Jörg Widmann, Denis Kozhukhin, Irish Chamber Orchestra: Weber review – glowing composer brought out of the shadows
Widmann makes a passionate plea for this brilliant but oft-neglected German composer
Jörg Widmann: Conductor of the Irish Chamber Orchestra, trying to fill the space
Energetic German talks lockdown listening, mooching through Munich and pining for crowds
Byrne and Workman soar with intensity in Korngold’s masterpiece
The huge orchestra required for Die tote Stadt made the NCH right for the Irish premiere
The best classical music gigs happening this week
Mendelssohn’s longest symphony and a project to remember the late John Lynch
Jascha Heifetz’s New York debut turned up the heat on violinists
The 16-year-old’s recital in 1917 had Mischa Elman remark, ‘It’s hot in here, isn’t it?’
Widmann, Znaider, Terfel: The best classical music concerts this week
Beethoven’s knottiest composition opens ICO’s programme; Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel at NCH
Musical ups and downs in a year of change and challenge
Year in Culture Review: Key directors stepped down, while performers stepped up in classical music and opera
Three classical music concerts to see this week
British clarinettist Katherine Spencer with the ICO, Yury Revic and Benedict Kloeckner on short tour and Chamber Choir Ireland perform David Fennessy work
Roll Over Beethoven - and Hoffman: this week’s classical highlights
Jean-Christophe Spinosi conducts the ICO; Claudia Boyle in ‘The Tales of Hoffman’
The highs and lows of Eugene Downes in Kilkenny
He brought an opera focus to Kilkenny Arts Festival, but new music was neglected
Kilkenny Art Festival focusing on piano and chamber music of Brahms
Festival director Eugene Downes’ term to come to an end after five years at the helm
Louth music: Eamonn Quinn ‘first backstage laureate’ of Belmont Prize
Founder of Louth Contemporary Music Society singled due to ‘burning passion for contemporary music’
James Taylor, Tom Ó Drisceoil, Elisabeth Leonskaja and Alina Pogostkina: the best classical music this week
Taylor and Ó Drisceoil play rare two-harpsichord works; Leonskaja plays with the ICO; Pogostkina plays with the RTÉ NCO
The best classical concerts this week
2012 Dublin International Piano Competition winner Nikolay Khozyainov returns to NCH
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