Red Priest's last confessionThe British early music ensemble, Red Priest, ended its recent Irish tour at the Coach House in Dublin Castle on Wednesday, courtesy…Fri Mar 24 2000 - 00:00
ClassicalIt's peculiar how certain things turn out: On Friday, the principal conductor designate of the Ulster Orchestra, Thierry Fischer…Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00
Barber of Seville OperaIf you were looking for a single detail to explain the nature of Tom Hawkes's Castleward Opera production of Rossini's Barber…Tue Mar 07 2000 - 00:00
EUCO/Lavard Skou Larsen (violin)Concerto in E minor for four violins - VivaldiMon Mar 06 2000 - 00:00
ClassicalThe Mostly Modern Festival, which opens at the Bank of Ireland Arts Centre tomorrow afternoon, is an extension of the Mostly …Sat Mar 04 2000 - 00:00
Crash Ensemble - Temple TheatreThe major train-inspired piece of the first half of the 20th century was Honegger's Pacific 231Tue Feb 29 2000 - 00:00
Crash cut a dash with mix mashThe Crash Ensemble, which has been enlivening the new music scene in Ireland for over two years now, makes its first appearance…Sat Feb 26 2000 - 00:00
Maxim Vengerov (violin), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord, piano)Sonata in B minor BWV1014 - BachTue Feb 22 2000 - 00:00
ClassicalThe Music Network's greatly expanded Musicwide scheme, which makes one-off concerts by Irish musicians available around the country…Sat Feb 19 2000 - 00:00
Cutting to the heart of the workFew operatic premieres in these islands have created quite the advance stir of Mark-Anthony Turnage's The Silver Tassie, which…Fri Feb 18 2000 - 00:00
RSNO Chorus, Belfast Philharmonic Choir, Ulster Orchestra/Kazushi OnoSymphony No 8 - MahlerTue Feb 15 2000 - 00:00
Olivier Charlier (violin)Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes - BrittenMon Feb 14 2000 - 00:00
The violinist vs the harpsichordistIdeas of crossover and fusion often leave one with questions about which element is likely to dominate or to be best servedSat Feb 12 2000 - 00:00
The Marriage of FigaroBrian Brady's new production of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, sung in Jeremy Sams's English translation and performed in a reduced…Fri Feb 11 2000 - 00:00
Arditti quartet display inspirational authorityQuartet No 2 - Krzysztof PendereckiTue Feb 08 2000 - 00:00
Grigori Zhislin (violin), Ulster Orchestra/Krzysztof PendereckiDe Profundis - Krzysztof PendereckiMon Feb 07 2000 - 00:00
ClassicalIt was a grand if not grandiose notion of TCD to put on a performance of Mahler's Eighth Symphony, the so-called Symphony of …Sat Feb 05 2000 - 00:00
StravinskyIgor Stravinsky: A Creative Spring, Russia and France, 1882-1934, by Stephen Walsh. Jonathan Cape 699pp, £30 in UKSat Feb 05 2000 - 00:00
Warm and romantic Polish avant-gardeThe music of Krzysztof Penderecki, one of the leading lights of the Polish avant-garde in the 1960s, took an unexpected turn …Sat Jan 29 2000 - 00:00
ClassicalPlaying the keyboard music of Bach on the piano is no longer the threatened activity it once seemed destined to becomeSat Jan 15 2000 - 00:00
£35m to support and develop artsThe development of the new £35 million academy for the performing arts is much more than a limited gesture in the area of professional…Thu Jan 13 2000 - 00:00
John O'Conor (piano), NSO/Alexander AnissimovSymphony No 10 - Beethoven/CooperTue Jan 11 2000 - 00:00
ClassicalLeonard Bernstein was aged 31 in 1949, when he completed his Second Symphony, The Age of AnxietySat Jan 08 2000 - 00:00
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Christ Church Baroque/Mark DuleyMessiah - HandelWed Dec 08 1999 - 00:00
Raphael Oleg (violin), NSO/Proinnsias O DuinnRomeo and Juliet - Tchaikovsky ViolinMon Dec 06 1999 - 00:00