Women, Irish and living composers are still being shut out by classical establishment
RTÉ NSO and National Concert Hall remain choked by the past in certain respects
This week’s best classical music gigs
National Concert Hall brings musicians from across the generations for a new year bash
Four to the floor: This week’s best classical music gigs
A Culture Night programme at the National Concert Hall is among the highlights
Olive Smith: A woman at the heart of Irish musical history
New book traces life story of ‘visionary’ and efforts to secure concert hall for Dublin
Fintan O’Toole: National Anthem is tone deaf to new Ireland
Enshrining ‘Amhrán na bhFiann’ in law is out of tune with radically altered identity
Can anything be salvaged from the New Music Dublin Festival?
There’s no way that the whole programme can be saved – it’s too big and too complicated for that
The Irish Baroque Orchestra’s Musical Joke falls flat
The IBO’s take on Mozart’s Musical Joke trample it to the level of the Dumb and Dumber movies
Feast of Russian miniatures: This week’s classical music highlights
Elisaveta Blumina in Dublin, RTÉ Contempo Quartet on tour and Irish Baroque Orchestra
The maverick who declared electronic music rubbish
Despite denouncing Stockhausen as a charlatan, Brian Boydell was no traditionalist. And Salvatore Sciarrino at Silenzio further cements Louth Contemporary Music Festival’s reputation
Finghin Collins takes a lap of honour on his 40th birthday
NCH honours pianist by presenting him in solo recital as part of international series
Composing the Island: Starting with the best works is never wise
The celebration of 100 years of Irish composition hits mid-century, revealing a dark age for orchestral music
In praise of Composing the Island - lost Irish treasures unearthed
The festival unearthed fine compositions that were sadly neglected in the past 100 years
Mary Gallagher O’Rourke: Masterful musician with a skill for nurturing talent
Obituary: She accepted the crucial role of forming not one, but two chamber orchestras, which were the highlights of Irish music-making from 1970 onwards
Celebration of Irish composers neglects women and living composers under 30
Composing the Island festival is huge, but it neglects women and living composers under 30
Centenary concerts neglect to take the revolutionary road
Michael Dervan: Two evenings of music and words as part of Ireland 2016 got me thinking about the links that were missed
An Irishman’s Diary from 1965: Fine Gael’s ‘blueprint for Ireland’
Party leader James Dillon tells reporters: ‘Never let it be said that the Leader of Fine Gael kept the press uninformed of his movements’
The Rising centenary gives RTÉ a chance to rescind its one-time offers
RTÉ tends to give new Irish music just one airing in concert, so its plans to celebrate the past century of Irish music is a very valuable idea
100 years of John Berryman
The centenary of the American poet, admirer of WB Yeats and one-time Dublin resident, is marked by the publication of two books and a conference in the city
Not enough strings to Ireland’s classical bow
Our orchestras are experiencing a personnel crisis, with early exits from key posts creating a symphony of discord
An early music duo, and ‘Carmen’ by way of ‘Tallafornia’
Early music was on the agenda at two concerts, while OTC’s ‘Carmen’ was defiantly contemporary
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