MOVIES AND MUSICALS WITH AEDÍN GORMLEY
Frighteningly good film music this afternoon as it's Aedín's Halloween special, filled with villains and vampires, witches and wizards! Watch out for Jaws and the Joker! Bernard Herrmann is in full horror mode with his scores for Psycho and Cape Fear. Songs from Wicked, the Wizard of Oz and Sweeney Todd and we'll meet with our favourite Disney baddies too, including Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians and Ursula in The Little Mermaid. Join Aedín for three hours of Halloween music, if you dare!
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 1st November, 1pm-4pm
OPERA NIGHT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Irish National Opera presents Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore
Donizetti's heartwarming comedy features some wonderful bel canto singing as the spunky landowner and the hapless peasant search for love. Radiant soprano Claudia Boyle sings 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 and directed by Cal McCrystal.
(First broadcast - 16th August 2025)
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 1st November, 7pm-10pm
THE LYRIC FEATURE
A Sonic Arctic Return
Composer and sound recordist, Karen Power and her microphones revisit the remote, magnetic spaces of the Arctic which she first visited and recorded more than a decade previously. In the company of a crew of writers, painters, videographers, sound artists, sculptors, photographers, archaeologists, researchers and scientists, Power explores the meanings, the messages, and the soundworld of this landscape which is rapidly changing as a consequence of manmade climate change.
A Sonic Arctic Return is a Soundsdoable Production
Produced by Karen Power and Luke Clancy
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 2nd November, 6pm-7pm
Photo | John Godfrey
AMBIENT ORBIT
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, Monday 3rd November, 12am-1am
LORCAN MURRAY'S CLASSIC DRIVE
Classic Drive brings you the perfect musical soundtrack, including Lorcan's Pick of the Week: Latin Connections from Aquarelle Guitar Quartet with Sarah Dowling. A collection of works with Latin origins and inspirations, this album features some wonderful arrangements of beloved Latin classics, Clarice Assad's truly unique interpretation of the Beatles timeless 'Blackbird' and a brand-new haunting work 'Adios' which Sara composed especially for the album. And with news, weather and sports, Lorcan's with you all the way!
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 3rd November, 4pm-7pm
MARTY IN THE MORNING
Join George Hamilton as he takes the chill out of your early mornings with music, news, weather and travel updates.
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 4th November, 7am-10am
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Our Full Score concert comes from the Galway Early Music Festival last summer. Resurgam is joined by the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, Malcolm Proud (organ) and Kristiina Watt (theorbo/lute) to perform Palestrina's music for the three great Roman basilicas of St Peter, St John Lateran and St Mary Major, including sonorous twelve-part motets with voices and instruments together. Also included are the 'Vergine' spiritual madrigals and instrumental ricercare.
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 4th November, 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 the film composer Elmer Bernstein.
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 5th November, 10am-1pm
MARTY IN THE MORNING
Marty is joined in studio today by the acclaimed photographer, Steve Pyke. Known for his work with The Face, NME and the New Yorker, his latest book celebrates the last 40 years of writing in Ireland, Seamus Heaney to Louise Kennedy; Anne Enright to Edna O’Brien.
RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 6th November, 7am-10am
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Our Full Score concert today comes from the Killaloe Chamber Music Festival last summer. Entitled Drama and Serenity, we'll hear music by Bach, Shostakovich, Bruch and Matthew Berrill. 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 6th November, 1pm-4pm
AEDÍN IN THE AFTERNOON
We mark the release today of violinist Aoife Ní Bhriain and pianist Cormac McCarthy's new album Cosán Casta. It blends Irish traditional music with classical, jazz, and contemporary influences. The two chart a compelling sonic path through a shared musical heritage, transformed through their own creative lens. Plus, the Fidelio Trio, The Chatham Saxophone Quartet and songs from Paul Simon, Bobby Darin, Niall McCabe and Blossom Dearie.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 7th November, 1pm-4pm
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Paul Herriott brings us Beethoven's Symphony No.3, an enchanting Ravel fantasy and the world premiere of Trembling Earth for cello and orchestra by National Concert Hall Artist-in-Residence, Bryce Dessner. André de Ridder conducts National Symphony Orchestra Ireland with guest cellist Anastasia Kobekina.
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
André de Ridder (conductor)
Anastasia Kobekina (cello)
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess)
Bryce Dessner: Trembling Earth (World Premiere - Co-commissioned by National Symphony Orchestra Ireland, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthaus Berlin and Borletti-Buitoni Trust)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 7th November, 7pm-10pm
