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Taoiseach requests that RTÉ defer decision on Lyric until after new report; Deputies and Senators focus on Lyric at Oireachtas committee meeting.
This week's concerts from Monday to Sunday. To have your concert included next week (16–22 December), please add it to our listings.
£15k awards will allow composers to complete new chamber and orchestral works.
News – UK
'prisoner of the state' to be performed at the Barbican in London.
Kinnaris Quintet, Blazin’ Fiddles, Breabach and Man of the Minch among winners.
Climate emergency group releases Christmas song and video; plus recent releases from Music Declares Emergency and Climate Declares Emergency.
Reviews
Dublin singer-songwriter Sorcha Richardson has recently released her debut album on Faction Records. Andrea Cleary reviews.
John Kinsella's 11th symphony received its world premiere last weekend, conducted by Jean Deroyer. Adrian Smith reviews.
The 7th Fidelio Trio Winter Chamber Music Festival took place last weekend, featuring the Apple Hill String Quartet and world premieres by Brian Irvine and Louis Karchin. Adrian Smith reviews the Saturday and Sunday concerts.
Articles
It is now over three weeks since RTÉ announced that it was closing the Lyric FM studios in Limerick and moving production of the national music and arts radio station to Cork and Dublin. What does this mean for the station's content and staff, and will the decision be reversed? The Journal of Music spoke to the Head of Lyric, Aodán Ó Dubhghaill.
The inaugural TradTalk conference, a new discussion forum for traditional artists, took place last weekend (16 November). Toner Quinn reflects on some of the issues raised.
Traditional music once comforted us and reassured us, writes Toner Quinn, but not Lankum.
The music business isn't just coming back to life right now, it may actually be bigger than before. What has changed, how did it happen, and what does it mean for artists? Gareth Murphy surveys the contemporary industry and asks: Who is making money from music and how?
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