MOVIES AND MUSICALS WITH AEDÍN GORMLEY
In the week RTÉ lyric fm celebrates twenty-five years on air, Aedín marks the 25th birthday of her ever popular show. A look back at the films that were released that year, the big 1999 releases included American Beauty, Angela's Ashes, Notting Hill and The Matrix. Aedín also shares clips from some of her favourite guests over the years, among them, Julie Andrews, Angela Lansbury, John Barry, Mark Hamill and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Plus, some great live orchestral highlights from a fantastic Movies and Musicals live concert recorded with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 27th April, 1pm-4pm
OPERA NIGHT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
The Metropolitan Opera, New York presents Blanchard's Fire Shut up in my Bones
An adaptation of Charles M. Blow's harrowing memoir, Fire Shut Up in My Bones is the second opera from six-time Grammy Award-winner Terence Blanchard and follows the young Charles, sung by baritone Ryan Speedo Green, as he navigates adolescence and struggles to overcome a life of trauma. In this performance, Evan Rogister conducts an electrifying production co-directed by James Robinson and Camille A. Brown.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 27th April, 7pm-10pm
VOX NOSTRA WITH VLAD SMISHKEWYCH
Today Vlad digs into a new CD from the Fieri Consort featuring music by two of Italy's greatest composers: Maddalena Casulana and Barbara Strozzi. There's nothing quite as exciting for performers as knowing they are the first to do something, and whilst the Fieri Consort are already known for their excellent performances of Strozzi's music, their recording of Casulana's madrigals is truly groundbreaking. She was the first female composer in western music to have had a book of her works printed, however until the recent discovery by Professor Laurie Stras of her lost 'Book 1 of Madrigals for 5 Voices', the full sound of her music had not been heard for over 400 years. The Fieri Consort, one of today's most exciting vocal ensembles, reveals how cutting-edge Casulana was in her time, and today we'll hear some of Europe's finest musicians celebrate these two 17th Century composers' skill, with both words and music.
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 28th April, 7am-10am
THE LYRIC FEATURE
For the Record
Laoise O'Brien has spent the past twenty-five years championing an instrument often unfairly perceived as an instrument of torture, the recorder. The particular sonority of a mass of small plastic recorders has left an unfortunate legacy on an instrument once known as the 'sweet flute'. Join Laoise as she embarks on a journey to tell the story of the recorder and its development during the ages, featuring recordings of popular pieces from the repertoire including Greensleeves, J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 and Three Blinde Mice as it was originally composed. Part historical account, part personal voyage, Laoise will introduce us to the various sizes and styles of recorder, the vast amount of repertoire spanning a millennium, and the many different uses for which the instrument was employed: from dances on the village green, to music composed by kings.
Presented and produced by Laoise O'Brien
Producer for RTÉ lyric fm: Eoin O Kelly
(First broadcast 17th December 2023)
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 28th April, 6pm-7pm
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 as RTÉ lyric fm marks its 25th anniversary Niall chooses five recordings released on the RTÉ lyric label.
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 29th April, 10am-1pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Our Full Score concert today comes from the National String Quartet Foundation. Recorded in the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork the distinguished Piatti Quartet perform works by Rachmaninov, Deirdre Gribbin and Dvorák. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
Rachmaninov: String Quartet No.1
Deirdre Gribbin: somewhere I have never travelled
Dvorák: Quartet No.13 in G major Op.106
Piatti Quartet
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 30th April, 1pm-4pm
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE CELEBRATES RTÉ LYRIC FM @ 25
Join us as we celebrate our 25th birthday in Limerick, home of RTÉ lyric fm, with a gala concert featuring the music of Puccini, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Bizet, Morricone, Bernstein, John Williams, Strauss, Copland, Mascagni, Mancini, Alan Menken, Dvorak and more!
The evening is hosted by RTÉ lyric fm presenters as we come together to celebrate the joy of music and its power to connect.
Along with the favourites, three new works for orchestra with focus on the themes of nostalgia, hope and rebirth are premiering. Limerick composer and Cranberries drummer Fergal Lawler's The Curragower Falls reflects on memories of childhood by the River Shannon. Cork composer Paul Frost's A New Day Rising captures the feeling of waking up to a new day, to the sounds of nature and the irrepressible sense of optimism. Dundalk composer and fiddle player Zoe Conway Bualadh an cheoil, bualadh an chroí (Music playing, heart beating) is about the powerful connection of Irish music to the body and dance.
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
David Brophy (conductor)
Celine Byrne, soprano
Emmet Cahill, tenor
Juliette Crosbie
Berginald Rash (clarinet)
Zoe Conway (violin)
Edwina Guckian (dancer)
Our Lady Queen of Peace Choir, Janesboro, Limerick
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 1st May, 7pm-9pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
A beautiful opportunity to rediscover the chamber music of Luigi Boccherini in today's Full Score concert with the Europa Galante ensemble led by violinist Fabio Biondi. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
Boccherini: Duo for two violins in G, Op. 3/1 G56
Boccherini: Trio for violin, viola and cello in D, Op. 14/4 G98
Boccherini: Trio for two violins and cello in C, Op. 6/6 G94
Boccherini: Fandango, from Guitar Quintet in D, G. 448
Boccherini: Quintet for two violins, viola, cello and guitar No. 7 in E minor, G451
Boccherini: Minuetto, from Quintet for strings in E, Op. 11/5 G 275
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, violin
RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 2nd May, 1pm-4pm
AMBIENT ORBIT
Wherever you are, awake to the dawn chorus at sunrise with Ambient Orbit, a carefully crafted mix of field recordings and ambient music for a tranquil start to your morning.
(First broadcast 28th April, 2024)
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 3rd May, 6am-7am
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
The RTÉ Concert Orchestra brings us an evening of glorious masterpieces. The exhilarating colour of Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture is perfect for a May evening. Then for Gershwin's thrilling F major piano concerto, fusing the worlds of classical, jazz and musical theatre, we welcome to centre stage leading Irish pianist Michael McHale. A favourite among the late Romantic symphonies, Sibelius's 5th Symphony has the lot - evocative, shimmering strings, a French horn theme that has been likened to the sun parting clouds and a sweeping, swelling, irresistibly stirring finale. Paul Herriott brings us this evening of entertainment by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra under Kensho Watanabe, one of the most exciting young conductors to come out of the United States. (First broadcast 28th July 2023)
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 3rd May, 7pm-10pm
