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MOVIES AND MUSICALS Classics from stage and screen for your Saturday afternoon. As part of the Polish/Irish Festival, this week, music from Polish film score composers Wojciech Kilar (Bram Stoker’s Dracula) Zbigniew Preisner (Three Colours Blue) and Jan A .P. Kaczmarek (Finding Neverland). Aedín also features the voice of Phil Harris who is remembered today for his voice […]
SUNDAY WITH GAY BYRNE Sunday with Gay Byrne features the very best in traditional Jazz, Big Band and Swing.  Enjoy Gay’s company for two hours of music and chat as he shares his love of all things jazz alongside musical anecdotes, book recommendations and great competitions. RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 29th March, 2pm-4pm
THE ROLLING WAVE Group and band music tonight on the Rolling Wave with selections from Caladh Nua, Danú and Skippers Alley plus the latest album by accordion and fiddle duet Jackie Daly and Matt Cranitch RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 30th March, 7pm-8pm
THE LYRIC CONCERT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT Paul Herriott presents RTÉ lyric fm’s concerts on weekday evenings, including live concerts and live recordings from Ireland and abroad. This evening’s concert comes from the Grand Hall of the Musikverein, Vienna in a concert of Haydn and Beethoven Haydn: Symphony No.101 in D, Hob.1:101 ‘ Clock’ Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.55 ‘Eroica’ […]
JAZZ ALLEY   New Stuff: In the Beginning. Resonance Records have produced a double CD of previously unreleased early recordings by legendary guitarist Wes Montgomery. Richly annotated, superbly packaged, these recordings illustrate Wes’ own belief that his best playing was before anyone outside his home town of Indianapolis had heard of him. RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 1st […]
GRACE NOTES Traditional Irish music presented by Ellen Cranitch – the players, the influences and the new directions. RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 2nd April, 7pm-8pm  
THE LYRIC FEATURE   During Easter 1770 a 14-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his father Leopold attended Holy Week services at the Sistine chapel in the Vatican. There he heard a setting of Psalm 51, Miserere Mei by Gregorio Allegri which was considered so precious by the Vatican that it forbade the making of copies and threatened any […]