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OPERA NIGHT The Metropolitan Opera New York presents Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman New Met star Michael Volle sings the title role of the ghostly sailor damned to wander the seas in search of the love that will set him free, under the baton of the exciting Yannick Nézet-Séguin.  Amber Wagner is Senta, whose love he seeks. The […]
NOVA Marking the release of the German avant garde ensemble Zeitkratzer’s chamber versions of Kraftwerk’s first two albums, Nova this week positions Kraftwerk within the German post war music scene: electronic and acoustic, orchestral and synthetic. RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 30th April, 8pm-10pm
NIALL CARROLL’S LUNCHTIME FAVOURITES Niall Carroll plays his favourite classical music at lunchtime. This week in Five of a Kind, Niall chooses five works by Erik Satie. RTÉ lyric fm, Monday 1st May, 12 noon – 2pm
THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT WITH CARL CORCORAN With his unique genre-bending blend of bluegrass, jazz, folk and classical styles, Grammy-nominated fiddler Darol Anger is a master of the unexpected, darting from Swedish polkas to Brazilian choro before segueing seamlessly into a soul classic – all delivered with the rollicking abandon of a hootenanny. He has worked alongside great improvisers such as Stéphane […]
THE FRIDAY CONCERT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT Paul Herriott presents tonight’s concert live from the National Concert Hall. The heat and passion of the Spanish sun and soul blaze through four colour-saturated works beginning with Turina’s celebrated Danzas fantásticas, with all their high drama, heightened poetry and hearty emotions, and ending with the rousing, raucous Second Suite drawn from Falla’s folk music-accented […]
THE LYRIC FEATURE – Vocal Chords in Conversation with Maighréad and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill Iarla Ó Lionáird meets sisters Maighréad and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, two of Ireland’s most respected traditional singers and shares a conversation about family, song and language.  From the stories of their father, the singer and folk song collector Aodh Ó Domhnaill, a native of Rann na Feirste in Donegal, to their own roots in the […]