Cathy's Reviews

A grand piano on a Tall Ship! I was in the riverside town New Ross in Co Wexford for the launch of the 2023 New Ross Piano Festival. The hoo...

What a privilege to arrive at the start another decade. My 7th!  A nudge to get on and do the things that one most enjoys. To mark my 60th b...

  Antrim is a long way from my base in the South East but arriving home from a week exploring Scotland's West coast, the ferry dropped m...

Songs I Wish I'd Sung:Jamie Beamish  at the Theatre Royal. It is quite a while since I posted on Cathy's Reviews. Over the last ten ...

 A Garden Serenade.  Cathy Desmond / Marian Ingoldsby Culture Night offered the impetus to get down to some serious practice and take to a p...

  Review La Boheme Live from BGET Sometimes less is more. A concert performance of Puccini’s tear-jerker proved to be perfect solace for y...

I first came across the songs of John F Larchet at a recital presented by pianist Niall Kinsella at the John Field Room back in January 20...

Behind closed doors  in Drogheda (via Susan on twitter) In the immediate aftermath of the pandemic shutdown, major cultural centres res...

Lockdown Beach Patrol in Ballymacaw Is it really more than three months already since the sudden shutting down of life as we knew it b...

On any given Easter Sunday, I would normally gravitate to a church whether at home or abroad.  I feel privileged to have experienced wo...