Friday April 3rd: RTÉ lyric Live National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
Paul Herriott brings us Dvorak's profoundly moving choral masterpiece for Good Friday with Czech music specialist Jiri Rozen conducting National Symphony Orchestra Ireland, National Symphony Chorus Ireland and four exciting young soloists.
Dvorák: Stabat Mater
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
Jiri Rozen, conductor
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, soprano
Niamh O'Sullivan, mezzo-soprano
Valentyn Dytiuk, tenor
Ashley Riches, bass
National Symphony Chorus Ireland
David Young chorus director
Friday April 10th: RTÉ lyric Live
On tonight's programme Paul Herriott brings us a new suite by composer Ailbhe McDonagh, a broadcast premiere of Shaun Davey's Clarinet Concerto performed by John Finucane and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra under David Brophy and we take a trip to the Townhall in Newry for a recently recorded recital by pianist Steven Osborne at the Newry Chamber Music Piano Fest.
Friday April 17th: RTÉ lyric Live National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
Join RTÉ lyric fm's Paul Herriott and Artistic Director of New Music Dublin, John Harris, as they co-present tonight's production from the 2026 edition of New Music Dublin which features Gerald Barry's take on Oscar Wilde's Salome in its Irish premiere with National Symphony Orchestra Ireland. Barry describes Salome as 'an opera of voyeurism, the moon, french, God, punishment of sin, misunderstanding, sex, the metronome, suicide, hysteria, hunger, blood, typing, speaking correctly, sterility, The Blue Danube, the wind, fever, art, Wilde, dreaming, beheading, Frankenstein, kissing.'
Gerald Barry: Salome (concert performance)
Alison Scherzer, Salome
Amy Ní Fhearraigh, The Queen
Timur, The King
Vincent Casagrande, The Prisoner
Stefan Sevenich, The Young Syrian
David Howes, Soldier
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
Jérôme Kuhn, conductor
