OPERA NIGHT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore
Donizetti's heartwarming comedy stars the radiant soprano Claudia Boyle singing the role of Adina, trading barbs and embraces with tenor Duke Kim as Nemorino. John Molloy as the outlandish rogue 'doctor' Dulcamara. Baritone Gianluca Margheri is Belcore and soprano Deirdre Higgins is Adina's friend Giannetta. L'elisir d'amore is conducted by Erina Yashima, directed by Cal McCrystal, and recorded in May 2025 in the Gaiety Theatre
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 16th August, 7pm-10pm
VESPERTINE WITH ELLEN CRANITCH
The Dark Well is an appropriately titled new album from two amazing musical brains. Enda Scahill, founder of We Banjo 3 and long recognised as Ireland's great banjo innovator teams up with the Swedish mad scientist of harmonica, Joel Andersson to create an album full of 'gleeful menace'. Nothing is safe, nothing is predictable. As Enda says, 'we were trying to do something different - and then it got out of hand'. I'm taking a deep dive into The Dark Well this Saturday and featuring it as my album of the week. Might need a snorkel.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 16th August, 10pm-1am
MYSTERY TRAIN WITH JOHN KELLY
Mystery Train is a nightly journey through the many wonders of recorded music - from its vintage glories to the latest sounds. Essential listening for the discerning music fan.
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 17th August, 7pm-9pm
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 18th August, 10am-1pm
LORCAN MURRAY’S CLASSIC DRIVE
Classic Drive brings you the perfect musical soundtrack, including Lorcan's Pick of the Week: JS Bach orchestral transcriptions by Andrew Davis and performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The works for organ by Bach were a lifelong passion of Andrew Davis and his orchestral transcriptions give them a different soundscape to explore. Martyn Brabbins completed the final recordings in the wake of Andrew Davis's death last year. This album is released in August ahead of his anniversary. And with news, weather and sports, Lorcan's with you all the way!
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 18th August, 4pm-7pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Join Liz Nolan live from the stage of the National Concert Hall with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra for a lunchtime of Baroque music with a breath of fresh air directed by RTÉ CO leader Mia Cooper. Be beguiled by an enchanting concert celebrating the brilliance and beauty of the Baroque era - from the triumphant Prelude to Te Deum by Charpentier to the luminous serenity of Albinoni's Adagio.
The spotlight shines on Laoise O’Brien who brings virtuosic charm to two rare gems: Graupner, Recorder Concerto and Dieupart, Concerto in A Minor for Flautino. O’Brien is a musician (recorder, previously flute) with a lifetime of performing experience, and an esteemed recording producer
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 19th August, 1pm-4pm
MARTY IN THE MORNING
Join the dawn chorus with Elspeth Hanson for your morning wake-up call with music, competitions, news, and weather.
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 20th August, 7am-10am
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Henning Kraggerud and the Irish Chamber Orchestra perform Vivaldi's iconic The Four Seasons on today's Full Score concert. Kraggerud intersperses four of his own imaginative works and explores the space between the Seasons, blending old with new. 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: Concerto No.1 in E major 'Spring'
Kraggerud: Victimae Paschali
Vivaldi: Concerto No.2 in G minor 'Summer'
Kraggerud: Variation Suite for Violin and Cello
Vivaldi: Concerto No.3 'Autumn'
Kraggerud: Preghiera
Vivaldi: Concerto no.4 'Winter'
Irish Chamber Orchestra
Henning Kraggerud (director/violin)
RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 21st August, 1pm-4pm
AEDÍN IN THE AFTERNOON
French composer Claude Debussy, was born on this day in 1862, Aedín includes a great selection of compositions, and she will also dip into Benjamin Grosvenor's latest album of Chopin piano sonatas. Things take a jazzy twist with Stacey Kent, Wynton Marsalis and Jeff Goldblum and some very fine Irish tunes in the mix too from Macdara Ó Faoláin and Cara Dillon.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 22nd August, 1pm-4pm
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Alfred Brendel died on the 17th of June this year at the age of 94. Widely regarded as the 'musicians' musician' Brendel was the first pianist to record all of Beethoven's piano works during a much-garlanded career spanning 60 years. In tonight's concert Paul continues his celebration of Brendel's concert output and brings us some more exclusive interviews from the archives in which Philippe Cassard talked to Maestro Brendel, first broadcast on France Musique in 2024.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 22nd August, 7pm-10pm
