Sunday Miscellany

    Sunday, 9.10 - 10am

    Sunday mornings mean Sunday Miscellany

    Its brand new radio essays and occasional poetry followed by complementary music capture our times, passions and curiosities. The contributor led content is selected from open submission and commissioned writing presented by new voices and established names.

    Reportage, appreciations, memory pieces, poetry, travel writing and personal accounts of events and happenings are the stuff of Sunday Miscellany. The programme is part of Sunday mornings since 1968. It is essential listening to thousands across Ireland and the world.

    Sunday Miscellany 19 May 2013

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    Sunday Miscellany 19 May 2013

    New short essays:

    Throwing Down the Gauntlet by Martina Devlin

    Full Circle in Tunisia by Judith Mok

    Harris and Donegal by Jamie O’Connell

    New Bliss Deer - a poem by Jean O’Brien

    Fleas in Germany by Mary O’Donnell

    Games in Waterford by Catherine Foley

    Music:

    Explosion composed and conducted by Michael Nyman and performed by The Michael Nyman Orchestra

    Mediterranean by Arnold Bax and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult

    Berceuse by Gabriel Fauré performed by the Orchestre de Bretagne, conductor Moshe Atzmon

    Sicilienne by George Frideric Handel with Michael Murray, organ, and Rolf Smedvig , trumpet.

    Intermezzo from Piano Quartet No 2, in F Minor by Felix Mendelssohn performed by Domus.

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