Monica Huggett
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French Baroque back in vogue at the National Concert Hall
- Music
- February 14, 2018, 05:15
This is already an annus mirabilis for the work of French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) in Ireland. The appearance of his music at the sta(...)

The best classical music this week: Daniil Trifonov makes NCH debut
- Music
- December 1, 2017, 00:00
Sunday, December 3 RTÉ Contempo Quartet Chapter House, St Mary’s Cathedral, Kilkenny 4pm €15 orchestras.rte.ie i, and on tour to Limerick, Dublin and(...)

The Irish Baroque Orchestra’s Musical Joke falls flat
- Music
- September 27, 2017, 05:00
Humour is a two-way thing. We’ve all got blind spots for stuff that goes over our heads or beneath our radar. I’ve never forgotten the experience of (...)

Feast of Russian miniatures: This week’s classical music highlights
- Music
- September 14, 2017, 13:00
SUNDAY 17th, SEPTEMBER CLASSICAL Elisaveta Blumina (piano) Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, noon, Adm free, hughlane.ie Dublin-based, St Peters(...)

Five years on, a musical virtuoso returns to Ireland
- Music
- February 22, 2017, 06:00
Russian pianist Nikolay Khozyainov was 19 when he took first prize in the Dublin International Piano Competition in May 2012. He was born in Blagovesh(...)

Irish Baroque Orchestra: Concerti Bizarri - luscious colours and deep sonorities
- Music
- May 26, 2016, 15:30
Monica Huggett has a way with words as well as music. This CD of mixed instrumental concertos borrows its name from an overture by Telemann, and wh(...)

Haydn a highlight as orchestral season begins with pleasant surprises
- Music
- September 17, 2014, 01:00
The new orchestral season got under way in earnest last week: the Irish Chamber Orchestra was in action at the RDS in Dublin on Thursday and the RT(...)

Bach cut with Mendelssohn: a bit like painting over early artworks
- Culture
- January 29, 2014, 01:00
It looked like an interesting swap. Joshua Bell had been billed to open his NCH concert with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, in Bach’s Double (...)

An early music duo, and ‘Carmen’ by way of ‘Tallafornia’
- Music
- May 21, 2013, 02:00
It was in the early 18th century that people seem to have first become concerned about early music. An Academy of Vocal Music was set up in Lon(...)