Three classical concerts to see this week
Hansel and Gretal the opera, work by women composers and celebrating Beethoven
Fake no more: These violinist/conductors are the real deal
Three ‘non-phoney’ concerts in Dublin would have had critic Hans Keller eating his words
Patrick Rafter: ‘I was too chilled out to be a violin prodigy’
The gifted Kilkenny violinist plays from the heart, but keeps a strong head on his shoulders
Celine Byrne is Madama Butterfly: the best classical and opera shows this week
András Schiff brings enlightenment to NCH; Maxim Vengerov multitasks with RTÉ NSO
Anna Tsybuleva and Jaime Martin: The best classical music this week
The Russian pianist begins her Music Network tour
A perfect fusion of music and location at Kilruddery
The Festival of Great Music in Irish Houses plays fast and loose with its title but delivers music of calibre and quality
A Yeatsian balancing act between music and words
Yeats might well have appreciated the wordiness of William Brooks’s Everlasting Voices, which revisits the poet’s ideals of ‘chaunting’
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