Sa tsraith chartlainne seo i sceideal an fhómhair, beidh Diarmuidín Ó Súilleabháin agus a chuid aíonna ag caitheamh súil ar ghnéithe éagsúla de shaol agus de shaothar Sheáin Uí Riada, a cailleadh sa bhliain 1971 in aois 41 bliain. Is é Gearóid Mac an Bhua a chuirfidh clár an lae inniu i láthair, dírithe ar an saothar ceoil a chum Seán Ó Riada i stíl chlasaiceach na hEorpa. Tá tionchair ó cheolta ó thraidisiúin ó ar fud an domhain le cloisteáil ina shaothar, agus bhí Ó Riada ag tarraingt ar fhoinsí difriúla, ina measc ceol traidisiúnta na hÁise, ceolta na meánaoise agus ceol agus litríocht na seana Ghréige. Spreag an choimhlint a bhí sa Riadach idir an ilchultúrachas agus an náisiúnachas cuid den cheol seo, agus beidh muid ag foghlaim faoi sin inniu agus cloisfimid samplaí dá shaothar.
This archive series broadcast as part of the autumn schedule describes the life and work of musician and composer Seán Ó Riada, who died fifty years ago this year. Today, Gearóid Mac an Bhua presents the programme, focused on Ó Riada’s canon of work in the classical European tradition, which was extensive. We can hear a variety of influences in this music, and Ó Riada was drawing from many sources, including traditional Asian music, the music of the Middle Ages and the music and literature of Greece, to name but a few. We’ll learn that his compositions were inspired by the contrast and tension between his cosmopolitanism and his nationalism, and we can hear examples of the music he composed in the classical style, in the programme today.