DAYBREAK WITH EVONNE FERGUSON
Evonne Ferguson will be up with the early birds to ease you into the weekend with her selections of music from across the centuries plus news and weather and the beginning of a new series of ecologist Anja Murray's Nature File at 9.15.
Nature File Season 10 Episode 1: Woodland Wildflowers
Nature File returns to the airwaves this week, celebrating the blossoming of woodland wildflowers. White flowered wood-sorrel and wood anemone; glistening yellow lesser celandine and of course, violet coloured violets and bluebells, all making the most of April. Join Anja Murray to celebrate the start of a brand new season of Nature File, Saturday mornings at 9.15am
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 4th April, 7am-10am
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. There will be something for the little ones in the house in Claudia's Kids' Classics plus the show will be topped off with much loved melodies from across the genres and new releases including 'The Backyard of the Village’, an album showcasing four orchestral works by Chinese composer Xiaogang Ye brought vividly to life by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under the baton of Dane Lam. Join Claudia Saturday and Sunday from 4pm as she brings you the ultimate weekend playlist.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 4th April, 4pm-6pm
VOX NOSTRA WITH VLAD SMISHKEWYCH
Although many consider Tomas Luis de Victoria to be the 'Spanish Palestrina', Victoria himself regarded his contemporary Alonso Lobo his equal. Lobo's output of sacred polyphony spans the end of the 16th century and features many of the same textural devices and counterpoint techniques as his Italian and other Spanish counterparts, but during his own time his influence may have been even more far-reaching than either of them: his music was known in Portugal, Italy, and the Spanish colonies in the Americas. What we don't have of Lobo's is any secular or purely instrumental music - but what there is, is truly beautiful. Join Vlad this Easter Sunday morning for recordings from the few years that feature masterworks by this star of Iberian composition, who died this day in 1617.
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 5th April, 7am-10am
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THE LYRIC FEATURE
Tenducci in Ireland
The Irish Baroque Orchestra turns 30 this year and The Lyric Feature is marking the occasion with rebroadcasts of programmes we've made inspired by their projects and scored by their performances.
Georgian Dublin, busy and cosmopolitan, attracted performers, artists, and craftspeople from across Europe. In 1765, the city saw the arrival of one of the most celebrated musicians of the day: the singer Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci. The Irish Baroque Orchestra's recent release 'The Trials of Tenducci' has brought this artist to life through the music he either performed or could have heard.
Tenducci's star quality excited everyone who heard him, including such well-known contemporaries as Mozart and J.C. Bach. As a castrato, his unnaturally high voice set him apart in more ways than one. On the one hand he was a celebrity, a figure taking centre-stage in the great opera houses and pleasure gardens, and a prestigious addition to aristocratic soirées. However, in other contexts his identity made him a social outlier, unable even to marry or own property in his native Italy - or, it seems, further afield. Within a year of his arrival in Ireland, he risked notoriety and even imprisonment with a scandalous and short-lived marriage to his former pupil, the teen-aged Dorothea Maunsell. Tenducci's life, mixing defiance with virtuoso artistry, brings us closer to the world of his time, as the rich culture of the Baroque began to show its darker side.
In this Lyric Feature, Michael Lee goes behind the scenes of this recording to take a closer look at Tenducci's story, his music, and the Ireland he encountered when he performed in Dublin, Cork and Limerick, with contributions by musical director Peter Whelan and mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught, along with academics Alison Fitzgerald and Susan O'Regan.
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 5th April, 6pm-7pm
VESPERTINE WITH ELLEN CRANITCH
Throw off those Lenten wrappers and melt into a world of music inspired by chocolate, eggs, bunnies and lambs. Music from The Henry Girls, Tom Waits, Khruangbin, Susan McKeown, ULC Quintet and Chamber Choir Ireland. And some Easter gems from Christy Moore, Christian Wallumrod, and the Treacherous Orchestra. You deserve it!
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 5th April, 9pm-12am
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
In our Full Score concert, La Néréide take us back to 16th century Italy and the ducal court of Alfonso Il d'Este. That renowned patron of the arts presented an exclusive concert for a select audience, featuring famous sopranos Laura Peverara, Anna Guarini and Livia d'Arco. After hearing their beautiful singing, Luzzasco Luzzaschi composed a collection of madrigals and La Néréide's three sopranos bring this collection of music for equal voices to its full glory.
La Néréide
Julie Roset, soprano
Ana Vieira Leite, soprano
Camille Allérat, soprano
Gabriel Rignol, theorbo, lute
Barbara Hünninger, viola da gamba
Yoann Moulin, harpsichord
RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 6th April, 1pm-4pm
NIALL CARROLL’S CLASSICAL DAYTIME
Shirley Keane sit on for Niall as she 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 we hear Five of a Kind. This week we'll hear five pieces the Italian composer Luigi Boccherini.
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 7th April, 10am-1pm
THE FULL SCORE WITH LIZ NOLAN
Our Full Score concert today comes from last 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'. Presented by Vlad Smishkewych.
RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 7th April, 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 8th April, 4pm-7pm
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, Thursday 9th April, 7pm-9pm
AEDÍN IN THE AFTERNOON
Aedín includes a recent release, The Bach Dialogues with cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O'Riley. This collaboration focuses on Bach's Sonatas for Viola da Gamba with Matt Haimovitz arranging the Viola da Gamba part for his 5-string baroque cello piccolo and Christopher O'Riley playing the clavichord. A new release from American harpist Ashley Jackson with instrumentals of songs by popular icons, from Nina Simone to The Cranberries. A couple of film tunes in the mix by Rachel Portman from Chocolat and The Cider House Rules. On vocals today, Jacques Brel, Rufus Wainwright, Maura O'Connell, Peggy Lee and Renée Fleming.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 10th April, 1pm-4pm
RTÉ LYRIC LIVE WITH PAUL HERRIOTT
On tonight's programme Paul Herriott brings us a new suite by composer Ailbhe McDonagh, a broadcast premiere of Shaun Davey's Clarinet Concerto performed by John Finucane and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra under David Brophy and we take a trip to the Townhall in Newry for a recently recorded recital by pianist Steven Osborne at the Newry Chamber Music Piano Fest.
RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 10th April, 7pm-10pm
