Person: Dvorak

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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A proud history of quartets being at the fore of Cork music

FOR many of us, it’s hard to imagine a time when television wasn’t a fixture in our living rooms.

home and gardens

The wee problem that attracts big, aggressive goats to Washington's Olympic Park

news

West Cork Chamber Music Festival good for audience, composers, and business

general

A question of taste: Martin Hayes

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A question of taste - Jim O’Malley

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Classical Review: Sinéad O’Halloran & Conor Palliser Crawford Gallery, Cork

Classical Review: Cork Concert Orchestra

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Wed, 15 Apr, 2015

New orchestra is alive to the sound of Cork

CORK has a new orchestra, and the aptly named Cork Concert Orchestra will soon hold its inaugural performance.

Wed, 01 Apr, 2015

Classical review: Fidelio Trio

Aula Maxima, UCC

Wed, 04 Mar, 2015

Classical review: Vanbrugh Quartet

CIT Cork School Of Music

Sat, 15 Nov, 2014

CLEAN BANDIT: There’s no place they’d rather be

What a crazy, thrilling year it’s been for Clean Bandit. Twelve months ago, the Cambridge quartet were an obscure novelty, touting an unlikely mash-up of classical music and r’n’b.

Thu, 28 Aug, 2014

Classical music review

Rusalka

Tue, 11 Feb, 2014

A wealth of music in West Cork Chamber Music Festival

THE 20-year-old Franz Schubert was once asked how it was possible for him to have composed so much music at his age.

Tue, 04 Feb, 2014

Hovis to get €250m investment from joint venture with US group

Struggling British bread business Hovis is to get €250m of investment as part of a deal that will hand a major slice of the operation to an American firm.

Tue, 28 Jan, 2014

Spurs insist Lloris was fit to continue

Tottenham have defended their controversial decision to keep Hugo Lloris on the pitch at Goodison Park on Sunday after he was knocked unconscious in a collision with Everton’s Romelu Lukaku.

Tue, 05 Nov, 2013

Rhiannon Giddens added to Jazz Festival line-up

American singer Rhiannon Giddens will perform work by three African-American composers at the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival.

Fri, 18 Oct, 2013

Sounds to thrill the ear

THIS was the question asked of Francis Humphrys, the artistic director of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, by the French horn virtuoso, Herve Joulain.

Mon, 08 Apr, 2013

Muamba 'could play again'

Fabrice Muamba could make a return to playing professional football, according to FIFA’s medical chief.

Thu, 24 May, 2012

FIFA medic resistant to drug-test changes

Top players should not be obliged to provide information on their whereabouts to drug testers for 365 days a year, FIFA’s medical chief today insisted.

Thu, 24 Nov, 2011

58% of World Cup injuries feigned

FIFA have revealed that more than half of the players treated on the pitch during this summer’s World Cup were not actually injured.

Wed, 25 Oct, 2006

Over half of World Cup players treated on pitch 'weren't injured'

FIFA have revealed that more than half of the players treated on the pitch during this summer’s World Cup were not actually injured.

Tue, 24 Oct, 2006

Roll over Beethoven, as ‘ Rings’ theme ranks higher in classical poll

MUSIC from the hit film The Lord Of The Rings has beaten works by Holst, Grieg and Dvorak to make it into the top 10 of classical music buffs’ favourites.

Tue, 22 Apr, 2003

Wenger: FIFA's player restriction plan is a farce

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has criticised a suggestion by FIFA’s medical chief to limit the number of games in a season for each player as a “farce”.

Tue, 24 Sep, 2002

FIFA issue warning over food supplements

FIFA’s anti-doping chief yesterday warned players and national teams to avoid taking muscle-boosting food supplements as they may be unwittingly consuming banned drugs.

Thu, 06 Jun, 2002

Athletics: Macey defies injury to take bronze

Dean Macey made up for his Olympic heartache to take decathlon bronze for Britain at the World Championships in Edmonton.

Wed, 08 Aug, 2001