Heath Quartet
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A muscular, finely tuned engine at Westport Chamber Music Festival
- Music
- September 12, 2018, 05:00
There was serious competition for the Westport Chamber Music Festival last weekend. The muscle cars of Cannonball Ireland were on their way, and as I (...)

Classical gig of the week: Westport Festival of Chamber Music
- Music
- September 1, 2018, 04:00
Westport Festival of Chamber Music Various venues, Westport, Co Mayo Friday September 7th-Sunday September 9th westportchambermusic.ie The strangest (...)

Kilkenny Art Festival focusing on piano and chamber music of Brahms
- Music
- June 20, 2018, 05:00
Kilkenny Arts Festival has announced full details of its 2018 programme which will run from Thursday, August 9th to Sunday, August 19th. It is the las(...)

A perfect fusion of music and location at Kilruddery
- Music
- June 21, 2017, 05:00
At some point during last Thursday’s concert I found myself thinking about happiness. It was day three in this year’s Festival of Great Music in Irish(...)

Kilkenny Arts Festival announces its 2016 programme
- Stage
- June 14, 2016, 14:54
Ghosts in caves, surprises in gardens and Mozart in the Marble City are all in store at this year’s Kilkenny Arts Festival (KAF). Festival director(...)

Kilkenny Arts Festival brings Beethoven to life
- Music
- August 20, 2014, 01:00
It was like old times at Kilkenny Arts Festival. The new director, Eugene Downes, put classical music right back at the heart of this year’s festiv(...)

Mull over Beethoven: the complete composer?
- Music
- August 5, 2014, 01:00
ALFRED BRENDEL Pianist “Beethoven. Grand master of chamber music, sonata, variation and symphony. What other composer covered, w(...)

Kilkenny Arts Festival: A journey from Beethoven to The Gloaming
- Culture
- April 7, 2014, 01:00
Eugene Downes knows something about journeys. He has made countless trips in a career built on advancing Irish arts worldwide. As a former chie(...)

Michael Collins: ‘It’s got to come from within. From your heart and your very soul’
- Culture
- June 10, 2013, 01:00
It was the late John Ruddock who first brought English clarinettist Michael Collins to Irish audiences. On March 1st, 1982, he presented him at Villie(...)