How was it for you? Alan O’Riordan's highlights from 2017

Our regular contributors select their highlights of the year.

Music highlight

Gregory Porter’s show on a warm summer night in Trinity is the standout — his excellent band really got to stretch their legs in the live setting. Also, at the NCH, the young Russian tyro, Daniil Trifonov, gave a tumultuous display of Chopin and Chopin-inspired works. Another pianist, Michael Wollny, was a standout at the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival.