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The composer on sea bream, symbols, spies, Salome and his new Cello Concerto
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta to mark 50 years with gala concert
Musical celebration to invoke themes of courage, identity, and pride of place
Ray D’Arcy’s show is the lucky bag of Irish radio
Radio: You never know what you’ll get, but it’s seldom of premium quality
An Irish plan to break the record for the number of nationalities in a choir
David Brophy’s record-breaking choir attempt at Dubai Expo 2020
Leader of the pack: The strange art of conducting
Elaine Kelly forged a dynamic path with Irish National Opera during lockdown
‘I think we’ve all out-Zoomed ourselves’: A festival organiser adapts
New Dublin Music’s John Harris on factors beyond his control and keeping streamed performances fresh
Don’t sing so close to me: Choirs in the Covid era
Once a communal activity, choral singing has been a high-risk one during the pandemic
Irish travel-tech company Rove raises €450,000 in seed funding
Start-up looking to make inroads into adventure tourism sector
The Gaeltacht was basically a sex camp established by Éamon de Valera
Patrick Freyne: Lovesick individuals are treated a little differently in First Dates Hotel
Bring sandwiches for a five-hour Philip Glass marathon – this week’s classical highlights
The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan in Wexford; American conductor JoAnn Falletta at NCH
The best classical music and opera to see this week
An opera on Ireland’s direct provision system and New Ross Piano Festival
Shaun Davey: ‘I got to know where the sweet spot is on the uilleann pipes’
The 70-year-old composer prepares for a performance to celebrate his ground-breaking orchestral work The Brendan Voyage
The best classical music to go to this week
The Irish Composers’ Collective and the RTÉ NSO at the National Concert Hall
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
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