Camerata Kilkenny: Gorgeous tones and mesmerising command in a Bach-dominated programme
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023: The group’s harpsichordist, Malcolm Proud, featured as a young musician at the first festival, back in 1974
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2023: The group’s harpsichordist, Malcolm Proud, featured as a young musician at the first festival, back in 1974
Recitals, workshops and the determinedly avant garde feature in Music Current festival
Unusual ambience and myriad external intrusions fails to derail eclectic artistry
Dave Flynn’s Burren venture is an alternative to the massive 1916 centenary survey – but the fine print is bewildering
Kilkenny’s 10-day immersion in Bach was a box-office success and provided a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
This year the Kilkenny Arts Festival’s music strand focuses on the great composer. Here, five renowned interpreters reflect on his work
Holy Week used to be quiet in the musical calendar, but no more. This year RTÉ’s music division stepped up with Bach’s St Matthew Passion
At four recent performances given in spaces not designed for music, the contrasting fortunes were profound
John Adams’s first opera, which had its premiere in 1987 but has just landed in Dublin, is full of ideas
Early music was on the agenda at two concerts, while OTC’s ‘Carmen’ was defiantly contemporary
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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