The Irish Times

11 of the best places to go food shopping in Cork

Grocers and delis, both new and long-established, where you can buy great food locally

Wed Nov 24 2021 - 06:00

The Trials of Tenducci, A Castrato in Ireland – exploring musical connections

Tara Erraught, Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra evoke Dublin in the 1700s

Fri Mar 19 2021 - 05:00

The Trials of Tenducci: National Gallery concert celebrates 18th century castrato

Tenducci’s career and notoriety flourished in England and Ireland

Wed Feb 12 2020 - 05:00

What’s new? Irish festivals reveal the state of contemporary music

Let’s see how new works and living, Irish and female composers fare in upcoming programmes

Wed Apr 24 2019 - 05:00

‘Towards 2022’ programme symptomatic of orchestra’s lazy thinking

NSO sub-season duplicates previous efforts and focuses too much on British connections

Wed Mar 20 2019 - 05:00

Thomas Zehetmair and William Howard: the best classical music concerts this week

Italian pianist Alessandro Taverna performs as part of the latest programme in the NCH’s Towards 2022 mini-series

Sat Mar 09 2019 - 05:00

How one west Cork town is going it alone on rural broadband

Skibbereen benefits from first rural digital hub offering fastest broadband speeds in the country

Tue Feb 06 2018 - 01:00

A sequence of visions of Chopin

It’s always a pleasure to meet so accomplished, so resourceful and so thoughtful a virtuoso as Russian Daniil Trifonov

Wed Dec 13 2017 - 05:00

The best classical music this week: Daniil Trifonov makes NCH debut

RTÉ Contempo Quartet play Beethoven while Peter Whelan directs Irish Baroque Orchestra performance of Handel’s Messiah

Fri Dec 01 2017 - 00:00

Suspended UL employees raised concerns about expenses

Dáil committee questions senior University of Limerick personnel over accounts

Thu Mar 30 2017 - 20:45

Michael McHale, RTÉ NSO/Courtney Lewis - Irish Piano Concertos album review

Thu Sept 22 2016 - 12:20

Ludgate Hub: Bringing Silicon Valley to Skibbereen

1 gigabit broadband set to transform rural connection to global marketplace

Thu Aug 04 2016 - 05:55

Footfalls and phonecalls – An Irishman’s Diary about a night at the National Concert Hall

Fri Apr 01 2016 - 01:00

Imagining Ireland makes a stunning break for Europe

The NCH’s centenary celebrations continue with a night of high calibre one-off performances

Thu Mar 31 2016 - 16:28

A vision of home that has few ideas for classical music

Only one living Irish composer is part of the NCH’s seven-concert series for the 1916 centenary

Wed Nov 25 2015 - 01:00

Bars and restaurants on menu as Danu investors expand interests

Partnership that began with Setanta and Italia ’90 has a varied portfolio

Mon Jun 22 2015 - 01:00

Acoustic adventures at four Irish venues ranging from the muffled to the magical

At four recent performances given in spaces not designed for music, the contrasting fortunes were profound

Wed Dec 17 2014 - 01:00

Vanbrugh Quartet sound liberated in their post-RTÉ existence

ConTempo Quartet, on the other hand, were to take over as RTÉ’s string quartet in Cork in April, but things have been rather muted

Wed Dec 03 2014 - 01:00

Irish concert repertoire only scratches the surface of our musical heritage

Opportunities to experience the broad spectrum of this country’s rich musical history are limited

Wed Aug 27 2014 - 01:00

An A-Z of music in Ireland

In 2,000 or so entries by more than 200 contributors, a new encyclopedia sets out to chart Irish musical experience across recorded history. Here are 26 of them, from Air to Zozimus

Sat Oct 19 2013 - 01:00

Dobrzynski: Monbar Overture; Piano Concerto; Symphony No 2

Fri May 31 2013 - 01:00