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Irish broadcaster RTÉ lyric fm's weekly documentary slot. Programmes about music, literature, visual arts and other areas where creativity is manifest. Broadcast on Sundays at 6pm on RTÉ Lyric FM.
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Highlights and special guest interviews and performances from Marty Whelan's breakfast show on RTÉ Lyric FM. Also includes recipes from the wonderful kitchen of Neven Maguire. Listen weekdays 7-10am on RTÉ Lyric FM.
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Luke Clancy’s excursion into art, design, music, performance, media, technology and a world of intriguing possibilities. Broadcast weekdays on Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive on RTÉ Lyric FM.
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Movie news, trivia and interviews with Garret Daly. Broadcast on Movies and Musicals with Aedín Gormley, Saturday, 1 - 4pm on RTÉ Lyric FM.
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Wilde Stories is an artistic transmedia project around Oscar Wilde's collection of fairytales 'The Happy Prince and Other Tales'. The project brings together Irish artists including composer Michael Gallen and visual artist Felicity Clear, to re-imagine the stories in a broadcast collaboration with RTÉ lyric fm. The series is narrated by actor Robert Sheehan, with readings from Lauren Coe and Brian Gleeson. It is an Athena Media production made with the support of the Broadcasting Authority ...
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A selection of podcasts and videos produced by Athena Media, from radio documentaries for NewsTalk and RTE Lyric FM to corporate podcasts and online corporate videos.
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A three part documentary radio series presented by Barry McGovern exploring contemporary Irish composers and their music. What shaped the sound of the century? An Athena Media production for RTÉ Lyric fm made with the funding support of the BAI and the TV licence fee in partnership with the Contemporary Music Centre. Production support by Jonathan Grimes of CMC, the producer is Helen Shaw and the audio editor is Pearse Ó Caoimh.
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Richard Linklater sets filming in Dublin with Andrew Scott and Ethan Hawke, while director Kate Dolan steps into the M3GAN universe.By RTÉ lyric fm
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The Culture File Weekly: Midsummer Edition
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Norwegian composer Kristine Tjøgersen in her fish-forward orchestral work, Pelagic Dreamscape; the first man to be arrested, wrongly, with the help of AI-enabled policing; an artist-led wiff-waff pow-wow at Cork Midsummer; and organist and scholar Geoffrey Webber on the restored 19th century organ at Sandford church as part of Pipeworks Festival.…
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Emmy-nominated composer of a Cicada Symphony, Bryan Rheude shares some of his favourite things in watching, reading, listening, tasting and smelling.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Inverted Blue Cheeseburger with Roasted Tomatoes and Red Onion SaladBy RTÉ lyric fm
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Pipeworks festival visitor, organist and music scholar Geoffrey Webber, gets to know the 19th century instrument in Sandford Church in Ranelagh.By RTÉ lyric fm
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The National Novelty Ping Pong Table Collection's visit to Cork Midsummer involves a wiff-waff showdown for artists, as well as a Cruinniú na nÓg tournament.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Members of the Dublin Gay Mens Chorus in the Studio with Marty
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Thank you to Duncan Brickenden and Patrick McNamara of Dublin Gay men's chorus for visiting and performing so beautifully. Best of luck with upcoming concerts including Shine with the RTE CO at the NCH tomorrow.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Norwegian composer, Kristine Tjøgersen on finding ways to remake the sounds of orcas, kittiwakes, gillemotes, haddock and power boats with orchestral instruments.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Robert Williams holds the unpleasant distinction of being the first person ever arrested with the help of AI-powered policing.By RTÉ lyric fm
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‘Discovered’ by Guglielmo Marconi while singing at a fashionable soiree in London, the famous inventor subsequently brought Sheridan to Italy, to pursue her dream of becoming an opera singer.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Movie News | Gladiator, the Bee Gees and Possession
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Ridley Scott plans his next three movies while Robert Pattison lines up for a 1981 remake of a cult horror film.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Icelandic poet and novelist, Fríða Ísberg on some of her favourites in watching, reading, listening, tasting and smelling.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Paddy Woodworth re-litigates whether Kropotkin was a crackpot in The Naturalist's Bookshelf; Tadhg O'Sullivan floats in with his Cloud of Unknowing; Jennifer Walshe's Things Know Things follows the electronic trail of a neighbourhood cat; and the voices behind a performance of Stockhausen's Stimmung on the composer's baby his cosmic vocal workout.…
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Neven's Recipes - Spicy Chicken and Mango Noodles
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This quick light salad is perfect for eating al fresco, whether you decide to cook the chicken under the grill or on a barbecue so that it can be brought along as part of a picnic while it is marinating. Raw tiger prawns would make a nice alternative to the chicken.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Tadhg O'Sullivan on the worth and the weight of a once-loved set of encyclopediae.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Patrick Cassidy came in to chat about the new opera 'Dante' opening this weekend in Hof.By RTÉ lyric fm
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The Naturalist's Bookshelf "Kropotkin Was No Crackpot" | Culture File
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Paddy Woodworth latest choice for addition to our shelf of ideal nature books suggests Stephen Jay Goolde 1988 essay on Russian noble-turned anarchist, Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin.By RTÉ lyric fm
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The very talented Jack O' Rourke joins Marty
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Singer-song writer Jack O' Rourke is one of the soloists performing at the Classic Irish rock & pop event with the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra as part of Cork Midsummer Festival 2024By RTÉ lyric fm
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Andreas Fisher and Guillermo Anzorena of Neue Vocal Solisten on working with Karlheinz Stockhausen on the composer's epic of vocal improvisation, Stimmung, which they'll perform at the Lovely Music festival in Dundalk this weekend.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Soprano Megan O'Neill joined Marty in studio
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Soprano Megan O'Neill joined Marty in studio ahead of her first appearance with the National Symphony Orchestra, for the opening Summer Lunchtime Concert of the season at the National Concert Hall.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Jennifer Walshe’s Things Know Things | Culture File
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The Neighbourhood C(h)at: Even the cutest, friendliest of pets cannot escape the reaches of surveillance capitalism.By RTÉ lyric fm
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As a child, Bairbre O'Hogan remembers her mother bringing an elderly friend to do her weekly shopping in Dún Laoghaire. Bairbre knew her as MrsVerschoyle, she only later appreciated just how successful and prolific an author she had been.By RTÉ lyric fm
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An audio postcard from the audio idyll of Sherkin Island; drawing as resistance in the attention economy at a Dublin workshop; and an update from the trouser front line.By RTÉ lyric fm
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New York-born, Dublin-based photographer, Ishmael Claxton on a few of his favourite things in watching, listening, reading, tasting and smelling.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Neven's Recipes - Chicken Satay with Pickled Cucumber Salad
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This is a classic Indonesian or Thai street nibble that I enjoyed on a recent trip to that part of the world. Its great popularity comes from the wonderful balance of flavours that penetrate the chicken.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Audio experiments in genres too numerous (and possibly too unstable) to mention filled the air on Sherkin Island this past June Holiday Weekend at the Open Ear Festival.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Can drawing help resist the over-exploitation of our valuable human attention? Renata Pekowska, who runs drawing workshops with an aim to do just that, thinks maybe it can.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Cellist Ailbhe McDonagh & Dr John O’Conor.
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Cellist Ailbhe McDonagh came into studio with her former teacher Dr John O’Conor.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Are your trousers too skinny right now? Or too wide? Is it ever possible to wear the right sort? Joanna Walsh on the mercurial discourse of pants.By RTÉ lyric fm
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The sculptor Imogen Stuart and the poet Michael Coady died within a day of each other on the 24 and 25th of March this year. Each is remembered with a programme from the RTÉ archive in this evening’s Lyric Feature.By RTÉ lyric fm
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In preparation for our extended musical journey into his Irish trad version of In C (RTÉ lyric fm, 6pm, Saturday June 1st) one of our guides for that program, Dónal Lunny shares again some of his favourites in watching, listening, reading, tasting and smelling.By RTÉ lyric fm
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The Culture File Weekly: In C Irish (XXL Remix)
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An extended musical journey into Irish-American composer, Terry Riley's radical masterpiece, In C, guided by members of the Irish supergroup behind the first Trad version of his pioneering work of Minimalist magic. Featuring Zoë Conway, Donal Lunny, Máirtín O'Connor, Paddy Glackin, Mick O'Brien, Louise Mulcahy, and Michelle Mulcahy.…
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In C Irish (Small Plates Version) | Culture File
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An introduction to the first Irish Trad performance of In C at Louth Contemporary Music Society by a trad super-group, including Zoe Conway, Donal Lunny, Mairtin O'Connor and friends. Tune in to RTÉ lyric fm on Saturday June 1st, 6pm for an extended remix of Culture File's celebration of this historical In C seisiún.…
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Cellist Maja Bugge's preparation for creating her Suite for Seabirds involved time on a remote Norwegian island, collecting the sounds of Sea Eagles, Black Guillemots and other disappearing calls.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Natalie Forget is a virtuoso of the pioneering 1920s electrical instrument, the Ondes Martenot, created for—among other things—communication with angels.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Jennifer Walshe’s Things Know Things | Culture File
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Fashion Model Show: The gowns at the Met Gala come under AI attack. (Picture: DALL·E image of a flat, cardboard cut-out of Lana del Rey at the Met Gala, with an amazingly ornate seafood-inspired gown attached to it.)By RTÉ lyric fm
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A tribute to Disney film composer Richard Sherman.
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Marty marks the passing of world-renowned Disney film composer Richard Sherman, who passed away at the age of 95.By RTÉ lyric fm
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To mark the centenary of her birth, Liz Nolan explores the life and legacy of Maria Callas, the iconic Greek soprano, widely regarded as the most significant, inspiring and provocative opera star of the modern age.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Aedín catches up on the latest movie news with Garret Daly.By RTÉ lyric fm
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The slow business of finding a place for the cello in Irish traditional music, a history of military hardware invading the Afghan rug at TCD, and composer and academic, Seán Clancy on counting, and the social power of collaborative music.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Culture File Likes: Ilse de Ziah/Maarten Roos
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The cellist-filmmaker duo behind the film 'Living The Tradition'—Ilse de Ziah and Maarten Roos—share a few of their favourites in listening, reading, tasting and smelling.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Neven's Recipes - Brunch - Red berry smoothie
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I normally use frozen berries straight out of the freezer so that you don’t have to use any ice cubes, but it can be hard on the blades of your liquidizer.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Composer, Sean Clancy on the political possibilities of collaborative creativity and the task of listening to as much new music as humanly possible (part 2 of 2).By RTÉ lyric fm
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The fabulous Ava Dodd joined Marty in studio.
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Soprano Ava Dodd joined Marty in studio for a chat this morning talking about exciting things including her EP recorded with the RTE Concert Orchestra ‘Gems’By RTÉ lyric fm
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Numbers and counting fill the life and the music of Irish composer, Sean Clancy (part 1 of 2).By RTÉ lyric fm
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Violinist Vladimir Jablokov joins Marty in studio
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Violinist Vladimir plays a few tunes and chats about his 'Four Seasons Explained' concerts at the Bord Gais Energy TheatreBy RTÉ lyric fm
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Conductor David Brophy joins Marty in studio
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Conductor David Brophy chats about his exciting WDR Funkhausorchester appointment, working with Seán Keane and the new TU Dublin Conservatoire Philharmonic OrchestraBy RTÉ lyric fm
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Cellist Ilse de Ziah and director Maarten Roos have made a years-long journey into Irish trad on the cello, which they chart in their film Living the Tradition.By RTÉ lyric fm
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Aoife Nic Athlaoich principal cellist with ICO calls in to Marty
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Ahead of various Irish and international dates Aoife chats to Marty about the ICO!By RTÉ lyric fm
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Lapwings are any of various ground-nesting birds akin to plovers and dotterels. They range from 10 to 16 inches in length, and are noted for their slow, irregular wingbeats in flight and a shrill, wailing cry.By RTÉ lyric fm
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