Monthly Archives: August 2017

ELECTRIC PICNIC PREVIEW Presented by Blathnaid Treacy Electric Picnic Preview will build up the festival atmosphere on the eve of Electric Picnic. It includes reports capturing all the festival colour, acoustic performances by Picture This and Gavin James and main stage highlights including Bell X1, NAS and The 1975. Published: Thursday 31st August, 11.00pm
In Concert Welsh singer songwriter Judith Owen finished her European tour last November at Avenue by Nick Munier in Dublin’s Temple Bar and In Concert tonight has some highlights from that concert. Published: Thursday 31st August, 10.00pm
TOP GEAR Chris Harris and the £2m Bugatti Chiron attempt to cross the Arabian peninsula faster than Matt LeBlanc and a roster of money-no-object transport solutions. Back in Britain, Rory Reid constructs a life-size arcade game to test the Renault Twingo GT and its city car rivals, while rap star Tinie Tempah tackles the Top Gear track in the Reasonably Fast Toyota GT86. Published: Thursday 31st August, 8.00pm
THE THIN GREEN LINE New series examining what we do in our overseas Embassies, advancing Irish culture, interests and values. Episode two features Ambassador Sinead Walsh in Sierra Leone, ambassador to the UK, Dan Mulhall, in London and Ambassador David Donohue at the UN in New York. Published: Thursday 31st August, 7.00pm
THE LYRIC CONCERT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT In tonight’s concert Paul features the Irish Chamber Orchestra in a recent CD release of Mendelssohn and Widmann conducted by the composer himself. Mendelssohn: Symphony No.1 in C minor Op.11 Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 in A Major Op.90 Widmann: Ad absurdym (Concert piece for Trumpet and Small Orchestra) Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet) Irish Chamber Orchestra Jorg Widmann […] Published: Thursday 31st August, 7.00pm
Liveline Discussion and debate with Joe Duffy Published: Thursday 31st August, 3.00pm
Binneas Béil Dónall Mac Ruairí brings us a great selection of folk, world and trad music. Published: Thursday 31st August, 1.30pm
Dan Hegarty – The Alternative: The Dandy Warhols live at the Antigel festival Dan Hegarty – The Alternative: The Dandy Warhols live at the Antigel festival  They released their debut album in 1995, and they haven’t stopped making music since; The Dandy Warhols are one of those bands that have an ability to knock out great songs over and over again. The Portland, Oregon band can back it […] Published: Thursday 31st August, 12.00pm
The Ronan Collins’ Show Listeners’ choices, old favourites, plus the best of the new as well as many musical surprises, presented by Carol Moran. Published: Thursday 31st August, 12.00pm
LIZ NOLAN’S LYRIC NOTES Liz Nolan presents great classical music from across the ages.  The Coffee Concert at 10.30am is from London. Emanuel Ax, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor, the late Jiri Belohlávek, perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5. This concert was recorded in 2005.   11am – Poetry File Each Thursday at 11am just after the coffee […] Published: Thursday 31st August, 10.00am