Ballet - the most demanding art form

John's next guest spent a lot of her childhood listening to music like Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from the ballet The Nutcracker Suite & of course dancing to it!  Joining John from BBC London is Aoife O'Brien & on the line from Cork is Alan Foley, Cork City Ballet.

Singer Songwriter Josh Ritter

American singer songwriter Josh Ritter is in studio with John this morning for a chat about his career  & performance.

For upcoming tour dates in Ireland go to www.joshritter.com

A fork in the road moment & Robert Frost poem read by David Hanly

This morning would like to hear from our listeners about their own personal fork in the road moment. It's a phenomenon touched on by Robert Frost in his popular poem, The Road Not Taken, read by David Hanly, formerly of RTE Radio 1.

O2 Priority Music Comp - Andre Rieu

This morning we again select two of our listeners for the O2 Priority Music Competition, winners Mon to Thursday will win an Andre Rieu goodie bag of CDs & DVDs plus 200euro. On Friday one of the four winners will then get the opportunity to compete for a meet & greet with the man himself,  André Rieu & concert tickets to his show on 17th December at The O2.