December 2007

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30th December 2007

On this morning's programme you heard:

Magpie a poem by Enda Wyley
A Pair of Woollen Tights by John O'Donnell
Remembering John B Keane by Joseph O'Connor recorded live at Listowel Writers Week
The Closed Door by Mary Morrissy
Madraí - in Omós don Dealbhadóir Séamus Murphy -a poem by Liam O Muirthile followed by a translation - Dogs - for Sculptor Seamus Murphy by Ciaran Carson
Buy What You Love by Gemma Tipton
Greene's Bookshop by John Boland and
And No Metaphysics: Louis MacNiece and Disbelief by Liam Harte

Music on the programme was

Duet Opus 103, No 1 Allegro molto followed by Duet Opus 22, No. 1 Allegro Scherzoso by Kumar performed by Phoebe Carrai and Tanya Tomkins
El Majo Discreto by Enrique Granados followed by Punto de Habanera by Xavier Montsalvatge performed by Kim Kashkashian and Robert Levin
Rondino Opus 81 no 2 by Sibelius performed by Arto Noras and Tapani Valsta
Teapot Woods by Christy MacNamara

23rd December 2007

On this morning's programme you heard:

Bearing Gifts by Anne Sharpe
Playing Outside the Box by Ciana Campbell
One Hundred Years of The Shakes by Val O'Donnell
The Weight of Christmas by Joe Kearney
Calm after Storm by Margaret Hawkins
And Christmas Fairy Fights Back by Nicola Lindsay
Music on the programme was:

The Wexford Carol arranged and performed by Michael O Súilleabháin
Peace on Earth and performed by Bing Crosby and David Bowie
Allegro from Symphony No. 5 in C by Francesco Navara performed by La Serenissima
Lay Down your Bundle performed by Tommy Sands
Sleigh Ride to Thredbo performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra

16th December 2007

On this morning's programme you heard:

Winter Solstice by Mary Russell
Watching Eagles by Nick Barry
Dante Aligheri and Galileo Galilei by Cyril Kelly
Lemons by Emma Sides
The Earls and Louvain at Christmas by Eamonn O hUallacháin
Music on the programme was:

Water Girl written and performed by Zakir Hussain with Hariprasad Chaurasia, John McLoughlin and Jan Garbarek
The Munster Cloak performed by The Chieftains
Adagio from Pietro Locatelli's Concerto No. 5 in C Major performed and conducted by Yehudi Menuhin
Il est né sung by Kate and Anna McGarrigle accompanied by The Chieftains
Allegro from Concerto No 3 in G, Opus 3 by Antonio Vivaldi performed by La Serenissima

9th December 2007

On this morning's programme you heard:

Thrumming in Cowboy Country by Clare Lynch
Cleaning The Boots - a poem by Kathleen Hardie
Antlering in Killarney by Nick Barry
Jean Baptiste Poquelin, the Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Emer O'Kelly
Nobel Dining by Gerry Moran
Music on the programme was:

Never on a Sunday performed by Manos Tacticu and His Bouzoukis
Sarabande from Bach Suite No. 1 in G for Cello performed by Pieter Wispelwey
Don't Go to the Sea, Toino performed by The Chieftains
Allegro from Sonata No. 5 in C by Francesco Navara performed by La Serenissima
Passenger performed by Iggy Pop

2nd December 2007

On this programme you heard:

Gentle White Lives by Clare Lynch
Gowla Farm by Paddy Gavin
Are You Running Away From Me by Leo Cullen
The Biggest Hearted Wee Man by Kathleen Hardie
John Donne: Love's Cronicler by Emer O'Kelly
Music on the programme was:

Menuet: Un Poco allegretto from Haydn's Quartet No. 12 in C Major, Opus 9, No. 1 performed by the Kodaly Quartet.
Wheelbarrow Walk by Michael Nyman performed by The Michael Nyman Band
Gratioso xix from Amusement, Opus 18 for solo violin by Guillemain performed by Gilles Colliard
The Northern Lass and and The Roses of No-Man's Land performed by Ian MacDonald and Iain MacFarlane