A beautiful Kaunas Filharmonija in which to finish off the tour with GintarasJanusevicius Our 10 concert tour took us around Ireland,Germany,and Lithuania featuring music by Brahms,Templeton, Trimble,and Šiaučiulis.Wonderful to share the incredible music of our countries with so many!

A lovely review from last week in Vilnius with GintarasJanusevicius. Particularly pleased with “The musical beginning…revealed the clarinetists musicality, sensitivity to sound, ensemble harmony” Wonderful to tour this programme in Ireland,Germany,and Lithuania!7md.lt/muzika/2024-10…

Bringing Season 1 of Harmonically Speaking to a close is Irish pianist Fiachra Garvey,artistic director of WestWicklowFestival and Classical Vauxhall As Winter Weekend at WestWicklowFestival kicks off, we talked about career, challenges and more! Available on: feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6…

It was such a pleasure performing Mozart with Dublin Orchestral Players last week! What a wonderful group to play with, and I couldn’t resist posting a short clip from the rehearsal - possibly the most introspective passage in the piece, the recapitulation in the melancholy second movement

Treble ahead! Impressive attention from RTÉ sound engineers for RTÉConcertOrchestra live broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm Lorcan Murray today!

Beautiful choices of music as ever George Hamilton on RTÉ lyric fm - Cinema Paradiso a perfect mood setter for this time of year. Also hugely enjoyed hearing you talk about classical music on indosport recently - a wealth of knowledge and beautifully told!

Lovely to see BBC Radio 3 broadcast our Mendelssohn Konzertstücke with Karen Ní Bhroin and RTÉConcertOrchestra from last August in the National Concert Hall. It was such a privilege to play these pieces with Michael Seaver and thanks RTÉ lyric fm for recording and broadcasting the live performance!

It’s all about the rare instruments for todays RTÉConcertOrchestra RTÉ lyric fm live lunchtime from studio 1, with both Basset Horns and C clarinets making an appearance in a gorgeous programme of Vivaldi, Mozart, and Haydn!

I was thrilled to give an RTÉ lyric fm interval talk on Brahms late creative period last week. It was an enormous task and something I couldnt have done without the incredible team there. Thank you for the invitation,support,advice, and endless patience! rte.ie/radio/podcasts…

Bígí linn - 5.30pm RTÉ lyric fm le Lorcan Murray! Seachtain na Gaeilge le Energia

Ina phíosa dialainne deireanach do Sheachtain na Gaeilge, tá clarineadóir Macdara Ó Seireadáin réidh lena seat gar-amhairc agus Ceolfhoireann Coirme RTÉ ag ceiliúradh ceol scannánaíochta sa Cheoláras Náisiúnta. Roimh shearmanas na nOscar le déanaí, chas an RTÉCO ceol le John

Ficino Ensemble & New Music Dublin present 💫AGENCY 💫 Saturday 5 April, 2pm @nationalconcerthall Performing a new commission by Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy alongside Claude Vivier’s “Bouchara” featuring acclaimed mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean newmusicdublin.ie/agency

Looking forward to next week in Vilnius with the Lithuanian Symphonic Wind Orchestra, talking about performance anxiety, stage fright,and some of the ways we deal with it. Im very grateful for the invitation and chance to work with these superb musicians! lspo.lt/registracija-i…

An utter pleasure meeting George Hamilton last night before the RTÉConcertOrchestra concert. As an avid listener to his RTÉ lyric fm radio show, I’m always amazed at his breath of knowledge and enjoyed chatting about all things music, our love of rare composers, and time spent in Germany!

Thanks George Hamilton for the lovely shout out yesterday on RTÉ lyric fm! Very much looking forward to performing some sublime Mozart, Schumann, Röntgen, and Bruch with David Kenny and Lance Coburn this Friday in Calary.

Season Two of Harmonically Speaking kicks off with superstar jazz clarinettist, Giacomo Smith! I’m an enormous fan of his and was delighted to interview him late last year when he was performing with Guy Barker and the RTÉConcertOrchestra Available on Acast: shows.acast.com/66492ab0b68429…

Episode Two of Harmonically Speaking features Deborah Kelleher, director of the RIAM. Wonderful to hear about her journey,the challenges of leadership, and the need to dispense with the traditional ideas of success and embrace the idea of citizen artistry. open.spotify.com/episode/1M82AR…

Episode Three of Harmonically Speaking features, Daniel Sebastian Scholz, who is Professor for Musicians Health with a special focus on mental health in Lübeck. It was enlightening to hear about his journey,the issues facing musicians,and more. open.spotify.com/episode/1ld1wT…

Episode Four of Harmonically Speaking features Neasa Ní Bhriain, Professor of Viola at Hochschule für Musik Dresden It was fascinating to hear about her journey,her search for identity and belonging,and her approach to guiding the next generation open.spotify.com/episode/48jW71…

Episode Five of Harmonically Speaking features composer Frank Corcoran speaking about his journey and creative process, and experience of 1970s Ireland, where he felt there was no cultural space or appreciation for him or Art Music. open.spotify.com/episode/68sebf…