Pictured above: Paul Herriott at Bantry House. Join him on RTÉ lyric Live for the West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2025 Opening Concert this Friday from 7pm
AMBIENT ORBIT
Ambient Orbit broadcasts live from Eyeries on the Beara Peninsula with a special summer solstice broadcast with musicians David Kitt, Elaine Malone and Clara Webster responding to environmental field recordings from the site of An Cailleach Beara, translated as The Hag of Beara who is said to be represented in the form of a rock when she was frozen in time while looking out to sea. This broadcast explores the complex myth of An Cailleach Beara: one of the most ancient of mythological beings in Ireland.
At 9pm Vlad Smishkewych brings us through an hour of atmospheric music which relates to themes of ancient myth and light in celebration of the summer solstice.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 21st June, 7pm-10pm
Photo by Áine Gallagher
VOX NOSTRA WITH VLAD SMISHKEWYCH
This Sunday on Vox Nostra, we explore the music and legacy of Pablo Bruna, who was born in the town of Daroca in Zaragoza, Spain on this day in 1611. A brush with smallpox in his infancy left him blind, which might have influenced his training as a musician. His virtuosity at the organ, in particular, led him to become organist of his hometown church at the age of 20, and choirmaster shortly thereafter. Part of his legacy includes not only his output of organ music, but also centuries after his death the inspiration he provided for founding one of Spain's longest-running early music festivals. Nearly 50-years strong, the Daroca Festival of Early Music includes concerts and workshops that have brought a millennium of music and more to this sun-kissed corner of Spain. Vlad explores some of the ensembles and concerts that have visited the festival in past years, and in recognition of the contribution of Bruna and many other musicians with disabilities, he celebrates the richness of the voices offered by an often-underrepresented and hidden community.
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 22nd June, 7am-10am
THE LYRIC FEATURE
Wild
Long ago, the first people who arrived in Ireland were met with rich primeval woodlands, where they lived the life of hunter gatherers, reliant only on the seasonal offerings of nature. In the intervening millennia, our wild landscapes have been shaped by successive waves of colonists, each with a different set of values and a capability to change the environment around them to match their changing needs. WILD documents this journey through time, reaching into the future, where our relationship with nature might be rekindled and some of our landscapes might become wild again. Join ecologist Anja Murray on a journey through time, exploring the ever changing relationship between people and nature in Ireland.
(First broadcast 11th October 2020)
Written and presented by Anja Murray
Original music score by Margie Jean Lewis
Sound mixing by Julien Clancy
Produced by Anja Murray and Lenny Antonelli
Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland from the television license fee
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 22nd June, 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 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 movements from Mozart's piano concertos.
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 23rd June, 10am-1pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Our concert today comes from the National String Quartet Foundation as we'll hear the ConTempo Quartet’s recent performance. 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: String Quartet in D minor K.421
Rhona Clarke: Pas de Quatre
Beethoven: String Quartet in E minor Op. 59 No.2 Razumovsky
ConTempo Quartet
Bogdan Sofei, violin
Ingrid Nicola, violin
Andreea Banciu, viola
Adrian Mantu, cello
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 23rd June, 1pm-4pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Friend of the programme, tubaist Adam Buttimer joins exciting new conducting talent Sasha Scolnik-Brower in today's Summer Lunchtime Concert live from the stage of the National Concert Hall.
Sibelius: Finlandia
Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto
Farrenc: Scherzo: Vivace from Symphony No. 3
Grieg: Death of Ase & In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Stravinsky: Berceuse & Finale from The Firebird (1919)
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 24th June, 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 25th June, 4pm-7pm
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
Subscribe to the podcasts available each Friday and Wednesday
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 25th June, 9pm-9.30pm
THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT WITH BERNARD CLARKE
The Blue of the Night connects different musical landscapes - bringing you through centuries, genres and soundscapes. Musical treasures from the ancient to the contemporary.
RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 26th June, 9pm-12am
AEDÍN IN THE AFTERNOON
The music of French composer Eric Satie, ahead of the 100th anniversary of his death on Tuesday. Aedín also checks out Barbra Streisand's new album of duets, out today, which sees her sharing the vocals with the likes of Hozier, Paul McCartney and Ariana Grande. Plus, film music by Thomas Newman, cello playing from Steven Isserlis and Yo-Yo Ma and Irish tunes from Maura O'Connell and Paul Brady.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 27th June, 1pm-4pm
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE: WEST CORK CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2025 Opening Concert
Paul Herriott presents from the stage of Bantry House as he brings us a World Premiere Quartet by Cork composer Sam Perkin commissioned to mark the 30th edition of the Festival. The Ardeo Quartet will commence their return visit to Bantry with the second of Beethoven's three quartets commissioned by Count Razumovsky, Russian Ambassador to the Hapsburg Court, who had his own in-palace string quartet. This special programme will also feature an extended interview by Evelyn Grant with festival director Francis Humphrys and Paul Herriott chats to Sam Perkin about the world premiere we will hear tonight.
Tchalik Quartet
Sam Perkin Celebration Quartet WORLD PREMIERE
Lyatoshynsky Quartet No.2 in A major
Ardeo Quartet
Beethoven Quartet in E minor Op.59/2
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 27th June, 7pm-10pm
