Comóradh an Riadaigh 1991

Seán Ó Riada Image Name: Seán Ó Riada Description: Seán Ó Riada Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Sean O Riada, Composer at Piano Image Name: Sean O Riada, Composer at Piano Description: Sean O Riada, Composer at Piano Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Seán Ó Riada, Irish composer and musician Image Name: Seán Ó Riada, Irish composer and musician Description: Seán Ó Riada, Irish composer and musician Copyright: RTÉ Archives
Seán Ó Riada Image Name: Seán Ó Riada Description: Seán Ó Riada Copyright: RTÉ Stills Library

Broadcast Details: Friday 22nd October, 2.05pm

A look at Seán Ó Riada’s compositions for stage and screen.

Inniu ar an gclár, déanfar obair scannáin agus stáitse Sheáin Uí Riada a phlé, ina measc an ceol a chum sé don dráma Playboy of the Western World, chomh maith leis an scannán Mise Éire.  Beidh agallaimh ann le Bryan MacMahon, Tomás Mac Anna, Riobard Mac Góráin, Louis Marcus, Seán Ó Cíobháin agus Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, agus is é Diarmuidín Ó Súilleabháin a chuirfidh an clár i láthair.  Sa tsraith chartlainne seo, déanfar plé ar ghnéithe éagsúla de shaol agus de shaothar Sheáin Uí Riada, a cailleadh sa bhliain 1971 in aois 41 bliain. 

This week the programme will be focused on Seán Ó Riada’s compositions for stage and screen, including his work on the stage version of Playboy of the Western World, and the film Mise Éire.  We’ll hear from Bryan MacMahon, Tomás Mac Anna, Riobard Mac Góráin, Louis Marcus, Seán Ó Cíobháin and Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, and Diarmuidín Ó Súilleabháin presents the programme.  This archive series describes the life and work of musician and composer Seán Ó Riada, who died fifty years ago this year.