An opera on Ireland’s direct provision system and New Ross Piano Festival
Arranging big works for smaller ensembles has always helped make them more accessible
A Culture Night programme at the National Concert Hall is among the highlights
A painstaking approach could be the key to the composer’s complex and technical work
Raymond Deane’s Vagabones dramatises one of the few witch trials to have ever taken place in Ireland
Fiachra Garvey with the RTÉ NSO, plus the Westport Chamber Music Festival
Collaboration part of long tradition of composers coming together with mixed results
Yuga Wang makes her Irish debut, and Vagabones gets its first Irish airing
Previous saoithe have included Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney and Brian Friel, and Doyle believes that Ireland’s composers are up there with our literary greats
A visit to Dublin by Belgian organist Peter Van de Velde is among the highlights
The composer Donnacha Dennehy struggles to convey the horrors of the Great Famine
Phoenix 55, Malcolm Proud, Crash Ensemble, Quiet Music Ensemble and others also play
Production team and cast illuminate 1840s with sean-nós, economists and vivid footage
Get Bach in Kilkenny and The Hunger in Dublin
Olga Barry’s first programme was scaled down in ambition, but delivered some big moments
‘The primary core thinking behind quiet music is that this is a music you choose to engage with’
Rachmaninov and Stravinsky among the highlights at Kilkenny Arts Festival
Famed composer and singer will become the first woman to have an opera presented by Wexford Festival Opera
Soprano Majella Cullagh comes to Dublin for the RTÉ Concert Orchestra’s latest concert
New book traces life story of ‘visionary’ and efforts to secure concert hall for Dublin
Summer may be coming to an end, but festival season continues right through the autumn season in Ireland. Book a short break at one of the many fantastic Irish festivals on offer this autumn
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