Richard Thomas and Sharon Carty: This week’s best classical concerts

The Sligo International Chamber Music Festival with guests from across the globe

Good pairings: The best classical music and opera concerts this week

Tara Erraught collaborates with pianist John O’Connor, while Sharon Carty will be accompanied by Siobhán Armstrong

Is this a golden age for children’s theatre? Oh, yes, it is

Work made for children used to be rare, but there's now a rich bounty of shows

The countertenor: ‘It’s a Marmite voice – people either love it or hate it’

After Iestyn Davies’s voice broke, finding his falsetto ‘accessed something inside of me’

Olivia Chaney: The Longest River | Album Review

‘Horrid’ music: The dark side of the concert hall

The idea that classical music ought to be ‘nice’ has gained an alarming currency. Thank goodness, then, for ‘uneasy listening’ numbers performed at the Summer Baroque Festival