West Cork Chamber Music Festival doubles down for 2021

Artistic director Francis Humphrys is responding to Covid by adding more shows

Silence is golden: Softly-softly approach to music gets your attention

Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt used surprise softness to great effect at the NCH

Lesson from West Cork for Galway’s troubled European Capital of Culture

One shining beacon in Galway’s programme is a cello festival and the West Cork Chamber Music Festival’s offering of less-frequently heard cello repertoire is a timely taster

Three great classical music concerts to enjoy this week

West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Sebastian Heindl and Anthony Weeden

Feast of Russian miniatures: This week’s classical music highlights

Elisaveta Blumina in Dublin, RTÉ Contempo Quartet on tour and Irish Baroque Orchestra

Weinberg: Chamber Symphonies – newly restored jewels by Shostakovich’s friend

Wartime Consolations: Linus Roth | Album Review

Wartime ConsolationsLinus Roth (violin), Württemberg CO Heilbronn/Ruben Gazarian, José Gallardo (piano)Challenge Classics CC 736804

Weinberg: Chamber & Orchestral Works

Alexander Raskatov: Monk’s Music