Songs Beyond Borders
While borders between countries might put a stop to the movement of people and goods, songs have always travelled through space and time. In this programme, we hear the story of five songs from across three centuries which have travelled into and out of Ireland, across Europe, and around the world. How did Thomas Moore’s The Last Rose of Summer end up in the repertoire of Nana Mouskouri, or how did Moore’s Those Evening Bells get absorbed into the American Song Book or how did Robin Adair / Ellen Aroon find its way from Scotland and Ireland to India where it was adapted by the poet Rabindranath Tagore? Oskar Cox-Jensen and guests attempt to unravel these and other musical mysteries and we hear new performances and interpretations of the works recorded at the Sonic Arts Research Centre in Queen’s University Belfast.
A Rockfinch production for RTÉ lyric fm
Producer: Claire Cunningham
Sound supervision: Tinpot Productions
Recording supervisor: Craig Jackson
Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television Licence fee and by the Queen’s University Belfast Minor Music Funds.
(First broadcast – 7th November 2021)
RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 26th March, 6pm-7pm
