Pictured: Jess Gillam features in Monday's Full Score Concert as she makes her Irish debut at the West Wicklow Music Festival
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 at 9.15 we explore the lesser-known realms of nature on our island in Nature File with ecologist, Anja Murray.
Nature File Episode 6: Egrets
In the 1990s, Egrets were an exceedingly exotic bird in Ireland, now they have settled in and occur across the country. Find out about the arrival and expansion if Little Egrets in Ireland on this week's Nature File.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 10th May, 7am-10am
CULTURE FILE PRESENTS: THE COMFORT ZONE
Luke Clancy and Colm Tóibín plus a new guest each week light out for the territories, culture-wise.
A Soundsdoable production for RTÉ lyric fm
Produced and presented by Luke Clancy
Associate producer: Niamh Daly
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RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 10th May, 6.30pm-7pm
THE LYRIC FEATURE
Black Syren
A 1750 advertisement for a concert in Dublin's Crow Street Theatre claimed that the concert's performers aimed to convince their audience that the 'power of music is not confined to colour'. Top of the billing is singer Rachel Baptiste described as 'a real black woman, a native of this country'. Black and Irish is sometimes considered a new identity. For some it might begin with Paul McGrath or Phil Lynott but this is a story that goes back to the theatres and pleasure gardens of Georgian Ireland where Baptiste sang a mix of Handel arias and popular Irish tunes like Eileen Aroon to her well-heeled audiences. Black Syren pieces together the story of Rachel Baptiste from the fragmentary accounts provided in reviews and newspaper adverts of the time. It's a story not just about music but about Ireland's place in the Atlantic slave trade and in a colonial era which was defined by racial hierarchies.
Featuring music as Rachel might have sung it from the Irish Baroque Orchestra's recent release 'Ireland's Black Syren' and original recordings from TUD Conservatoire musicians Clíodhna O'Regan (voice) and Dylan Donegan (harpsichord).
Presented by Saibh Downes
Sound Supervision by Ciaran Cullen
Produced by Saibh Downes and Eoin O Kelly
Additional research by Michael Lee
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 11th May, 6pm-7pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Jess Gillam has taken the music world by storm since rising to fame after her appearance in the final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year. In today's Full Score concert we'll hear her Irish debut at the West Wicklow Music Festival. She performs in trio formation with Sam Becker (bass) and Leif Kaner-Lidström (piano) in programmes of great musical variety, including music by J.S. Bach and Chilly Gonzales. 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, Monday 12th May, 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 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 Johannes Brahms.
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 13th May, 10am-1pm
MARTY IN THE MORNING
Join Simon Delaney as he takes the chill out of your early mornings with a light-hearted blend of music, competitions and good humour, plus the latest news, weather and travel updates.
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 14th May, 7am-10am
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Our Full Score Concert comes from Music for Galway's midwinter celebration of Ravel last January and we'll hear the exotic flavours in Ravel's output. Following some early settings of traditional Greek melodies, his violin sonata with its American jazz and blues influences, the three Madagascan songs with flute and cello and Tzigane, a virtuosic violin work inspired by folk tunes. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
Violin Sonata
Chansons Madécasses
Tzigane for violin and piano
Boléro
François-Xavier Poizat, piano
Gwendolyn Masin, violin
Benedict Kloeckner, cello
Finghin Collins, piano
Gemma Ní Bhriain, mezzo-soprano
Ríona Ó Duinnín, flute
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 14th May, 1pm-4pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
The Vanbrugh Quartet are joined by friends for today's Full Score concert from the National String Quartet Foundation. Schubert's string quintet was the last completed work of the terminally ill 31-year-old composer and is one of the greatest and most loved chamber music works . Rimsky-Korsakov's 1876 string sextet is, by contrast, a seldom played rarity, but it is full of charm and invention, exploiting the rich sonority of the six instruments to the full and featuring a lyrical and expressive slow movement. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
Rimsky-Korsakov: String Sextet in A major
Schubert: String Quintet in C major D.956
Keith Pascoe, violin
Marja Gaynor, violin
Simon Aspell, viola
Ed Creedon, viola
Christopher Marwood, cello
Maria O'Connor, cello
RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 15th May, 1pm-4pm
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Join Paul Herriott live from the National Concert Hall in Dublin for the finals of the Dublin International Piano Competition where three finalists compete for this prestigious title, each performing a piano concerto with the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jonas Alber.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 16th May, 7pm-10pm
