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RTÉ lyric fmOPERA NIGHT Saturday 23rd May, 7.00pm RTÉ lyric fmAEDÍN GORMLEY’S SUNDAY MATINÉE Sunday 24th May, 12.00pm RTÉ lyric fmTHE ROLLING WAVE Monday 25th May, 7.00pm RTÉ lyric fmTHE LYRIC CONCERT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT Tuesday 26th May, 7.00pm RTÉ lyric fmGRACE NOTES Thursday 28th May, 7.00pm RTÉ lyric fmTHE FRIDAY CONCERT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT Friday 29th May, 8.00pm

OPERA NIGHT Bernard Clarke brings us Rossini’s Il Turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy) in a performance recorded earlier this year in Teatro Regio, Turin, Italy. Paolo Bordogna plays Don Geronio, Nino Machaidze is Fiorilla, Carlo Lepore stars as The Turk, Edgardo Rocha is Narciso and Simone Del Savio is poet Prosdocimo. Teatro Regio Orchestra and […] RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 23rd May, 7.00pm

AEDÍN GORMLEY’S SUNDAY MATINÉE Music this afternoon from violinist extraordinaire Maxim Vengerov including the dramatic final movement from the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with The Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Claudio Abbado. Live concert highlights come from the Bern Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mario Venzago, performing Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E flat, Op. 74 with soloist Sebastian Manz and […] RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 24th May, 12.00pm

THE ROLLING WAVE The 43rd annual Willie Clancy Summer School takes place in six weeks time in Miltown Malbay in West Co. Clare. Held in memory of a famous uilleann piper, the week of events includes teaching, lectures, recitals and informal traditional music sessions. Tonight’s programme hears music from last year’s Clancy week and previews the 2015 edition. […] RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 25th May, 7.00pm

THE LYRIC CONCERT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT Paul Herriott presents the finalists of the Dublin International Piano Competition Finals 2015 in their concerto performances live from the National Concert Hall. The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Alan Buribayev. RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 26th May, *7pm-10pm *(Please note earlier start time) RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 26th May, 7.00pm

THE LYRIC CONCERT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT Paul Herriott brings us to Sweden to the Berwaldhallen Concert Hall for great works by Britten and Berlioz featuring tenor Ian Bostridge. Britten: Les Illuminations, Op.18 Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op.14 Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Ian Bostridge (tenor) Daniel Harding (conductor) RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 27th May, 8pm-10pm RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 27th May, 8.00pm

GRACE NOTES The finale of our visit to Bantry for the 2013 Masters of Tradition Festival features American duo Cleek Schrey and Stephanie Coleman with Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, Leo MacNamara and more. RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 28th May, 7pm-8pm RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 28th May, 7.00pm

THE FRIDAY CONCERT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT Paul Herriott presents RTÉ lyric fm’s concerts on weekday evenings, including live concerts and live recordings from Ireland and abroad. Principal Conductor Alan Buribayev takes the helm in tonight’s concert live from the National Concert Hall. We can look forward to a performance of a work by Buribayev’s great-grandfather Achmed Zhubanov in his homage to […] RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 29th May, 8.00pm

MOVIES AND MUSICALS Strike up the Band: The Gershwins in Hollywood A chance to hear this stunning concert featuring The RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by John Wilson and soloists Kim Criswell and Matthew Ford. Prolific composers, brothers George and Ira Gershwin created some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century and some of the greatest hits […] RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 30th May, 1.00pm

CLASSICAL KIDS After overhearing his sister’s piano lessons, Mexican composer Manuel Ponce went straight to the piano and played her pieces by ear, without ever having had a lesson himself. His parents sent the musical prodigy to a teacher of his own, and we’ll hear some of the music he wrote for the guitar on Sunday morning. […] RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 31st May, 7.00am

A WORLD OF SONG Hailed for a voice which is ‘beautifully formed’ (The New York Times) and ‘rich with dark glints and bright promise’ (The Guardian), Dundalk born mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught has achieved a remarkable multi-award winning career for one so relatively young in the context of the opera world. On A World of Song this week, Liz Nolan […] RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 31st May, 7.00pm

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