Focus
On the naming of things
John McLachlan looks at the significance and origins of musical titles.
MC Hill
The Bray Jazz Festival 2006.
Music at hi-res
Notes from the Heart by Mick, Louise & Michelle Mulcahy and Buílle by Niall and Caoimhín Vallely and Paul Meehan.
‘Ag Tarraingt as an Dúchas’
Micheál Ó Conghaile agus Cló Iar-Chonnachta.
Hard Core Values
The Sonorities Festival 2006.
‘...O Master of secret configurations...’
Reflections on the Adorno/Berg Correspondences.
Live Reviews: Vijay Iyer
VIJAY IYERSugar Club, Dublin27 April 2006Contemporary jazz is an exacting art. As the music grows and absorbs elements from increasingly diverse influences, it seems that as a consequence many contemporary groups are formed to work on very specific concepts...
Live Reviews: Fergus Johnston's 'Brahms Begins the Day'
Fergus Johnston's 'Brahms Begins the Day'World premiere Brahmsfest, NSO, Baiba Skride (violin), Gerhard Markson (cond.), NCH, Dublin, 28 April 2006Fergus Johnston’s Brahms begins the day is sculpted from unlikely clay: the material ranges...