RTÉ lyric fm Archive

Below is a list of programmes that have finished their current run, or are no longer on air, but whose web site and/or audio are still available.

To access the required web page and programme audio, simply click the link for the programme description.

ABC#

ABC# is a series introducing classical music. It's an easy way to get familiar with some of the most popular repertoire in the classical tradition.

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Apex

Bernard Clarke explores some of the great musical forms and genres that have emerged in the last century, from blues to rock, ska to reggae, folk to rap, afrobeat and beyond. Each hour long programme takes an artist or group and seeks out its musical ancestry, turning the music over, casting about for clues, following flights of fancy and creating a personal map of the terrain.

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Arts News

Arts News offers an exciting, informative and entertaining guide to what's happening in the Arts world in Ireland and abroad. Aedín Gormley goes behind the scenes to bring you the essential cultural guide to the week ahead.

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Artszone

Artszone is a weekly digest of all that's current in the arts world, reporting on the key cultural happenings at home and abroad and presented by Aedín Gormley. The archive includes 'The Finale', our last programme which includes archived interviews with Colm Tóibín, Conor McPherson, Germaine Greer, Joshua Bell, Sian Philips, Fiona Shaw, Joe Dowling, Dorothy Cross and singers Veronica Dunne and Bono!
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Classical Kids

This Autumn, RTÉ Junior's Classical Kids is visiting RTÉ lyric fm for eight weeks. Presented by Ian McGlynn, Classical Kids is a fun introduction to composers, musicians and instruments just for younger listeners - and maybe some grownups too! So whether you're hankering for Harry Potter, buzzing over Flight of the Bumblebee or raving about Rhapsody in Blue, this is the show for you!

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High Fidelity

High Fidelity - a century of recorded song with Jack L and Julie Feeney. The story of recorded song from Thomas Edison to the iPod, presented by two of Ireland's most dynamic stage performers, Jack L and Julie Feeney. In a 26 part series Jack and Julie trace a songbook from Enrico Caruso to Leonard Cohen and Maria Callas to Madonna exploring the unforgettable songs and singers of the century of music recording starting with Edison's phonograph and ending with iTunes.

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Lyric Notes

Lyric Notes, presented by Máire Nic Gearailt, aims to provide a varied musical listening experience, ranging from early music through the baroque, classical and romantic eras through to music of our own time. Lots of great singers, as well as music for orchestra, chamber ensembles and solo instruments.

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My Tunes

Each week Aedín Gormley invites a guest to select, listen to and discuss a number of music pieces that hold a special meaning for them. Click the link below to listen back to interviews with Anne-Marie O'Farrell, Joseph O'Connor, Camille O'Sullivan, Paddy Moloney, Sir Neville Marriner, Colm C.T. Wilkinson, Joe Dowling and many others.

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Paul Herriott's In Tempo

Join Paul for the usual broad blend of classical music, including full works, with the CD of the Week at 10.30am. Our Coffee Concert is at 11am. You can also choose to enter our regular competitions with spectacular prizes!

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Liz Nolan's Lunchtime Classics

The ultimate music destination for your lunchtime. Whether you're working in the office, taking time out on your lunchtime break or enjoying some well deserved time off, relax with Lunchtime Classics.

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