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OPERA NIGHT The Metropolitan Opera New York presents Rossini’s William Tell Rossini’s epic telling of the William Tell fable returns to the Met stage after an absence of more than 80 years, in a new production by Pierre Audi. Gerald Finley sings one of his signature roles as Tell, the revolutionary on a quest for freedom. Marina […]
AEDÍN GORMLEY’S SUNDAY MATINÉE Music for your Sunday afternoon featuring live performances from across the globe and outstanding works from our featured artists. Aedín’s featured artist is English pianist Jonathan Plowright who over the last decade has become well known as an advocate of the neglected Polish Romantic repertoire. There is also live music from Cuarteto Casals playing two […]
LIZ NOLAN’S LYRIC NOTES Liz Nolan presents great classical music from across the ages. The Coffee Concert at 10.30am is from Romania. The Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra and conductor Gabriel Bebeselea with soloists Ion Bogdan Stefanescu, flute and Maria Bîldea harp, perform Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto in C Coffee Concert: Romania: Mihail Jora Concert Hall, Romanian Radio, Bucharest […]
LORCAN MURRAY CLASSIC DRIVE Join Lorcan Murray and special guests as they celebrate European Early Music Day from King John’s Castle, Limerick with live music from Kathleen Loughnane (harp), The Gregory Walkers, medieval violin player Michelle O’Connor and many more. Lorcan will explore the lives and adventures of medieval musicians and troubadours with her guests including recorder-player extraordinaire Laoise […]
THE LYRIC CONCERT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT We travel to the TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht for a concert featuring Lise Davidsen singing Richard Strauss Four Last Songs Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht Op.4 Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs Op.150 Lise Davidsen (soprano) Diepenbrock: The Birds Overture Janacek: Taras Bulba rhapsody for orchestra Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Edo de Waart (conductor) RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 22nd […]
LIZ NOLAN’S LYRIC NOTES Liz Nolan presents great classical music from across the ages. The Coffee Concert at 10.30am is from the U.K. The Royal Northern Sinfonia and director Bradley Creswick perform Gerald Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto in C minor. Coffee Concert: U.K: Sage Gateshead, Gateshead Finzi: Clarinet Concerto in C minor, Op. 31 The Royal Northern Sinfonia Bradley Creswick […]
THE LYRIC FEATURE – Vocal Chords: In Conversation with Peggy Seeger Iarla Ó Lionáird meets fellow singer and songwriter Peggy Seeger, and shares a conversation that ranges from Donald Trump’s America to the story behind the song ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’, written for Peggy by the man who later became her husband, the iconic singer and writer, Ewan McColl. Seeger’s roots are […]