Louth Contemporary Music Society’s Book of Hours Festival was unfailingly adventurous

Also, Two-day festival in the Oriel from Louth Contemporary Music Society

Founder of Louth Contemporary Music Society singled due to ‘burning passion for contemporary music’

Finding a Voice festival’s all-female finale; Vanbrugh & Michael McHale; Philippe Cassard

The second edition of Dublin’s genre-blind alternative festival is back next week to once again challenge cello orthodoxy

And the Tallis Scholars delivered a masterful programme

From Antarctica to Ukraine and Schubert to Brexit, a one-day exploration of the festival

Schubert: Dreaming the Sublime, Giulio Cesare, and Rediscovering Irish State Musick

SEA TO THE WESTElizabeth Hilliard (soprano) ****Métier MSV 28551

‘Composing the Island’ celebrates 100 years of music by Irish composers, written between 1916 and 2016. What do composers think about Irish music now?

Can the Music of Our Time series at the NCH remedy the weaknesses of the national broadcaster’s long-standing approach to new music?

Norway’s top opera job is being taken up by Annilese Miskimmon. The post comes with its own dramatic history

That question was arguably answered in concerts at the National Concert Hall and University Church last week

What attracted Iarla Ó Lionáird, Duke Special and Julie Feeney to collaborate with Cork Gamelan Ensemble?

The original theme lacked grandeur, but such portmanteaus can be a source of creativity

Why this year’s festival turned to the US for a curator is hard to fathom

In curating the What? . . . Wow festival, Lang is examining the legacy of his neighbourhood, and the 1960s New York scene that gave the world minimalism

A year of Yeats. The return of the Gathering. The zaniness of TedFest. The muckiness of the National Ploughing Championships. The musical magic of Electric Picnic. The spectacular scenery of Earagail Arts Festival. And much more. Consider yourself told

In the first Great Symphonies Close Up concert, Charles Hazlewood explores Dvorák and shows a flair for the apt metaphor

It is likely to be to everyone’s benefit if the two RTÉ orchestras are allowed to compete on the same terrain

The stated aim of a new concert series is to create a new canon of Irish works and make them repertoire standards. Good luck with that