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Martin Byrne's instrumental score for the harrowing Prime Cut theatre production stands strong even when removed from its dramatic visual context
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Prime Cut Productions' adaptation of the Yasmina Reza play is a breath of fresh air at The MAC in Belfast
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Moving on Music and the Belfast Music Society prove there is a demand for unfamiliar, challenging classical music in Northern Ireland
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Philip Hammond's reimagining of ancient Irish songs originally transcribed by Edward Bunting are wonderfully entertaining
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Cappella Caeciliana record contemporary pieces and festive classics
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Terry Blain discovers that for all our technological advances nothing much changes in Pantoland
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Lisaire String Quartet interpret classic Police and Sting tracks – watch a live performance
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A host of musicians indebted to the late Radio Ulster presenter Gerry Anderson perform in Belfast
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Tom Hartley writes a richly complex history of the Belfast graveyard
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The innovative vocal ensemble welcome theorbo player Paula Chateauneuf to the Ulster Museum
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Ulster Youth Orchestra perform music from Provofiev's great ballet and more at the Ulster Hall
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Founders Cathal Breslin and Sabrina Hu lead the opening concert in Derry~Londonderry
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Barry Douglas's thunderously authoritative interpretation of the Austrian composer's final piano sonata
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Newly established company dedicated to 'pub theatre by new writers' launches with two short plays in the Sunflower Bar
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Paul Hillier conducts a new work by American composer David Lang at St Thomas's Church in Belfast
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Veteran journalist Alf McCreary recalls a 'multi-faceted, constantly stimulating' career in print
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Ellen Kent's traditionalist production of Verdi's masterpiece fails to set the pulses racing
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Dublin's New Theatre tour a stage adaptation of James Joyce's classic novel with mixed results
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An innovative presentation of classical music at The MAC proves popular
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McCracken Memorial Drama Society resurrect one of Sam Cree's 'downright silly' plays
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The golden age of Northern Irish opera continues with NI Opera's contemporary take on Verdi's dark masterpiece
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The renaissance man's songs and poems hark back to a simpler time at the Linen Hall Library
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The Druid production is an object lesson in how to successfully revivify plays to a modern audience
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City of Culture musician-in-residence Neil Cowley bids a fond farewell to Derry~Londonderry
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Moving on Music invite the Scandinavian foursome to Belfast and Armagh
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A victim of sexual abuse searches for answers in David Ireland's 'consistently watchable' new play
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Newry Chamber Music survive a funding scare to host the prize-winning Welsh singer
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A gay love triangle unravels against the backdrop of the Siege of Derry in Andy Hinds' deft play
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Winner of NI Opera's Festival of Voice competition tackles the classics at Queen's
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The Grand Opera House hosts the Globe Theatre's touring production of Shakespeare's history plays
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Australian company Wits' End arrive at Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival
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A work in progress features original compositions and performances by Stephen Rea, Neil Martin and others
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The Ulster Orchestra provide the music for a series of mainly religious compositions at Clonard Monastery
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Despite the best efforts of the Fidelio Trio, this multi-media City of Culture production fails to inspire
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The Royal Opera House's current production is beamed live to the Big Screen at Belfast City Hall
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The pianist manages a successful fusion of jazz and classical at Portaferry Presbyterian Church
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Musical director Aoife Cormacain gets the best of her newly formed ensemble at the Grand Opera House
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Terry Blain wanders around Derry~Londonderry as acts from around the world unite in song for City of Culture
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A 'delightfully informal' performance from the soprano is the highlight of the latest Newry Chamber Music concert
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David Quigley's debut recording as a solo artist is a vivid advertisement of how winningly he is playing at present
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New Neil Martin composition is the highlight of this anniversary concert at the Ulster Hall
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The National Chamber Choir of Ireland show their chops at St Thomas's Parish Church
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Pianist Barry Douglas unleashes his talents on the German composer's formidable back catalogue
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National Chamber Choir of Ireland perform Arvo Pärt's musical retelling of St John's Passion narrative
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c21 Theatre Company condense Shakespeare's classic tragedy to create 'a serious, articulate' version for young audiences
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A 1920s era musical version of Shakespeare's farce is expertly updated and directed by Michael Poynor
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Newry provides the perfect warm up ahead of a run of performances in Derry~Londonderry
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Northern Irish singer Brigid O'Neill pays tribute to the Hollywood actress, singer and animal rights activist
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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
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At a time of uncertainty for the Ulster Orchestra, this 'outstanding classical programme' kickstarts 2013
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Terry Blain is impressed by a rarely performed Beethoven quintet and an appearance by viola maestro Nobuku Imai
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'A triumph of outstandingly alert and sensitive artistry' from Belfast pianist Michael McHale features original takes on old classics
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The Northern Irish accent lends itself well to Shakespeare's most visceral tragedy, and Stuart Graham excels as the murderous king
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Stacey Gregg's story of the rise and fall of a Belfast band is saved by Kerrie Quinn's bullish central performance
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Pianist Michael McHale and the Ulster Orchestra play Holst's masterpiece to launch the Belfast Festival at Queen's
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Pianist and artist-in-residence at Queen's University handles the masters with an 'unusually judicious approach'
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Prime Cut's retelling of the Charlotte von Mahlsdorf story is The MAC's 'finest achievement since launching'
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Conall Morrison's 'constantly stimulating' take on JM Synge's play retains an anarchic edge
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Duke Special curates a week of events at the MAC, including this beguiling show by Dublin's Cathy Davey and friends
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