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  • Sons & Daughters

    A bright, brand new day for Derry~Londonderry as the UK City of Culture 2013 celebrations begin with a plethora of stars performing at The Venue

  • Grosvenor Plays Britten

    At a time of uncertainty for the Ulster Orchestra, this 'outstanding classical programme' kickstarts 2013

  • Eamon Murray, Bodhrán Boy

    Having been chosen to represent Northern Ireland in the New Music Plus project, the Randalstown percussionist considers the popularity of trad

  • RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet

    Terry Blain is impressed by a rarely performed Beethoven quintet and an appearance by viola maestro Nobuku Imai

  • Neil Cowley, Musician in Residence for City of Culture

    Neil Cowley, Musician in Residence for UK City of Culture 2013, on researching Derry~Londonderry, working with Adele and his biggest challenge to date

  • Carrickfergus Grammar School Feature on RTE Album

    Carrickfergus Grammar School feature on Choirs for Christmas. Meet Edward Craig, the musical director behind their success

  • Dame Gillian Weir Farewell Concert

    After a long and fruitful career at the keys, the grand dame of organ music bows out of live performance with one last fling at the Ulster Hall
  • Michael McHale

    The Irish Piano

    'A triumph of outstandingly alert and sensitive artistry' from Belfast pianist Michael McHale features original takes on old classics

  • John Wilson Orchestra to Close Belfast Festival

    They've sold out venues across the UK playing classics from MGM musicals, now it's time for the Waterfront Hall and the Belfast Festival

  • Planetary Motions

    Pianist Michael McHale and the Ulster Orchestra play Holst's masterpiece to launch the Belfast Festival at Queen's

  • Clare Hammond

    Pianist and artist-in-residence at Queen's University handles the masters with an 'unusually judicious approach'

  • Michael McHale Goes it Alone

    It's set to be a huge year for the Belfast pianist. He talks Belfast Festival at Queen's, Sir James Galway and new album The Irish Piano

  • Christus at the Ulster Hall

    Australian pianist Tristan Russcher prepares to perform one of the longest and most challenging classical compositions ever written on the Mulholland Organ

  • Songs that Scare Children

    Duke Special curates a week of events at the MAC, including this beguiling show by Dublin's Cathy Davey and friends

  • Happy Days

    Samuel Beckett would have approved of the programme of concerts at the Enniskillen festival in his honour

  • larla Ó Lionáird

    Master of the sean-nós singing style opens Féile An Droichead Irish language festival at the MAC

  • Clandeboye Festival

    Barry Douglas, virtuoso pianist and the 'force of nature' behind the festival, dazzles and beguiles the County Down crowd

  • BBC Invitation Concert

    Ulster Orchestra principle conductor JoAnn Falletta's 'lithe, supple interpretations' of American composers impress

  • Emma Johnson

    'The world's leading clarinettist' brings a touch of class to the Walled City Music Festival in Derry~Londonderry

  • East Belfast Arts Festival Launches

    Chair Maurice Kinkead on working with Féile an Phobail and attracting Van Morrison back home

  • Duke Special, Musical Pioneer

    Musicals, silent cinema and soul searching. Following a busy few years, Peter Wilson goes back to basics with his latest album

  • Holst Cotswolds Symphony

    It's been five years since the Ulster Orchestra released a CD, this stirring, buoyant recording was worth the wait

  • Oh Pioneer

    Duke Special's new album is his 'most personal yet, an absorbing picture of the singer growing up in public'

  • Carducci String Quartet

    Moving on Music programme an energising and enthusiastic evening of classical music at the MAC

  • JACK Quartet

    The MAC's inaugural classical concert by the New York string quartet is a 'stunning, world-class performance'

  • Requiem for the Disappeared

    Composer Conor Mitchell hopes his new work may offer some 'small comfort' to the families of the Disappeared

  • Brahms Works for Solo Piano

    Barry Douglas is 'in absolutely top form' in his first studio album for over a decade

  • Praise Aloud the Trees

    Brian Irvine gets the Cultural Olympiad started with a 'wondrous, occasionally frightening' take on Heaney's poem

  • International Festival of Chamber Music

    Technique to die for and sweeping rhapsody, the Belfast Music Society deliver their promise of 'world-class' performances

  • David Lyttle's Urban Interlude

    The jazz wunderkind's new album features hip-hop guests and himself on vocals – but he'll always beat the drum

  • NI Opera Young Artists

    Four Northern Irish soloists thrive in the intimate surroundings of the Black Box

  • New Year Viennese Gala

    The Ulster Orchestra recreate some of the 'zap and playfulness' of the original Strauss concerts

  • Schola Cantorum Choir Reach New Heights

    Guided by Nigel McClintock, the first full-time choirmaster employed by the Catholic Church in Ireland

  • Arias in Advent

    Soprano Rebekah Coffey is more than a match for Mozart's operatic output

  • Schola Cantorum

    A 'timely issue for the Christmas season' from Nigel McClintock's choir

  • Satyagraha

    A Sanskrit libretto, a cackling chorus and a 20 minute soliloquy 'Live in HD' is 'not better, but usefully different'

  • Ragas and Reels

    A meeting of East and West full of 'dreamy embellishments and flights of fancy'

  • Belfast Music Society 90th Anniversary Season

    The voluntary organisation keeps lovers of classical music enthralled

  • Ulster Youth Choir, Actively Seeking Singers

    Artistic Director Greg Beardsell wants to flip a choral music switch 

  • Philip Hammond's Fires Still Burn at 60

    The composer is busier than ever, and happy with the 'total liberation' that retirement brings

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