Pictured above: The Irish Chamber Chamber Orchestra features all week on The Full Score with Liz Nolan, Monday to Thursday from 1-4pm
MOVIES AND MUSICALS WITH AEDÍN GORMLEY
A special broadcast today from Cork, celebrating the 69th Cork International Film Festival, recognising the best in home-grown and international cinema. Aedín will chat with a great selection of the filmmakers taking part, including Cork native John Crowley, who will be in attendance with the Irish premiere of his acclaimed new film We Live in Time, starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, and we'll have fantastic live music throughout the show.
At 15:30 we'll take an immersive dive into the life and music of one of the greatest film music composers of all time: Henry Mancini, who was born 100 years ago this year. This programme tells Henry Mancini's story from his early life as the son of Italian immigrants in Pittsburgh where he was first handed a flute by his father, through his years as a musician in the Big Bands, learning the film trade at Universal Pictures, and eventually to composing some of the most recognisable music on film. With recordings of Mancini himself from the BBC Archives, we also hear from his daughter Monica Mancini and son in law Gregg Field, both professional jazz musicians, film historian Jon Burlingame and pianist Tom Poster.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 9th November, 1pm-4pm
OPERA NIGHT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
La Traviata by Verdi, from Liège
Soprano Irina Lungu stars as the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta, one of opera's ultimate heroines, in tonight's production of Verdi's beloved tragedy from the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège. Tenor Dmitry Korchak is her self-centred lover Alfredo, alongside baritone Simone Piazzola as his disapproving father, and Maestro Giampaolo Bisanti on the podium conducting the orchestra and chorus of the Royal Opera of Wallonie.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 9th November, 7pm-10pm
VOX NOSTRA WITH VLAD SMISHKEWYCH
Vlad loves returning to science as an inspiration for Vox Nostra and since we're at the start of Science Week, it's a perfect way to bring these two excellent themes together. We'll get to hear the many instruments across a millennium and more of music history that were made possible thanks to innovations in science and technology. We'll also listen to music that describes and celebrates science and mathematics greats, both ancient and (more) modern. Quirky keyboards, brazen and wild brasswinds, scintillating strings - it's a musical celebration of science on Vox Nostra to celebrate Science Week 2024!
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 10th November, 7am-10am
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 Mac 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 6: Eagles
Ireland has white tailed sea eagles as well as golden eagles, both having been recently reintroduced. In this episode Anja Murray and Brían Mac Gloinn travel to Garinish Island in West Cork to see a young White-tailed sea Eagle on the nest, being fed fish by its parents, and hear from National Parks and Wildlife Service Ranger Clare Heardman about the nesting and breeding habits of these enormous birds as well as the efforts involved in the reintroduction programme.
The rich cultural associations with Eagles in Irish place names and in folklore are explored with Lorcan O Toole of the Golden Eagle Reintroduction project, where they watch a pair of golden eagles soaring over the mountains of Glenveagh National Park.
We hear music from harper Laoise Kelly, featuring Fead an Iolar (The Eagle's Whistle) a very ancient Irish tune. We also hear a new song from Brían written and performed in collaboration with Ye Vagabonds bandmate Alain McFadden.
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 10th November, 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 Niall chooses his Five of a Kind. This week Niall chooses five movements from JS Bach's Violin Concertos.
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 11th November, 10am-1pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
We're celebrating the Irish Chamber Orchestra this week on The Full Score. We'll be featuring one of their recent concerts each day kicking off the week with their April concert of timeless classics directed from the violin by Carolin Widmann. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Serenade No.13 for strings, G major, K.525
J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto No.1, BWV 1041, A minor
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70
Irish Chamber Orchestra
Carolin Widmann Director/Violin
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 11th November, 1pm-4pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
We're celebrating the Irish Chamber Orchestra this week on The Full Score. Enjoy Beethoven's mastery of form, Schubert's unrivalled ability to build melodies and Mozart's musical intricacies with Thomas Zehetmair and Irish Chamber Orchestra in their concert from June. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture Op. 62
Mozart: Horn Concerto No.2 in E-flat major, K.417
Schubert: (reconstructed T. Zehetmair): Scherzo
Schubert: Symphony No.8 Unfinished
Irish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Zehetmair, conductor
Stephen Nicholls, Horn
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 12th November, 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 13th November, 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 14th November, 7am-10am
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
We're celebrating the Irish Chamber Orchestra this week on The Full Score. In their Mozart Homage concert from September we'll hear Mozart's Divertimento, Schnittke's theatrical Moz-Art à la Haydn and Tchaikovsky's homage to Mozart, his much-loved Serenade for Strings. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
Mozart: Divertimento K.136 D major
Schnittke: Moz-Art à la Haydn
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op.48 C major
Irish Chamber Orchestra
Katherine Hunka Director/Violin
RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 14th November, 1pm-4pm
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Paul Herriott brings us a special concert featuring the NCH Artist-in-Residence Bryce Dessner. Pekka Kuusisto performs Dessner's Violin Concerto, inspired by thoughts of pilgrimage and the sea and the programme also includes Dvořák’s masterpiece his 7th Symphony.
Bryce Dessner: Mari Irish Premiere
Bryce Dessner: Violin Concerto Irish Premiere
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
National Symphony Orchestra
André de Ridder (conductor)
Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 15th November, 7pm-10pm
