Terry Blain

The denuding of the arts in Northern Ireland continues. Read Michael Quinn's article on the latest casualty. journalofmusic.com/opinion/why-no…

Terry Blain explores the richly varied classical music history of Ireland, from its folk roots in the 17th century to the brilliant young composers working today classical-music.com/features/artic…

Thank you to @MaxwellQuartet for their wonderful performance of Beethoven's Op. 131 in Bangor, N. Ireland tonight, particularly for a stunningly characterized Theme and Variations. Let's hope for a recording....

Poulenc with popcorn = fight night at the Albert. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Bloomsday is on Friday, and here's an early celebration - a new work by Dublin-based composer @Caterina_SMusic, sung by @ChamberChoirIre led by @MattQuinnsMusic. Yes fb.watch/l9k1vl9x3e/

Per capita spending on the arts in N. Ireland is, it seems, the lowest in Europe. And yet wonderfully enterprising organizations like @HardRainSE thrive. Friday 16/6's concert at @QUBelfast is Greg Caffrey's swansong as artistic director. 6 works by living Irish composers!

@shauntranslates @AodhBC Chicken?

@TerryBlain32 @AodhBC Indeed! Or the curious-sounding thigh supper.

No, no, no! Nobody eats "supper" in Ireland! We have 'the dinner'. Avoid. irishexaminer.com/food-columnist…

@shauntranslates @AodhBC A sausage supper too, sometimes battered. Healthy.

@AodhBC We eat a fish supper, though, in NI at least.

A sunny evening at the ornate @BelfastHarbour Commissioners Building, and a heartwarming season-ending concert from @caeciliana. Premieres by Anita Mawhinney and @AnselmMcdonnell, and a stirring finale to @MattQuinnsMusic's first year as conductor. May there be many more.

Kudos to @LeeBisset for a searing portrayal of Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung at @lfotweet yesterday. In a dark, male-dominated opera, Bisset's passionately sung performance was a gleaming symbol of fierce intelligence and female agency.

A magnificent Götterdämmerung at @lfotweet last night, wonderfully conducted by @AnthonyNegus1. Beautiful orchestral balances and tremendous articulation of structure. Is there a better living interpreter of Wagner?

Congratulations to @caeciliana and @MattQuinnsMusic for last night's stirring St. John Passion at @CrumlinRoadGaol in Belfast. Special thanks to @zahidtenor for a beautifully sung and enunciated Evangelist, and to baritone #MalachyFrame for his sonorous, dignified Jesus.

Herring caught by Steadicam, socially distanced (like Albert himself). yourclassical.org/story/2021/05/…

"Consolad, consolad a mi pueblo...." startribune.com/twin-cities-ch…

Planes, trains and instrument cases.... startribune.com/what-attracts-…

Call off the search? startribune.com/valcuha-scales…

A new concerto for double bass. Not many of those to choose from. startribune.com/st-paul-chambe…

Elektrafying. startribune.com/minnesota-oper…

Game of Thrones meets modern opera. It could get messy. startribune.com/using-movie-te…

That joke isn't funny anymore.... Bob Neu gives Così a bristling #MeToo makeover. startribune.com/skylark-opera-…