Pictured: Angel Blue as Margarita Xirgu and Daniela Mack as Federico García Lorca in Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar. Hear it on Opera Night with Paul Herriott, Saturday 7-10pm
DAYBREAK WITH EVONNE FERGUSON
Evonne Ferguson will be up with the early birds to ease you into the weekend with her selections of music from across the centuries plus news and weather and the beginning of a new series of ecologist Anja Murray's Nature File at 9.15.
Nature File Episode 1: Bluebells
As spring breaks out, Nature File returns to the airwaves celebrating the eruption of bluebells in woodlands all across the country.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 5th April, 7am-10am
OPERA NIGHT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
The Metropolitan Opera, New York presents Ainadamar by Osvaldo Golijov
Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov's Grammy Award-winning first opera dramatises the life and work of poet-playwright Federico García Lorca, who was assassinated by fascist forces at the start of the Spanish Civil War for his socialist politics and homosexuality. His story emerges through the memories of Catalan actress Margarita Xirgu, Lorca's muse, soprano Angel Blue, who reminisces to her student Nuria, portrayed by soprano Elena Villalón. Lorca himself makes a dreamlike appearance, sung as a trouser role by mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack, and flamenco singer Alfredo Tejada completes the principal cast as the Falangist politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso, who arranged Lorca's execution. Combining features of both an opera and a passion, Ainadamar is conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya in his Met debut.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 5th April, 7pm-10pm
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Paul Herriott is joined by John Harris as they co-present tonight's concert from New Music Dublin 2025 with the RTE Concert Orchestra, choir and soloists performing Lament for Art O'Leary, the new opera by Irene Buckley with text is by poet Vona Groarke. Lament for Art O'Leary takes its inspiration from the poem Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire, composed by Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill in 1773, following the murder of her husband. It has been described as 'the greatest poem written on these islands in the 18th century.' Before we head live to the stage of the National Concert Hall, Claire Cunningham looks back at the origins of the poem with Professor Angela Bourke and hears how Vona Groarke approached writing her own version of the poem in English, which was published in 2008 by The Gallery Press. Also on the programme is a riveting piccolo trumpet concerto by Olga Neuwirth's Miramondo Multiplo and Ed Bennett's new Piano Concerto
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Gavin Maloney, conductor
Emma Nash and Kim Sheehan
Chamber Choir of Ireland
Clément Saunier, piccolo trumpet
Xenia Pestova-Bennett, piano
Irene Buckley: Lament for Art O'Leary (Live premiere)
Olga Neuwirth: Miramondo Multiplo (Irish premiere)
Ed Bennett: Piano Concerto (World premiere)
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 6th April, 7pm-9pm
AMBIENT ORBIT
Ambient Orbit returns for a brand new 12-part series featuring a carefully crafted mix of ambient sounds and field recordings that allows the listener to reset and escape the noise of everyday life.
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 6th April, 12am-1am
NIALL CARROLL’S CLASSICAL DAYTIME
Niall Carroll plays music from the heart of the classical repertoire, with Sounds on Screen, a piece from the big or small screen each day at 11am, and each day at midday, one of Niall's Five of a Kind. This week Niall chooses five pieces by George Frideric Handel.
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 7th April, 10am-1pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Our Full Score concert today comes from Limerick Classical Concert Series and features pianist Michael McHale and clarinettist Michael Collins as they bring to life a diverse and enchanting programme of Brahms, Weber and Poulenc including Beethoven's much loved Moonlight Sonata. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 1
Weber: Grand Duo Concertante
Beethoven: 'Moonlight' Sonata
Abbie Betinis: Rhapsodos
Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata
Michael McHale, piano
Michael Collins, clarinet
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 8th April, 1pm-4pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Ana María Patiño-Osorio conducts L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and pianist Bertrand Chamayou in our Full Score concert today from Victoria Hall, Geneva. The programme features Satie's Gymnopédies No. 1 and 3, for orchestra (orchestration Claude Debussy), Ravel's Concerto for piano and orchestra in G Major and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ana María Patiño-Osorio, conductor
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 9th April, 1pm-4pm
LORCAN MURRAY’S CLASSIC DRIVE
Bringing you the perfect soundtrack wherever you are, Lorcan shares a feast of music with both the curious and the knowledgeable. Listeners take creative control today by picking a piece from Lorcan's midweek choice: Phoenix Chorale's new album 'Sun Moon Stars Rain'. Plus, news and sports updates and tips for what's on where you are.
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 9th April, 4pm-7pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Our concert today comes from the Shanghai Lakeside International Music Festival. Conductor Zhang Chengjie leads the Shanghai Opera House Symphony Orchestra to present 'China through the Eyes of Foreign Composers,' 'Classical Melodies of East-West Fusion,' and 'Ethnic Sketches by Chinese Composers,' showcasing the artistic value and international communication of cultural exchange. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 10th April, 1pm-4pm
AEDÍN IN THE AFTERNOON
Aedín features American Jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock in the spotlight ahead of his 85th birthday tomorrow. A chance to hear Hancock's own composition, Cantaloupe Island, as well as his interpretations of Joni Mitchell's River and part of Ravel's piano concerto. Yo-Yo Ma plays with Dave Brubeck and Martin Hayes joins Brooklyn Ryder. Stunning choral works from New Dublin Voices and Ars Nova Copenhagen. Plus, great Irish tunes from Mary Black, Alannah Thornburg and The Gloaming.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 11th April, 1pm-4pm
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Join Paul Herriott live from the stage of the National Concert Hall in Dublin for an exciting opportunity to hear the Irish premiere of Artist-in-Residence Bryce Dessner's athletic and animated Concerto for Two Pianos played by its dedicatees, the remarkable piano duo of sisters Katia and Marielle Labèque. André de Ridder conducts the National Symphony Orchestra in a programme including Stravinsky's Petrushka.
Bryce Dessner: St. Carolyn by the Sea
Bryce Dessner: Concerto for Two Pianos [Irish Premiere]
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version)
National Symphony Orchestra
André de Ridder (conductor)
Bryce Dessner (guitar)
David Chalmin (guitar)
Katia Labèque (piano)
Marielle Labèque (piano)
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 11th April, 7pm-10pm
