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Something for the Weekend

Something for the Weekend

Clip • 5 Mins • 19 APR 24 • Aedín in the Afternoon ADVERTISEMENT PLAYING…

Your cultural picks from Derek O'Connor this week include the Music Network nationwide tour; Granard Booktown Festival; Irish National Opera's touring production of L'Olimpiade; Eimear Walshe represents Ireland at 60th Venice Art Biennale; and Poetry Day Ireland, plus Derek recites his favourite poem!

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Episode Playlist

String Quartet in D (3rd movement) Nocturne

String Quartet in D (3rd movement) Nocturne

RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet

April In Paris

April In Paris

Sarah Vaughan (vocal)

En el Parque de Maria Luisa, Sevilla (from Cuarteto Iberico)

En el Parque de Maria Luisa, Sevilla (from Cuarteto Iberico)

Cavaleri Quartet

Lov'st Thou For Beauty

Lov'st Thou For Beauty

Wallis Bird & Spark

There Be None of Beauty's Daughters

There Be None of Beauty's Daughters

Wallis Bird & Spark

Gymnopedie No.1 / Variation No.1

Gymnopedie No.1 / Variation No.1

Jacques Loussier (piano)

River Man

River Man

Brad Mehldau (Piano)

Piano Trio in G Minor (4th Movemet) Finale. Allegretto

Piano Trio in G Minor (4th Movemet) Finale. Allegretto

Camille Thomas (cello)

Tight

Tight

Samara Joy

Someone To Watch Over Me

Someone To Watch Over Me

Samara Joy (vocals)

Guess Who I Saw Today

Guess Who I Saw Today

Samara Joy

Concerto for 2 violins, strings and basso continuo in D minor - III. Allegro

Concerto for 2 violins, strings and basso continuo in D minor - III. Allegro

Isabelle Faust (Violin)

The Blasket Suite - The Island Lullaby I

The Blasket Suite - The Island Lullaby I

Niamh Ni Charra (concertina)

April in Roundstone

April in Roundstone

Zoe Conway (Fiddle); John McIntyre (Guitar)

Siuil A Ruin

Siuil A Ruin

Roisin El Cherif

Pastorale

Pastorale

Veronique Gens (Soprano)

Benedictus

Benedictus

Polyphony

Gabriel's Oboe

Gabriel's Oboe

Romain Leleu Sextet

Ne Me Quitte Pas

Ne Me Quitte Pas

Jacques Brel (vocals)

Chanson des vieux amants (Song of the old lovers)

Chanson des vieux amants (Song of the old lovers)

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano)

Blue Curve of the Earth

Blue Curve of the Earth

Hilary Hahn (violin)

Nocturne No.3 In A flat

Nocturne No.3 In A flat

John O' Conor (piano)

Nocturne No.1 Op.32 andante sostenuto

Nocturne No.1 Op.32 andante sostenuto

Finghin Collins (Piano)

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne

Philharmonia Orchestra

San Diego Serenade

San Diego Serenade

Tom Waits

Baltimore

Baltimore

Randy Newman (vocals & piano)

He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

Lesley Garrett (soprano)

The Farm Hand

The Farm Hand

Cormac McCarthy (Piano)

Serenade for Strings in E minor (1st mov.) Allegro piacevole

Serenade for Strings in E minor (1st mov.) Allegro piacevole

Pinchas Zuckerman (violin)