Criticism
Live Reviews: Rolf Hind (piano) & David Alberman (violin)
Printing House, Trinity College, Dublin4 December 2007Theloosely-themed programme of New Sound Worlds in December focussed on the developments made in twentieth and twenty-first century violin and piano music, highlighting the distance travelled between early...
CD Reviews: Lorcán Mac Mathúna
Rógaire DubhIn the short time that I have had Lorcán Mac Mathúna’s CD in my possession, my feelings towards it have already gone through a number of phases. As they may shift again, what follows may be more an update on a process... 
CD Review: Jane O'Leary – In the Stillness of Time
In the Stillness of Time / Capstone Records CPS-8789 
CD Reviews: Peter Horan and Gerry Harrington – The Merry Love to Play
The Merry Love to Play / Cló Iar-Chonnachta, CICD 167 
CD Reviews: Perfect State – The Music of Ciarán Farrell
RTÉ Concert Orchestra/David Brophy; The Smith Quartet; Craig Ogden; Gerard McChrystal; Sinéad Farrell; Roger Moffatt // RTÉ Lyric FM CD113
Live Reviews: Niwel Tsumbu and Clear Sky Ensemble
Spiegeltent, Dublin Fringe Festival / 19 September 2007
Live Reviews: Concorde
Norman Villa Gallery, Salthill, Galway16 September 2007There comes a point where one must ask whether contemporary music is meant to be played or performed. A small standing audience – there were no chairs – in an upstairs gallery room on a Sunday...
Live Reviews: Tomasz Stanko Quartet
Tomasz Stanko (trumpet), Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Slawomir Kurkiewicz (bass) & Michal Miskiewicz (drums)
Vicar Street, Dublin
18 September 2007