Deirdre Gribbin
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Bach in season: This week’s classical music highlights
- Music
- March 7, 2020, 05:00
Monday 9 BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN/MASAAKI SUZUKI National Concert Hall, Dublin The Bach Collegium Japan, founded by Masaaki Suzuki in 1990, returns to t(...)

The best classical music to see this week
- Music
- February 15, 2020, 05:00
Saturday 15th Tionscadal na nAmhrán Ealaíne Gaeilge /Irish Language Art Song Project National Concert Hall, Kevin Barry Recital Room, Dublin (...)

Brett Dean’s ICO debut: This week’s classical highlights
- Music
- September 7, 2019, 05:00
Wednesday, September 11th ICO/Brett Dean Monkstown Parish Church irishchamberorchestra.com Australian composer and viola player Brett Dean makes his (...)

NCH’s chamber music series offers flexibility amid closure uncertainty
- Music
- September 4, 2019, 05:00
Everyone loves them, those compositions where different composers are invited to write different parts of the one work, or write pieces on the same or(...)

Great Music in Irish Houses brings the programme up to date
- Music
- June 19, 2019, 05:00
Normally, the bread-and-butter programming of Great Music in Irish Houses comes mostly from the core classical repertoire. Last week, the 49th ed(...)

What’s new? Irish festivals reveal the state of contemporary music
- Music
- April 24, 2019, 05:00
The festival season starts in earnest every year in the run-up to the May bank holiday weekend. And all the major musical festivals have divulged deta(...)

Classical music still lags behind on gender policy
- Music
- February 13, 2019, 05:00
In October 2015 news of Waking the Nation, the Abbey Theatre’s 2016 season, begat Waking the Feminists. The issue was the paltry representation of wom(...)

The NSO’s future is now secure, but why no outside expertise?
- Music
- July 11, 2018, 05:00
The Government has spoken about the future of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Last week the Cabinet “authorised the initiation of discussions on (...)

Three great classical music concerts to enjoy this week
- Music
- June 30, 2018, 05:00
Saturday, July 30th West Cork Chamber Music Festival Various venues; Bantry, Co. Cork; until Sunday, July 8th; westcorkmusic.ie The West Cork Chamber(...)

West Cork Chamber Music Festival: big ideas, big subjects, big music
- Music
- June 30, 2018, 05:00
Francis Humphrys, director of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival – which runs in Bantry until Sunday July 8th – is by nature a protester. Give him a(...)