Pictured: Composer Seán Doherty and musician Martin Hayes in a new Lyric Feature on Sunday 4th May, 1001 Gems
OPERA NIGHT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
The Metropolitan Opera, New York presents Verdi's Il Trovatore
Verdi's charged drama of family strife and forbidden love stars tenor Michael Fabiano as Manrico, the bold troubadour unwittingly at war with his own brother. Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen sings the role of the noble Leonora, with mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton is Manrico's tormented mother, Azucena. Baritone Igor Golovatenko is the unbending Count di Luna, with bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as the soldier Ferrando. Italian conductor Daniele Callegari leads David McVicar's Goya-inspired staging.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 3rd May, 7pm-10pm
Photo: Ken Howard | Met Opera
THE LYRIC FEATURE
1001 Gems
In 1001 Gems, the contemporary composer Seán Doherty goes in search of the story behind Chief O'Neill's influential collection of traditional fiddle tunes The Dance Tunes of Ireland: 1001 Gems. It's a story that follows the contours of O'Neill's own journey from Ireland to the US and deep into the musical life of Irish immigrants in Chicago in the late 19th and early 20th Century. The story takes us from pub sessions to the computer science department of the University of Galway, from handwritten notes to wax cylinder recordings as Sean develops his fascination with the book into an appreciation of the man who according to biographer Nicholas Carolan had 'the greatest individual influence on the evolution of Irish traditional dance music in the twentieth century'.
With contributions from among others fiddler Martin Hayes, Nicholas Carolan former director of the Irish Traditional Music Archive, Mike O'Malley historian at the George Mason University in Virginia, Aileen Dillane Lecturer in Music at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick and James McDermott of the School of Computer Science in the University of Galway.
Presenter: Seán Doherty
Producer: Claire Cunningham
1001 Gems is a Rockfinch Production for RTÉ lyric fm made with funding from Coimisiún na Meán's Sound and Vision Broadcasting Funding Scheme and RTÉ's Independent Radio Productions Unit from the television license fee.
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 4th May, 6pm-7pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
This week on The Full Score, we're looking forward to the West Cork Chamber Music Festival by listening back to some of the Coffee Concerts from last year's festival. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
Haydn: String Quartet in D major Op.33/3 'The Bird'
Haydn: String Quartet in G major Op.33/5
Chiaroscuro Quartet
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 6th May, 1pm-4pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
This week on The Full Score, we're looking forward to the West Cork Chamber Music Festival by listening back to some of the Coffee Concerts from last year's festival. Today, Camerata Øresund perform works by the Bach family.
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 7th May, 1pm-4pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
This week on The Full Score, we're looking forward to the West Cork Chamber Music Festival by listening back to some of the Coffee Concerts from last year's festival. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
Vivaldi L'estro armonico Op.3
Vivaldi Concerto No.1 for four violins E minor
Vivaldi Concerto No.11 for two violins and cello in D minor RV 565
Sam Perkin 'Childhood’s Awe’ for archlute and harpsichord
Vivaldi La Follia variations - Trio Sonata
Camerata Øresund
RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 8th May, 1pm-4pm
AEDÍN IN THE AFTERNOON
Aedín never needs an excuse to include a little Sondheim, but has a new release to share today, new chamber music arrangements celebrating Stephen Sondheim from the duo, Opus Two, violinist William Terwilliger and pianist Andrew Cooperstock. Also today a new release from VARO, a Dublin-based singer and fiddle player, Lucie Azconaga (from France) and Consuelo Nerea Breschi (from Italy) who perform Irish traditional songs and tunes with arrangement influences from the Folk, Baroque and Classical traditions. Aedín dips into their newly released album, 'The World That I Knew' that features a selection of Ireland's most recognised folk musicians.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 9th May, 1pm-4pm
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Join Paul Herriot as he is joined by the National Symphony Orchestra for a celebration of Shostakovich 50 with his Symphony No.1 conducted by John Storgårds and also in the programme Rachmaninov's Paganini Rhapsody with the 2022 Dublin International Piano Competition winner Yukine Kuroki.
Sibelius: The Oceanides
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Victoria Vita Polevá: Symphony No. 3, White Interment [Irish Premiere]
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
National Symphony Orchestra
John Storgårds (conductor)
Yukine Kuroki (piano)
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 9th May, 7pm-10pm
