OPERA NIGHT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Wexford Festival Opera 2024 presents Donizetti's Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali
Paul Herriott brings us Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Conventions and Inconveniences of the Stage) a two-act farce that shines an exaggerated spotlight on the behind-the-scenes working of a theatre and the rehearsal process, showing what can go wrong when the egos of the performers get in the way of putting on a good show. A regional (and mediocre) operatic troupe is rehearsing a new work and faces numerous obstacles. The prima donna acts every bit the diva, refusing to rehearse. The tenor finds himself in the wrong production and quite out of his depth. The Seconda Donna's mother (played by a baritone) demands that her daughter be given a more prominent role, before deciding to take on several roles herself. Not be outshone, the Prima Donna's husband takes to the stage too. When the show eventually collapses and the company tries to flee under cover of night, rather than pay back all the investors (whose money has already been spent), the Impresario has other plans... Danila Grassi conducts the Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 26th October, 7pm-10pm
Photo | Patricio Cassinoni
THE LYRIC FEATURE
Feather & Flock
Winner of the Gold Award in the Specialist Speech programme category at the 2024 IMRO awards.
Feather and Flock is a six-part series about some of Ireland's most iconic breeding birds. Each episode combines ecology, folklore and music to uncover the incredible lives and journeys of these wild creatures. Presenters Anja Murray and Brían Mc Gloinn hear from biologists, behavioural ecologists, folklorists, a poet, linguistic experts and others in an exploration of each bird and its place in Irish culture. The series is soundtracked with immersive on-location recordings from Brían Mac Gloinn and series collaborator Seán Ronayne of Irish Wildlife Sounds, along with avian themed folk music and original compositions by Brían Mac Gloinn and friends. Episodes 1 to 3 were broadcast earlier this year and are available from the Lyric Feature page of the RTÉ website.
Episode 4: Skylark
Skylark is a charismatic bird of open ground and the uplands, widely celebrated for their impressive singing ability. In this episode, ecologist Anja Murray and musician Brían Mac Gloinn begin with the Skylarks' fame in poetry, with poet Martin Dyar. The pair also get an insight into the fascinating science of birdsong with John Quinn, behavioural ecologist in UCC, and the physiology that allows these birds to produce such an impressive range of sounds and complexity of song. To compare the way songbirds and traditional singers learn their songs, we hear from Tríona Ní Shíocháin of NUIG about creative transmission and the Irish singing tradition. The role of Skylark in traditional songs and folklore is discussed with Ríonach Uí Ógáin, former director of the National Folklore Collection.
A team of musical collaborators feature in this episode too: The Lark in the Morning is sung by Brían & Diarmuid Mac Gloinn; tunes by uilleann piper Emmett Gill; and Brían also premieres a new song written especially for this episode.
Presenters: Anja Murray and Brían Mac Gloinn
Produced by: Anja Murray
Original score and songs by Brían Mac Gloinn
Sound Design & Editing: Brían Mac Gloinn
Series Producer: Eoin O Kelly
Production Co-Ordinator: Michael O'Kane
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 27th October, 6pm-7pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Evelyn Grant presents today's Full Score. Ole Edvard Antonsen is considered one of the world's leading trumpet soloists and in our concert he will play trumpet concertos by Haydn and Tartini, both of which are characterized by virtuoso solo interludes.
Debussy: Petite Suite, L. 65
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat, Hob. VIIe:1
Tartini: Trumpet Concerto in D
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Argovia Philharmonic
Rune Bergmann, conductor
Ole Edvard Antonsen, trumpet
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 28th October, 1pm-4pm
NIALL CARROLL'S CLASSICAL DAYTIME
Niall Carroll plays music from the heart of the classical repertoire with Sounds on Screen, a piece from either the big or the small screen at 11am, and at midday each day Niall chooses his Five of a Kind. This week we'll hear five pieces by the American composer Aaron Copland.
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 29th October, 10am-1pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
In our Full Score concert today Camerata Salzburg are joined by flautist Emmanuel Pahud to perform works by Mozart and Salieri. Evelyn Grant presents.
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte
Mozart: Andante in C, K. 315
Mozart: Rondo in C, K. 373
Salieri: Concerto for flute and oboe in C
Mozart: Du feines Täubchen nur herein, trio from act 1 of Die Zauberflöte
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504 (Prague)
Camerata Salzburg
François Leleux, conductor
Emmanuel Pahud, flute
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 29th October, 1pm-4pm
LORCAN MURRAY’S CLASSIC DRIVE
Broadcasting live daily Monday to Friday evenings from our Limerick studios, Lorcan Murray presents RTÉ lyric fm's flagship show, Classic Drive. Lorcan brings you the perfect musical soundtrack, wherever you are, sharing a feast of music with both the curious and the knowledgeable. The listeners take creative control today and pick a piece of music from Lorcan's midweek choice selection. Included in this musical feast are the latest news and sports updates and tips for what's on where you are. There, for one and all, Lorcan's with you all the way.
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 30th October, 4pm-7pm
MARTY IN THE MORNING
Join Marty as he takes the chill out of your early mornings with music, news, weather and travel updates.
RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 31st October, 7am-10am
AEDÍN IN THE AFTERNOON
The British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading has been in the music business for over fifty years. She received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection in 1996 and had been nominated for both Grammy and BRIT awards. For her, writing a large-scale orchestral piece was a natural, next step on her path of creative exploration. Last year, her first classical work, Symphony No. 1 was premiered by the Chineke! Orchestra at Southbank Centre in London and Aedín features this concert recording this afternoon. Plus, Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter sings a Kate Bush song with American quartet Brooklyn Ryder, a little French film music from Betty Blue and stunning choral works from The Tallis Scholars ahead of their Dublin concert tomorrow night.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 1st November, 1pm-4pm
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Paul Herriott brings us tonight's live concert featuring the NCH Artist-in-Residence, mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught. Tara partners with the NSO and Laurence Cummings, for the electrifying coloratura of Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate and virtuoso cantatas by Baroque master Haydn and his magnificent peer, Marianne von Martínez. Haydn's stately, melody-filled Symphony No. 25, and Mozart's mighty Jupiter promise music to captivate and charm.
Martínez: 'Cantata Berenice, ah che fai?'
Haydn: Symphony No. 25
Haydn: 'Scena di Berenice, Berenice, che fai?'
Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
National Symphony Orchestra
Laurence Cummings (conductor & harpsichord)
Tara Erraught (mezzo-soprano)
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 1st November, 7pm-10pm
VESPERTINE WITH ELLEN CRANITCH
The first day of Samhain - the season of drawing close to the fire, sharing stories and songs, and tucking in for the long winter nights. Fraser Fifield's new album 'One Great Circle’ is inspired by the Aberdeen-born storyteller, piper, ballad singer, author and member of a prominent traveller family, Stanley Robertson. His way of speaking, the imagery he evokes, and his thoughts on re-incarnation inspired this considered album and informed its title. We hear the beguiling music and meet Fraser who explains its creation and the close connection he feels with Stanley, though they never met.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 1st November, 10pm-1am
