DAYBREAK WITH EVONNE FERGUSON
Evonne Ferguson will be up with the early birds to ease you into the weekend with her selections of music from across the centuries plus news and weather, and at 9.15 we explore the lesser-known realms of nature on our island in Nature File with ecologist, Anja Murray.
Nature File Episode 3 - Blackthorn Blossom
It's Easter, and we love to celebrate early flowers as a sign of what's to come. But before there are any leaves on the trees, blackthorn fills up hedges and scrubby corners with its white blossoms, a welcome boost of nectar and pollen for bees and butterflies. Anja Murray takes a closer look at these blackthorn blossoms on Nature File this morning.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 30th March, 7am-10am
OPERA NIGHT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
The Metropolitan Opera, New York presents Verdi's Requiem
Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for three performances of Verdi's soul-stirring Requiem, a unique and towering masterpiece that stands as one of the repertory's great showcases of vocal, choral, and orchestral writing. A thrilling quartet of soloists joins the magnificent Met Orchestra and Chorus: soprano Leah Hawkins, mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill, tenor Matthew Polenzani, and bass Dmitry Belosselskiy.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 30th March, 7pm-10pm
VOX NOSTRA WITH VLAD SMISHKEWYCH
Early Music Reborn: What's Old is New, on Vox Nostra! As Early Music Month draws to a close, Vlad brings together the crossings of early and contemporary music - two worlds that live together more often than not! Newly composed works for early instruments, including some very cleverly crafted compositions that emulate the sounds of different music periods of the past, are part and parcel of the programme today. Prepare to be surprised with the variety of new music for old instruments as well as a boxful of new releases that have come Vlad's way so far in 2024. It's a special Easter Sunday Vox Nostra, where the past sounds better on RTÉ lyric fm.
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 31st March, 7am-10am
SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH SIMON DELANEY
Join stage and screen actor Simon Delaney every Sunday afternoon, and indulge in a perfect musical blend for weekend listening. Whether you're a swingin' cat with an ear for jazz or a lover of classical favourites, Simon will keep the great tunes and easy chat flowing.
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 31st March, 1pm-4pm
THE LYRIC FEATURE
Chorus Noster Recolat (Our Chorus Recalls)
The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, is a centre which combines excellence in performance with rigour in academia. In Chorus Noster Recolat J.J. O'Shea explores Ireland's earliest notated music medieval liturgical chant in the company of some of the Academy's academic staff and with their choral group Cantoral.The programme which was made in 2018 includes the final interview with the late Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin who ruminates on this often overlooked area of our musical heritage, its present day revival as it moves from a religious context to the performance stage, and its possibilities for future composition. He also speculates on the nature of the music of the Irish monasteries in the very early medieval period before the origin of notation and before the standardisation imposed on church liturgy by Charlemagne`s reforms in the ninth century. Helen Phelan considers the influence of pre-Christian traditions on early church liturgy which found their way into the chant and together with Anne Mannion she looks at the traces of a uniquely Irish approach to hymn writing that draws upon very early Irish poetic forms. Historian Colmán O Clabaigh gives further context to the material and Limerick based choral group Cantoral perform some of the chant uncovered in the medieval manuscripts.
A J.J.O'Shea production for RTÉ lyric fm funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland from the Television Licence Fee.
(First broadcast 23rd December 2018)
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 31st March, 6pm-7pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
We have a rapturous Full Score concert to begin the week with as the Oslo Philharmonic and Klaus Mäkelä, conductor perform works by Debussy, Stravinsky and de Falla.
Debussy: Iberia, from Images for Orchestra, L. 122
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version)
de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2
Oslo Philharmonic
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 1st April, 1pm-4pm
NIALL CARROLL'S CLASSICAL DAYTIME
Shirley Keane plays music from the heart of the classical repertoire with Sounds on Screen, a piece from either the big or the small screen at 11am, and at midday each day Shirley chooses her Five of a Kind. This week Shirley chooses five pieces by the Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály.
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 2nd April, 10am-1pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
We're in Cologne for today's Full Score concert as pianist Yulianna Avdeeva joins the WDR Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58
Schubert: Allegro moderato, from Six Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780
Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 in C
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva, piano
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 2nd April, 1pm-4pm
THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT WITH BERNARD CLARKE
The Blue of the Night connects different musical landscapes - bringing you through centuries, genres and soundscapes. Musical treasures from the ancient to the contemporary.
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 3rd April, 9pm-12am
LORCAN MURRAY’S CLASSIC DRIVE
Broadcasting live daily Monday to Friday evenings from our Limerick studios, Lorcan Murray presents RTÉ lyric fm's flagship show, Classic Drive. Lorcan brings you the perfect musical soundtrack, wherever you are, sharing a feast of music with both the curious and the knowledgeable and featuring listeners' own choices. Included in this musical feast are the latest news and sports updates and tips for what's on where you are. There, for one and all, Lorcan's with you all the way.
RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 4th April, 4pm-7pm
AEDÍN IN THE AFTERNOON
Dianne Reeves, Gregory Porter, Curtis Stigers, Kate Rusby and Emma Langford are among the top vocalists this afternoon. Aedín will also include a favourite by Max Richter played by the Signum Saxophone quartet, a traditional tune with a twist from The Martin Hayes Quartet and pianist Gabriela Montero turns composer with part of her own Piano Concerto.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 5th April, 1pm-4pm
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Join Paul Herriott for an orchestral extravaganza with the incredible RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Kensho Watanabe conducts the orchestra in a programme including Ravel and Brahms and Alex Murphy of the Young Offenders fame narrates Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Ravel : Le tombeau de Couperin
Britten: The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Kensho Watanabe conductor
Alex Murphy narrator
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 5th April, 7pm-10pm
