Pictured: Anastasia Kobekina performs Schumann's Cello Concerto on this Friday's RTÉ lyric Live
MOVIES AND MUSICALS WITH AEDÍN GORMLEY
Aedín rolls out the green carpet with her annual look at Irish made and Irish themed films, from Michael Collins to An Cailín Ciúin from The Banshees of Inisherin to My Left Foot, and Odd Man Out to Brooklyn. A famine setting for Arracht and Black '47. Great musical moments in Once and The Commitments, impressive, animated tales, Song of the Sea and Wolfwalkers. A celebration of Irish film!
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 15th March, 1pm-4pm
CULTURE FILE PRESENTS: THE COMFORT ZONE
Luke Clancy and Colm Tóibín plus a new guest each week light out for the territories, culture-wise.
A Soundsdoable production for RTÉ lyric fm
Produced and presented by Luke Clancy
Associate producer: Niamh Daly
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RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 15th March, 6.30pm-7pm
VOX NOSTRA WITH VLAD SMISHKEWYCH
Let's Dance! On this Sunday's Vox Nostra we celebrate Thoinot Arbeau and the many other known and anonymous dance masters who left us great tunes from ages past. Mixing with the subtle sounds of ancient music from the times of St Patrick and the other Irish saints, will be the galliards, gigues, gavottes and other dances that made nimble feet move gracefully, centuries ago. Plus - Early Music Day is this Friday, celebrated every year on 21 March: JS Bach's birthday, spring equinox. Vlad will have plenty of music by Papa Bach and family ready to go on this special Sunday morning. I lár Seachtain na Gaeilge, tá maidin cheoil ársa ag ceiliúradh Pádraig, Naomh na hÉireann - chomh maith le ceol agus rince na gcéadta bliain ó shin!
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 16th March, 7am-10am
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THE LYRIC FEATURE
The Shaky Bridge
The poet Louis de Paor grew up in Cork but has not lived there for many years. In The Shaky Bridge he goes back to explore how the Cork of his childhood, and especially the Cork that his father knew, runs throughout his poetry. This is the second of two programmes for Seachtain na Gaeilge in which bilingual Irish poets reflect on working and living in both Irish and English.
Some forty years since he last lived in Cork, Louis de Paor goes back to where he spent his childhood, recalling family and places that he knew, and some of the Cork writers who would influence his work. He walks the streets of Cork city with local historian Diarmuid Ó Drisceoil, talks with Claire Ní Mhuirthile about the writers Liam Ó Muirthile (her late brother) and Seán Ó Ríordáin, and reminisces with Dónal Gallagher, brother of the guitarist Rory Gallagher. They compare childhood experiences of learning Irish, and poems by Louis de Paor in Irish and in English translation are woven throughout the programme. Louis reflects on how, even after so many decades spent elsewhere, the city and its environs still haunt his poetry.
Louis de Paor's poetry is published by Bloodaxe Books and Cló Iar-Chonnacht and the English translations of the poems are by Kevin Anderson, Biddy Jenkinson, Mary O'Donoghue and Louis de Paor. Produced by Claire Cunningham,
Sound supervision by Tinpot Productions.
A Rockfinch Production for RTÉ lyric fm supported by Coimisiún na Meán's Sound and Vision broadcasting funding and RTÉ Independent Radio Productions.
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 16th March, 6pm-7pm
MARTY IN THE MORNING
Join George Hamilton this St. Patrick's Day for the usual mix of news and chat, with music from Ailbhe McDonagh, Shaun Davey, Carmel McCreagh and Declan O'Rourke with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 17th March, 7am-10am
MYSTERY TRAIN WITH JOHN KELLY
Mystery Train is a nightly journey through the many wonders of recorded music - from its vintage glories to the latest sounds. Essential listening for the discerning music fan.
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 17th March, 7pm-9pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
In our concert today, renowned Irish soprano Celine Byrne makes her Drogheda Classical Music series début with pianist David Munro and rising opera star and Drogheda native Seán Tester as guest tenor. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 18th March, 1pm-4pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
A concert from the National String Quartet Foundation on today's Full Score as the Solas Quartet presents two Romantic masterpieces, Fanny Mendelssohn's elegantly lyrical quartet from 1834, and Borodin's D major quartet. Their programme opens with Matthew Locke's curtain raiser to a 1674 London production of The Tempest and features the first performances of a new quartet by Katherine Hunka, a theatrical look at power dynamics within a group. New arrangements by Marja Gaynor of two trad tunes complete a lovely programme. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 19th March, 1pm-4pm
LORCAN MURRAY'S CLASSIC DRIVE
Let Lorcan bring you the perfect soundtrack on Classic Drive. Tune in Monday to Friday for a feast of music, news, weather and sports updates and tips for what's on wherever you are. Get in touch and pick a piece from Lorcan's midweek choice selection, Mao Fujita's new album 72 Preludes. For one and all, Lorcan's with you all the way!
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 19th March, 4pm-7pm
NIALL CARROLL’S CLASSICAL DAYTIME
Niall Carroll plays music from the heart of the classical repertoire, with Sounds on Screen, a piece from the big or small screen each day at 11am, and each day at midday, one of Niall's Five of a Kind. This week Niall chooses five pieces by Astor Piazzolla.
RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 20th March, 10am-1am
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
The Irish Chamber Orchestra turns the spotlight on the saxophone in our concert today, titled Bach to Bowie and featuring stellar saxophonist Jess Gillam. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 2 in D major MWV N2
C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concerto in A Minor: III. Allegro Assai
Dave Heath: The Celtic
Elaine Agnew: Twilight
Boulanger (arr. Vennart): Cantique
Bowie (arr. Vennart): Life on Mars
John Harle (arr. Perkin): RANT!
Irish Chamber Orchestra
Jess Gillam, Saxophone
Katherine Hunka, Director
RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 20th March, 1pm-4pm
AEDÍN IN THE AFTERNOON
'By recording this album, I hope to share the story of this historically important composer and to encourage listeners to discover the origins of the Nocturne.' - Alice Sara Ott.
We will take a listen this afternoon to the nocturnes of John Field recently recorded by pianist Alice Sara Ott. Impressive guitar playing from Shane Hennessy and Sean Shibe, and Sarah Chang is the soloist in Dvorak's Romance in F Minor. We'll also dip into Philip Glass's songs cycle based on the poetry of Leonard Cohen. An alternative recording of Deborah's Theme from Once Upon a Time in America by Ennio Morricone played by saxophonist Dayna Stephens and pianist Brad Mehldau and favourite songs from Joni Mitchell and Tony Bennett.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 21st March, 1pm-4pm
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Join Paul Herriott live from the stage of the National Concert Hall in Dublin as the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Christian Reif bring us Beethoven's joyful Pastoral Symphony and Schumann's Cello Concerto starring Anastasia Kobekina
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
National Symphony Orchestra
Christian Reif (conductor)
Anastasia Kobekina (cello)
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 21st March, 7pm-10pm
Photo | Lucine Pepanyan
VESPERTINE WITH ELLEN CRANITCH
In 1974, scientist Lewis Thomas was asked what he would include in the Voyager interstellar missions to explain to aliens a bit about the human race. He replied, ' The works of J. S. Bach - but that would be boasting'. On Bach's birthday, and Early Music Day, I'm doing my own bit of exploring, and finding all kinds of left-of-centre versions of his music. Proving that his music is indestructible and timeless, we'll hear selections from The Modern Jazz Quartet, electronic cellist Peter Gregson, Al Di Meola, the Feria Saxophone quartet, and the Grammy Award winning Goldberg Variations by Icelandic wunderkind, Vikingur Olafson.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 21st March, 10pm-1am
