Monthly Archives: June 2016

THE LYRIC CONCERT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT Prelude We feature a release by WDR Germany of works by Robert Schumann with his Violin Concerto in D minor and his Piano Concerto in A minor.  Heinz Holliger conducts the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne.   The Lyric Concert Paul brings us to the Blossom Music Centre, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio with the Cleveland Orchestra Rachmaninov: […] Published: Wednesday 29th June, 7.00pm
Sin an Saol Today, the guests will talk about the arrival of radio, TV, light and running water to rural Donegal, and the impact they had. Published: Wednesday 29th June, 4.10pm
SUMMER ON RTÉjr Summer on RTÉjr  2016 Press Information This Summer Come Holiday with RTÉjr.   RTÉjr have lots of fun and adventures in store whatever the weather.  Viewers will get a chance to clown around with children from The Gerbola Circus in Circus World.  Yvette Poufong returns once more in search of the perfect pet and meets all […] Published: Wednesday 29th June, 3.18pm
CIRCUS WORLD ON RTÉjr CIRCUS WORLD  PRESS RELEASE   CIRCUS WORLD brings all the fun and excitement of the circus to RTÉjr’s young audience.   Set in and around a real Irish circus, Blake (10), Michael (8), Isabella (5) and their parents Mikey and Tara Gerbola will be our hosts. The ten part series follows the adventures of these […] Published: Wednesday 29th June, 3.14pm
I’VE GOT YOUR BACK In the eleventh show of the series 10 year old Katelyn Rose Slevin from Celebridge, Co. Kildare returns to see how high up the prize ladder she can get. In the previous show, she had gotten as far as Round 3. Can she continue on and go all the way and reach Round 8? Published: Wednesday 29th June, 11.50am
Dan Hegarty – The Alternative: Lee Scratch Perry – Back & Forth There is no doubt over whether Lee Scratch Perry is an icon or not; he is! From extraordinary albums like 1976’s ‘Super Ape’ (with The Upsetters) to collaborations with The Orb and Mad Professor, he has had an extraordinary career. He is one of the headline artists due to perform at the Beatyard festival on July 30 & 31st in Dun Laoghaire harbour. Dan looks at some of Perry’s career in this week’s Back & Forth. Published: Wednesday 29th June, 12.00am
STEPHEN FRY IN CENTRAL AMERICA In episode three, Stephen’s journey continues from Salvador to Nicaragua, as he crosses over from Guatemala into El Salvador then moves onto Honduras and Nicaragua. Along the way, Stephen tries his hand at surfing, tastes a new breed of banana, meets a real life Sweeney Todd and learns to do the maypole. Published: Tuesday 28th June, 11.30pm
UNFORGOTTEN Sir Phillip Cross makes a difficult decision in order to protect his family and salvage what is left of his reputation. Ray returns home to find Lizzie gone and a note that reads ‘I’m sorry’ and Father Robert come clean to his family and the police. Published: Tuesday 28th June, 10.35pm
Late Debate Cormac Ó hEadhra presents live debate and analysis of all the news and political stories of the day, including coverage of today’s events in the Oireachtas Published: Tuesday 28th June, 10.00pm
THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT WITH CARL CORCORAN   Unni Løvlid is a Norwegian folk singer whose recordings venture into the contemporary music world.  One of her albums was recorded a capella in the Emmanuel Vigeland Mausoleum in Oslo with its very special acoustics while others consist of her own compositions in the experimental electronic field bringing folk songs into completely new timbral […] Published: Tuesday 28th June, 10.00pm