WEEKEND CLASSICS WITH CLAUDIA BOYLE
Soprano Claudia Boyle sets the mood for a relaxing weekend. Whether you are catching up on things, chilling out or enjoying leisure activities, unwind to some of the world's most beautiful classical music. Claudia promises lots of treats on the show including her Musical Menu where she looks at Classical Music connections with food and drink, she will have many musical greats on the show (excluding herself!) in Divas and Divos, and there will be something for the little ones in the house in Claudia's Kids' Classics. The show will be topped off with new releases, including an album of captivating Bach Lute Suites for alto guitar performed by Finnish guitarist Vesa Lassila. All this, and much loved melodies from across the genres! Join Claudia Saturday and Sunday from 4pm as she brings you the ultimate weekend playlist.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 10th January, 4pm-6pm
OPERA NIGHT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Metropolitan Opera New York presents Bellini's I Puritani
For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals. The Met has assembled a quartet of stars, conducted by Marco Armiliato, for the demanding principal roles. Soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Lawrence Brownlee are Elvira and Arturo, brought together by love and torn apart by the political rifts of the English Civil War, with baritone Artur Rucinski as Riccardo, betrothed to Elvira against her will, and bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as Elvira's sympathetic uncle, Giorgio.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 10th January, 7pm-10pm
Photo | Paola Kudacki | Met Opera
THE LYRIC FEATURE
Among the Heather Rocks
Poet Annemarie Ní Churreáin goes back to the Donegal Gaeltacht, where she grew up, and explores the folklore and history, landscape, language and personal experiences that all influenced her poetry.
She meets historian Brian Lacey to hear more about the local myth of Balor and the Poison Glen, talks with Lucy Ní hAodhagáin of Wild Awake about reconnecting with nature and our past, views workhouse documents with Donegal County Archivist Niamh Brennan, and takes part in Ireland's only Irish-language Pride parade, Bród na Gaeltachta, before speaking with its founder, Pól Penrose. Throughout the programme we hear poems by Annemarie from her collections Bloodroot (Doire Press), The Poison Glen (The Gallery Press) and Ghostgirl, published as part of the Donegal Decade of Centenaries programme.
Music in the opening sequence of the programme, Difference in Clouds, was composed by Michael Gallen and performed by the Prima Quartet.
Produced by Claire Cunningham
A Rockfinch Production for RTÉ lyric fm supported by Coimisiún na Meán's Sound and Vision broadcasting funding and RTÉ Independent Radio Productions.
(First broadcast 9th March 2025)
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 11th January, 6pm-7pm
LORCAN MURRAY'S CLASSIC DRIVE
Classic Drive brings you the perfect musical soundtrack, including Lorcan's Pick of the Week: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra with Edward Gardner conducting Johannes Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 And 4. And with news, weather and sports, Lorcan's with you all the way!
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 12th January, 4pm-7pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
We didn't travel far for our Full Score concert today which comes from the Castleconnell Autumn Concert Series. John Walsh, David Power, and Marja Gaynor perform a programme featuring their own arrangements of traditional Irish tunes, Flamenco and Contemporary music, as well as music from the Baroque period and the 19th century. 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, Tuesday 13th January, 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 either the big or the small screen at 11am, and at midday each day Niall chooses his Five of a Kind. This week Niall chooses five works by Clara Schumann.
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 14th January, 10am-1pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Three leading figures on the international music scene-violinist Lisa Batiashvili, cellist Gautier Capuçon and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet-perform in our Full Score concert, which spans a century of chamber music. Shostakovich's Trio No. 1, written when the composer was just sixteen, is followed by another early masterpiece, Debussy's Trio in G major. The journey concludes with Dvořák's Trio No. 3, a work that epitomizes the composer's dual allegiance: on one side, the influence of the Classical-Romantic tradition; on the other, his deep connection to folk music and song. Liz Nolan presents a showcase of unabridged musical masterworks, featuring live recordings of Irish and international performers, plus selections from the latest CD releases.
Shostakovich Trio No. 1, Op.8
Debussy Piano Trio in G major
Dvořák Piano Trio No. 3, Op. 65
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Gautier Capuçon, cello
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 14th January, 1pm-4pm
Photo | Chris Singer
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Join us for a very special programme, celebrating 100 years of Radio Éireann, as we broadcast live from the GPO in Dublin, the home of Irish radio for almost half a century. Plenty of live music and guests as we look at Dublin and Ireland of the early 1900s. 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 15th January, 1pm-4pm
Photo | Andres Poveda
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
Barry Douglas brings his renowned feeling and flair for Russian music to bear on Shostakovich's edgy, exuberant Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra. In tonight's concert multi-award-winning conductor Anna Sulkowska-Migon makes her National Symphony Orchestra Ireland debut bringing us the spellbinding Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov and a soul-stirring work by Boulanger her D'un soir triste.
Lili Boulanger: D'un soir triste
Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
Anna Sulkowska-Migon, conductor
Barry Douglas, piano
Darren Moore, trumpet
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 16th January, 7pm-10pm
