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James Galway can still deliver trademark intensity and breathtaking brilliance
- Music
- December 4, 2019, 05:00
James Galway will turn 80 on Sunday. But the RTÉ Concert Orchestra got in early and held its celebration at the National Concert Hall last Wednesday. (...)

‘The older I get, my music seems to get faster or more obsessed with speed’
- Music
- November 28, 2019, 05:00
John Kinsella describes his Eleventh Symphony as “another nod in the direction of the great man”. The great man in question is Finnish composer Jean S(...)

The best classical music concerts the week has to offer
- Music
- November 23, 2019, 05:00
Saturday, 23rd RIAS Kammerchor/Justin Doyle National Concert Hall, Dublin nch.ie Brahms’s two sets of Liebeslieder are at the heart of the fi(...)

Two operatic B-movies, a stinker of a concept, and some sub-Verdian striving
- Music
- October 22, 2018, 16:25
L’ORACOLO and MALA VITA ★★★☆☆ The opening double bill of the 67th Wexford Festival Opera offers classic Wexford fare. The first half of the all-veris(...)

Bach’s St John’s Passion, RTÉ NSO with Nicholas Kraemer: The best classical music this week
- Music
- March 24, 2018, 05:00
Saturday, March 24 3 Saturdays: 3 Kinds of Music Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane, Galway 11am thegalwaymusicresidency.ie The Galway Music Residency’s (...)

Chiselled demigods and muscled heroes: Tom of Finland’s iconic images
- Film
- August 10, 2017, 05:00
Tom of Finland had more in common with Walt Disney than the American animator would have cared to admit. Both created sharp, well-defined images that (...)

Belfast opera director lands a tricky new job in Norway
- Music
- December 16, 2015, 01:00
Belfast opera director Annilese Miskimmon has been appointed to Norway’s top opera job. She will take up her new post as opera director of Den Norske (...)

Three global orchestras make Irish debuts in new concert season | Classical
- Music
- August 26, 2015, 06:00
The new concert season kicks off in earnest on Friday, with one of the most explosive works ever written. Stravinsky’s still awe-inspiring Rite of (...)

Great Finnish writers? Where do I start?
- Books
- December 6, 2014, 00:55
Celebrations are taking place today across Finland, the beautiful Nordic country of lakes and islands as the 97th anniversary of the day Finns declare(...)