A special broadcast today from Cork, celebrating the 69th Cork International Film Festival, recognising the best in home-grown and international cinema. Aedín will chat with a great selection of the filmmakers taking part, including Cork native John Crowley, who will be in attendance with the Irish premiere of his acclaimed new film We Live in Time, starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, and we’ll have fantastic live music throughout the show. At 15:30 we’ll take an immersive dive into the life and music of one of the greatest film music composers of all time: Henry Mancini, who was born 100 years ago this year. This programme tells Henry Mancini’s story from his early life as the son of Italian immigrants in Pittsburgh where he was first handed a flute by his father, through his years as a musician in the Big Bands, learning the film trade at Universal Pictures, and eventually to composing some of the most recognisable music on film. With recordings of Mancini himself from the BBC Archives, we also hear from his daughter Monica Mancini and son in law Gregg Field, both professional jazz musicians, film historian Jon Burlingame and pianist Tom Poster.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 9th November, 1pm-4pm
