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
Women composers find a voice: The week’s best classical music
Finding a Voice festival’s all-female finale; Vanbrugh & Michael McHale; Philippe Cassard
The best of the week’s classical music
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Kaspars Putninš, The Vanbrugh, RTÉ NSO/Harry Bicket
`I’m the new boy. I’ve been 18 years here'
The Vanbrugh Quartet discuss the highs and lows and the state of classical music in Ireland after 30 years of music making
Three global orchestras make Irish debuts in new concert season | Classical
The new season is strong on singing and orchestral debuts, and composers from Sibelius to Mahler
Piano versus violin: the eternal battle to be the dominant player
A talk by Keith Pascoe in the NCH Insights series focused on the changing relationship between the two instruments
Benjamin Grosvenor treats the National Concert Hall to a tour de force
The pianist, just 22, delivers an unconventional programme with awe-inspiring confidence
Slow set: RTÉ taking its time to appoint replacement for Crimmins
The national broadcaster seems to have studied the Cowen reshuffle of 2011 – but at least Cowen was quick
Gay rights groups support Irish musician’s boycott
Violinist Keith Pascoe declines invitation to attend Moscow event over country’s anti-gay laws
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