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

Laoise O’Brien: The Child Ballads review – New take shows boundless imagination

The mysteries of Bach unwrapped at Kilkenny Arts Festival

Kilkenny’s 10-day immersion in Bach was a box-office success and provided a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

Niall Doyle is an intriguing choice for the Arts Council’s head of music

Doyle comes to the job as someone who knows how bruising the council can be to clients

Jordi Savall: Celtic folk tunes of a Catalan

The discovery of a manuscript of folk tunes for the viol enabled the composer to tackle music he had heard in Ireland decades previously