Criticism

Live Reviews: Concorde Fred Johnston 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 Live Reviews: Tomasz Stanko Quartet Kevin Stevens Tomasz Stanko (trumpet), Marcin Wasilewski (piano), Slawomir Kurkiewicz (bass) & Michal Miskiewicz (drums) Vicar Street, Dublin 18 September 2007
Live Reviews: Masters of Tradition Pat Ahern John Flanagan, Kevin Crawford, Steve Cooney, Martin Hayes, Brian McNamara, Seán Smyth, Oisín MacDiarmada, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Dennis Cahill Bantry House, Bantry, Co Cork15-19 August 2007Now in its fifth year, the Masters...
Live Reviews: Music 21: Hugh Tinney / The Thing Barra Ó Séaghdha NCH, Dublin/4 Dame Lane, Dublin / 28 September 2007
Live Reviews: The Dumbshow Kevin Stevens JJ Smyth’s, Dublin / 12 August 2007
Live Reviews: John Williams, Masahiro Nitta and Dean Magraw Adrian Scahill National Concert Hall, Dublin14 June 2007Billed as ‘Dynamic Japanese Tsugaru Shamisen Meets Ireland’, this intriguing concert was organised to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Ireland....
Live Reviews: Young Composers' Collective Barra Ó Séaghdha New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin / 29 July 2007
Live Reviews: Jennifer Walshe's Grove of Drift Seán Ó Máille Project Arts Centre, Temple Bar, Dublin11-14 July 2007On arrival the visitor is asked to take a torch from the table beside the entrance to the installation. As the door shuts behind you, the light you carry leads you down a pitch black corridor to composer...
Live Reviews: Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 13 Live Reviews: Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 13 Rob Casey Grand Canal Dock, Docklands, Dublin 15 July 2007
CD Reviews: Catherine Leonard, Hugh Tinney CD Reviews: Catherine Leonard, Hugh Tinney Michael Quinn Beethoven Sonatas – ‘Spring’, Op 24; ‘Kreutzer’, Op 47. Rondo in G, WOO41. Kreisler, Rondino on a Theme of Beethoven RTÉ Lyric FM CD111

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