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RTÉ lyric fmOPERA NIGHT Saturday 25th March, 7.00pm RTÉ lyric fmTHE BLUE OF THE NIGHT WITH CARL CORCORAN [...] Monday 27th March, 10.00pm

OPERA NIGHT The Metropolitan Opera New York presents Mozart’s Idomeneo Mozart’s first operatic masterpiece returns to the Met in the classic Jean-Pierre Ponnelle production, conducted by Music Director Emeritus James Levine. The superb ensemble includes Matthew Polenzani as the king torn by a rash vow; mezzo-soprano Alice Coote in the trouser role of his noble son Idamante; […] RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 25th March, 7.00pm

VOX NOSTRA WITH VLAD SMISHKEWYCH Early music month filled with historical surprises and delights continues on Vox Nostra. A score of composers who died this day in music history feature on the programme: Isaac, Cabezón, Beethoven, Scheidt, and Lully. And of course, the birthday of the grandpapa of Baroque music, Johann Sebastian Bach still lingers fresh in Vlad’s mind, so […] RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 26th March, 7.00am

THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT WITH CARL CORCORAN Tigran Hamasyan is a contemporary jazz pianist and composer rooted equally in American jazz and in his native Armenian folk. He is no stranger to Irish shores. In the past he has played here in different settings – last time with an Armenian folk choir and before that with his jazz trio. Next week he’s […] RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 27th March, 10.00pm

NIALL CARROLL’S LUNCHTIME FAVOURITES Niall Carroll plays his favourite classical music at lunchtime. This week in Five of a Kind, Niall chooses five pieces from film scores by composer John Williams. RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 28th March, 12 noon – 2pm RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 28th March, 12.00pm

THE LYRIC CONCERT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT Tonight’s concert takes us to the Mozart Hall, Rosengarten, Mannheim where Gabriela Montero will perform Grieg’s much loved Piano Concerto in A minor. Plus we will feature a recent CD release by Gabriela on the Orchid Classics Label. RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 29th March, 7.02pm-10pm RTÉ lyric fm, Wednesday 29th March, 7.00pm

LIZ NOLAN’S LYRIC NOTES Liz Nolan presents great classical music from across the ages. The Coffee Concert at 10.30am is from South Korea. Benjamin Grosvenor, the Korean Broadcasting System Symphony Orchestra and conductor Yoel Levi perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Coffee Concert: Republic of Korea: Concert Hall, Arts Centre, Seoul Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. […] RTÉ lyric fm, Thursday 30th March, 10.00am

THE LYRIC FEATURE – Bones of Contention Brian O’Nolan is one of Ireland’s greatest writers but perhaps the most enigmatic. Who was he really? Was he the brilliant Flann O’Brien, an internationally acclaimed experimental novelist, was he Myles na gCopaleen, the beloved satirical daily columnist, or was he a frustrated, hard drinking, civil servant in the department of ‘yokel’ government? This hybrid […] RTÉ lyric fm, Friday 31st March, 7.00pm

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