MOVIES AND MUSICALS WITH AEDÍN GORMLEY
A special broadcast today from the Curtis Auditorium in Cork School of Music, celebrating the 70th Cork International Film Festival which recognises the best in home-grown and international cinema. Aedín will chat with a great selection of the filmmakers taking part in this year's festival and we'll have fantastic live music performances throughout the show from the students of MTU's Cork School of Music Musical Theatre degree.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 8th November, 1pm-4pm
OPERA NIGHT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Mozart's La clemenza di Tito with Tara Erraught
Love, betrayal and political intrigue ignite Mozart's final opera. Step into ancient Rome with Mozart's La clemenza di Tito. Vitellia, sung by Tara Erraught, daughter of a former emperor, seeks to regain the throne as Emperor Tito's wife. When Tito, sung by Giovanni Sala chooses another bride, she schemes her way through the Roman Empire, manipulating Tito's closest ally into attempting assassination. What follows is a web of guilt, betrayal and confessions, leading to the ultimate test of mercy and forgiveness. Written in the year of the composer's death, La clemenza di Tito is loosely inspired by the life of the first-century Roman Emperor, Titus. Mozart's dramatic score sets a tale of political intrigue and personal jealousy alight. Maxim Emelyanychev conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus in tonight's production recorded at the Edinburgh International Festival 2025.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 9th November, 7pm-10pm
THE LYRIC FEATURE
Dead Reeds
Without its reeds, the Uilleann pipes make no music. Pipers Paddi Benson and Grace Lemon explore stories bound up in the instrument's reeds, including those that no longer play.
Pipers are at the mercy of their reeds - a reed might sing beautifully until caught by sudden failure or gradual withering. In acknowledging their fragility, Paddi and Grace expose personal stories of life and death. They retrace the lifecycles of reeds - from their birth as cane to their uncertain existence in the hands of harvesters, makers and players - uncovering stories of connectivity, migration and memory, from earth to sound.
The narrative is interwoven with original music and interviews from pipers Mick O'Brien, Máire Ni Ghráda, Bill Haneman as well interviews with musicians, reed makers and cane harvesters.
Produced by Niamh O'Brien
Presented by Paddi Benson and Grace Lemon.
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 9th November, 6pm-7pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Today's Full Score concert celebrates youth-of both performers and composers. At just 25 years old, Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski is already captivating audiences and orchestras alike. Appointed Music Director of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse last year, he brings both brilliance and freshness to the podium.
Peltokoski's passion for orchestral music was first sparked when he discovered Wagner on YouTube-an origin story that feels fitting for a conductor of his generation. Among his artistic heroes is Gustav Mahler, who composed his Symphony No. 1 at the youthful age of 28 - a work we'll hear in today's 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.
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Bloch: Schelomo: Rhapsodie hébraïque, B. 39
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D ('Titan')
Orchestre National du Capitole, Toulouse
Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 10th November, 1pm-4pm
Photo | Peter Rigaud
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 Italian Renaissance composer and choirmaster Claudio Monteverdi.
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 11th November, 10am-1pm
LORCAN MURRAY’S CLASSIC DRIVE
Classic Drive brings you the perfect musical soundtrack, including Lorcan's Pick of the Week: Yunchan Lim: Tchaikovsky - The Seasons. Lim shares a deeply personal and thoughtful interpretation of one of Tchaikovsky's most intimate piano works. The listeners choose the playlist with a themed midweek choice. And with news, weather and sports, Lorcan's with you all the way!
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 12th November, 4pm-7pm
CULTURE FILE PRESENTS: THE COMFORT ZONE
Another guest brings a good reason for Colm Tóibín and everybody else to leave their culture comfort zones. This time Beatles scholar, Christine Feldman-Barrett on David Tedeschi's Beatles64 and new ways to understand the Beatles.
A Soundsdoable production for RTÉ lyric fm
Produced and presented by Luke Clancy
Associate producer: Niamh Daly
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(First broadcast 8th November 2025)
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 12th November 9pm-9.30pm
MARTY IN THE MORNING
Marty is joined this morning by the Grammy and Brit-nominated Irish singer-songwriter RuthAnne, who chats about her debut book, It’s Not Just a Song. A guide for all aspiring songwriters, the book features insights from RuthAnne's own experiences of writing hit songs for Diana Ross, Britney Spears and John Legend.
RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 13th November, 7am-10am
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Our Full Score concert today comes from this year's Galway Early Music Festival as we dance our way through a programme of chamber music for violin and keyboard presented by Cork-based early music specialists Caitriona O'Mahony and James Taylor. Music informed by popular dances is presented alongside examples of the seventeenth century improvisatory 'stylus phantasticus'. 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 13th November, 1pm-4pm
AEDÍN IN THE AFTERNOON
Aedín features a newly released album from acclaimed French cellist Gautier Capuçon entitled Gaïa which unites seventeen original contributions by sixteen contemporary composers, a project that sets out to explore humanity's relationship to nature. Plus, outstanding Irish tunes from Iarla Ó Lionáird, Connemara siblings Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta with pianist Ryan Molloy and Donegal's finest, Muireann Bradley.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 14th November, 1pm-4pm
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Composer Dmitri Shostakovich died 50 years ago and in this special three-hour programme Jon Tolansky commemorates Shostakovich's life and oeuvre with valuable recollections from artists who knew him and discussed his music with him. The programme includes a very rare archive-recording of Shostakovich himself speaking. In this survey of Shostakovich's output musical extracts include Symphonies Nos. 1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14 and 15; his operas The Nose and Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District; his first Violin Concerto; his String Quartets No's 8 and 13; the Piano Quintet; the Piano Trio No 2; the oratorio The Song of the Forests; the song cycle Seven Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok; and his private satire Rayok.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 14th November, 7pm-10pm
