (presenter), Lindsay Singers/Ethna Barror. Faure, Debussy, Mozart, Gilbert & Sullivan, Christmas music, 8 p.m.£10, £15 (01-475 1572).
Tuesday, December 5th
Dublin: National Concert HallAnne O'Byrne (soprano), Margaret Killian (contralto), Paul Arbuthnot (alto), Niall Morris (tenor), Andrew Redmond (bass), Malcolm Wisener (organ), Goethe Institute Choir/John Dexter, Hibernian Orchestra/John Finucane. Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb; Bach: Cantata 61 Nun komm der Heiden Heiland; Bach: Magnificat; Double Violin Concerto; Carols, 8 p.m. £10 (01475 1572).
Belfast: Ulster Hall Charles Harrison (organ), Ulster Orchestra/John Lubbock. Music by Bach and Respighi. The first of three, free seasonal invitation concerts presented by the BBC, celebrating Advent, Christmas (on Friday 22nd) and the Epiphany (on Friday, January 5th). 7.45 p.m. Admission free. (048-9033 8292)
St Patrick's Cathedral 8pm. Messiah by Candlelight (as yesterday). £15 (016618188).
Belfast: Ulster Hall 7.45pm. Choir and Orchestra of St Malachy's College. St Malachy's Christmas Concert.
Larne: McNeill Theatre 8pm. Concert of Christmas Music.
Newry: Arts Centre 7pm. Murphy Trust Grand Christmas Concert.
Friday December 8th
Dublin: National Concert HallAnn Murray (mezzo soprano),John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Peter Mikulas (bass), Andrew Murphy (bass baritone), Gerard O'Connor (bass), RTE Philharmonic Choir, NSO/Paul Mann. Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ. 8 p.m. £8£14. (01-4751572)
Belfast Ulster Hall 7.30pm. Dominican College, Fortwilliam, Christmas Concert. (048-90370298).
Saturday December 9thNCH 8pm. Alison Roddy (soprano), Emmanuel Lawler (tenor), Glasnevin Musical Society, Pro Arte Orchestra/Colman Pearce. Your Favourite Melodies at Christmas. £12£18 (01-4751572).
Belfast Waterfront Hall 7pm. Handel: Messiah, as yesterday. £14£23 (04890668798).
Derry: Christ Church A new orchestra, The City of Derry Orchestra, conducted by the Brodsky Quartet's Paul Cassidy, promises Christmas entertainment for all the family, ending with round of singalong carols. 8 p.m. £8 (0487126 0516)
Sunday December 10th
Limerick: University Concert HallSinead Blanchfield (soprano), Doreen Curran (mezzo soprano), Limerick Choral Union, ICO/David Jones. This first collaboration between the Irish Chamber Orchestra and the Limerick Choral Union offers a programme of Italian baroque music with a Christmas flavour. 8 p.m. £12 (061331549)
Monday December 11th
Belfast: Ulster HallSing Carols, with a massed choir of 1,200 voices - BBC Northern Ireland presents the largest choral force offering carols this Christmas, 7.30 p.m. Admission free
Christ Church Cathedral 7.30pm. Christ Church Baroque/Mark Duley. Handel: Messiah. £8, £12 (01-677 8571).
Dublin: National Concert HallDeirdre Cooling Nolan (contralto), Gerard Gillen (organ), Matthew Hebert (saxophone), Palestrina Choir/Orla Barry. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Hurd: A New Nowell; plus carols. 8 p.m. £8£12 (01-4751572)ese: Octandre; Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Richard Ryan: Urbo Fortitudimus; Corelli: Christmas Concerto; Faure: Requiem. £5 (048-9033 5337).
NCH 8pm. Handel: Messiah, as Monday. £10/£15 (01-4751572).Dublin: National Gallery Colette McGahon (mezzo soprano), Elizabeth Keighary (piano), Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir/Keith Young. Traditional Welsh choral music, spirituals, operatic choruses, and all-time favourite Christmas carols. 8 p.m. £15 (016619877)
Belfast Ulster Hall 1pm. Schools' Carol Concert. (0489026 0466).Belfast Ulster Hall 7.30pm. City of Belfast Choirs and Youth Orchestra. BELB Christmas Concert. £5 (04890270466).
Newry Town Hall 8pm. Cloughmore Male Voice Choir. Christmas Wassail. £5.
Waterford: Good Shepherd Chapel WIT Choir and Orchestra/ Eric Sweeney. Christmas Concert, including Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Parts I & II. 8 p.m
Thursday December 14th
NCH 8pm. Handel: Messiah, as Monday. £10£15 (01-4751572).
Friday December 15th
NCH 8pm. Handel: Messiah, as Monday. £10£15 (01-4751572).
Belfast: Waterfront HallStella McCusker, James Ellis(presenters), Christopher FitzSimon (producer), Ulster Orchestra/Paul Murphy. Words and Music for Christmas. 7.45 p.m. £14£23 (048-90-668798)
Saturday December 16th
Dublin: National Concert HallSandra Oman (soprano), Malcolm Wisener (organ), Mark Armstrong (piano), Doireann Ni Bhriain (presenter), Rathfarnham Concert Band, Culwick Choral Society/Colin Block. A Christmas Celebration. 8 p.m. £8, £10 (01-4751572)
Belfast Waterfront Hall 3pm, 7.45pm. Alasdair Molloy (percussion, presenter), Ulster Orchestra/Paul Murphy. Family Christmas Concert. £14£23 (048-90-668798).
Sunday December 17th
Dublin: National MuseumPiccolo Lasso, Lassus Scholars/Ite O'Donovan. Christmas Carols, 3 p.m.
Dublin: St Patrick's Cathedral Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, 3.15 p.m. (01-4539472)
NCH 8pm. Niamh Murray (soprano, presenter), Billie Barry Children, RIAM Wind Ensemble, Dublin County Choir/Colin Block. A Christmas Festival. £8, £10(01-4751572).
Monday December 18th
NCH 8pm. Niamh Murray (soprano, presenter), Billie Barry Children, RIAM Wind Ensemble, Dublin County Choir/Colin Block. A Christmas Festival. £8, £10 (01-4751572).
Tuesday December 19th
Dublin: Bank of Ireland Arts Centre Celine Kelly (piano), Lassus Scholars, Piccolo Lasso/Ite O'Donovan. Carols for Christmas. 8 p.m. £7 (016711488). Repeat performance the following day at 1.15 p.m.
Belfast Waterfront Hall 7.30pm. Fourth Gala Celebration of Christmas Peace. £10.50£15.50 (048-90-334400).
Belfast Methodist College Belfast, Chapel of Unity, Malone Road 7.30pm. Service of Lessons and Carols. (048-90205205).
Wednesday December 20th
Dublin: National Concert HallJustin Lavender (tenor), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Carlow Choral Society, St Bartholomew's Children's Choir, Dublin Concert Orchestra/Robin Stapleton. The Glory of Christmas. 8 p.m. £12£23.50 (01-4751572). Repeat performance the following night.
Thursday December 21st
Dublin: National GalleryFergal Caulfield (accompanist), NCC/Colin Mawby. Christmas concert. 5 p.m.
National Concert Hall. Justin Lavender (tenor), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Carlow Choral Society, St Bartholomew's Children's Choir, Dublin Concert Orchestra/Robin Stapleton. The Glory of Christmas. 8 p.m. £12-£23.50 (01-4751572).
Friday December 22nd
NCH 8pm. Ailish Tynan (soprano), Anne Marie Gibbons (mezzo soprano), Frank Beodle (tenor), Roland Davitt (baritone), Michael d'Arcy (violin), Michael Casey (piano), Kevin Hough (presenter). A Victorian Christmas. £12.50£15 (01-4751572).
Belfast: Ulster Hall Mary Nelson (soprano), Ulster Orchestra/Takuo Yuasa. Britten: Men of Goodwill; Mozart: Symphony No 50; Exsultate, jubilate; Hely-Hutchinson: Carol Symphony. 7.45 p.m. Admission free (048-9033 8292)
Saturday December 23rd
Enniskillen Castle Coole 8pm. Fermanagh Choral Society. Christmas Concert. (048-66-322690).
Wednesday December 27th
The Ark 4pm. The Fourth Wise Man -- a seasonal Music Theatre Show by John Browne and Johnny Hanrahan. 6 (01-670 7788).
Thursday December 28th
The Ark 1pm, 4pm. The Fourth Wise Man -- a seasonal Music Theatre Show by JohnBrowne and Johnny Hanrahan. 6 (01-670 7788).
Friday December 29thThe Ark 1pm, 4pm. The Fourth Wise Man -- a seasonal Music Theatre Show byJohn Browne and Johnny Hanrahan. 6 (01-670 7788).
Saturday December 30th
The Ark 1pm, 4pm. The Fourth Wise Man -- a seasonal Music Theatre Show by JohnBrowne and Johnny Hanrahan. 6 (01-670 7788).
Sunday December 31st
Dublin: NCH John Creedon (presenter), RTECO/Proinnsias O Duinn, New Year's Eve Concert, 9.45pm. £20£30 (01-4751572)
