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Culture 5 with Derek O'Connor

Culture 5 with Derek O'Connor

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Derek O'Connor, RTÉ Culture editor returns for 2026 with his cultural recommendations for the weekend. Including the 21st RTÉ Choice Music Prize, Seachtain Saoirse don Phalaistín at Project Arts Centre, No Other Choice in cinemas, a new exhibition from Junk Ensemble and to read, Esther Is Now Following You by author Tanya Sweeney.

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Episode Playlist

13:01

Title: Salamanca

Composer:

Performer(s): Aoife Ni Bhriain (fiddle/violin)

Album: Cosan Casta

Duration: 4:48

13:07

Title: The Snow it Melts the Soonest

Composer: Trad arr. Geoff Lawson

Performer(s): Voces8

Album: Voces8 : Winter

Duration: 3:35

13:11

Title: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203: Song To The Moon (Arr. Parkin For Cello & Piano)

Composer:

Performer(s): Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Album: River of Music

Duration: 5:03

13:18

Title: Rough Patch

Composer: Grace, Rachel

Performer(s): Rachel Grace

Album: Rough Patch - Single

Duration: 3:28

13:23

Title: Rhode Island Is Famous For You

Composer: Schwartz/Dietz

Performer(s): Blossom Dearie

Album: Diva

Duration: 2:11

13:25

Title: My One and Only Love

Composer: Wood, Guy

Performer(s): Christopher O'Riley (piano)

Album: Lotusland

Duration: 5:51

13:32

Title: What I Love About Nicole

Composer: Newman, Randy

Performer(s): Studio Orchestra

Album: Marriage Story (Original Music From The Netflix Film)

Duration: 3:25

13:35

Title: What I Love About Charlie

Composer: Newman, Randy

Performer(s): Studio Orchestra

Album: Marriage Story (Original Music From The Netflix Film)

Duration: 3:43

13:41

Title: Castletown to Carton

Composer: FitzGerald, Ciarán

Performer(s): The Misneach Orchestra

Album: The Misneach Orchestra

Duration: 5:54

13:47

Title: Drunk At Night/Dry In The Morning

Composer: Traditional

Performer(s): Abby Newton (Cello)

Album: Crossing to Scotland

Duration: 3:32

13:55

Title: Pastorale

Composer: Canteloube, Joseph

Performer(s): Veronique Gens (Soprano)

Album: Chants D'Auvergne 2

Duration: 4:30

14:00

Title: African Suite (2nd Movement) A Love Song

Composer: Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (Orch. Chris Cameron)

Performer(s): Chineke! Orchestra

Album: Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor

Duration: 3:46

14:04

Title: Practical Arrangement

Composer: Sting / Mathes, Robert

Performer(s): Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano)

Album: So Many Things - Anne Sofie Von Otter & Brooklyn Rider

Duration: 4:52

14:11

Title: Navarra, Op. 33 (Arr. Goss For 2 Violins, Guitar, Accordion & Cello)

Composer: de Sarasate, Pablo

Performer(s): Nicola Benedetti (violin)

Album: Violin Cafe

Duration: 6:11

14:17

Title: Beau Soir, CD 84 (Arr. Parkin For Violin, Guitar, Accordion & Cello)

Composer: Debussy, Claude

Performer(s): Nicola Benedetti (violin)

Album: Violin Cafe

Duration: 2:28

14:20

Title: Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 (Arr. Goss For Violin, Guitar, Accordion & Cello): III. Seguidilla - Canto Gitano

Composer: de Sarasate, Pablo

Performer(s): Nicola Benedetti (violin)

Album: Violin Cafe

Duration: 4:30

14:26

Title: Pavane

Composer: Faure, Gabriel

Performer(s): Bill Evans (piano)

Album: Bill Evans With Symphony Orchestra

Duration: 4:01

14:32

Title: Johanna (Reprise)

Composer:

Performer(s): Eleri Ward

Album: A Perfect Little Death

Duration: 4:07

14:37

Title: In The Wee Small Hours of The Morning

Composer: Mann / Hilliard

Performer(s): Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra

Album: Plays Well With Others

Duration: 3:14

14:41

Title: Be Okay

Composer:

Performer(s): Cynthia Erivo

Album: I Forgive You

Duration: 2:16

14:43

Title: Overflow of Love

Composer: Desplat, Alexandre

Performer(s): London Symphony Orchestra

Album: The Shape of Water (OST 2017)

Duration: 2:58

14:46

Title: You'll never know

Composer: Warren, Harry / Gordon, Mack

Performer(s): Renee Fleming (soprano)

Album: The Shape of Water (OST 2017)

Duration: 4:40

14:54

Title: Histoire Du Tango (3rd movement) Nightclub 1960

Composer: Piazzolla, Astor

Performer(s): Andre Fischer (guitar)

Album: La Isla Y El Mar

Duration: 5:22

14:59

Title: Le Tombeau de Couperin - Prelude

Composer: Ravel, Maurice

Performer(s): Imani Winds

Album: Imani Winds

Duration: 3:00

15:04

Title: Sí Beag Sí Mór/ Ríl Béara

Composer: McCarthy, Cormac

Performer(s): Cormac McCarthy (Piano)

Album: Cottage Evolution

Duration: 10:51

15:15

Title: Peata Beag do Mhathar

Composer: N

Performer(s): Macdara O Faolain

Album: Ar Thaobh Chill an Fhuarthainn

Duration: 3:33

15:18

Title: Si Beag Si Mhor

Composer: Trad arr Coldrick

Performer(s): Pat Coldrick (guitar)

Album: Single Release

Duration: 2:58

15:22

Title: Sing for Your Supper

Composer: Rodgers, Richard/Hart, Lorenz

Performer(s): Dawn Upshaw (soprano)

Album: Dawn Upshaw Sings Rodgers and Hart

Duration: 3:34

15:30

Title: You Stepped Out Of A Dream

Composer:

Performer(s): Samara Joy

Album: Portrait

Duration: 4:35

15:44

Title: Tabhair Dom do Lamh

Composer: O Cathain, Ruari Dall

Performer(s): Chris Thile (Mandolin/Vocals)

Album: Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau CD 2

Duration: 4:21

15:51

Title: Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra - Prelude

Composer: Vaughan Williams, Ralph

Performer(s): Laurence Power (viola)

Album: Vaughan Williams: Suite, Flos Campi

Duration: 3:05

15:55

Title: Equinox: Concerto in A (Morning): II- B minor (New York City)

Composer: Kraggerud, Henning

Performer(s): Henning Kraggerud (violin)

Album: Kraggerud: Equinox

Duration: 2:16

15:58

Title: Windmills of Your Mind

Composer: Bergman, Alan/Bergman, Marilyn/Legrand, Michel

Performer(s): Noel Harrison (Vocal)

Album: Life is a Dream

Duration: 2:17