The Lyric Feature

RTÉ lyric fm
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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.

  1. The Forgotten Migration | The Lyric Feature

    17 MAY

    The Forgotten Migration | The Lyric Feature

    Chris Nikkel follows the story of a forgotten Irish migration to Canada through folk music passed down orally, and a special bicentennial commemoration.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    58 min
  2. Dead Reeds | The Lyric Feature

    10 MAY

    Dead Reeds | The Lyric Feature

    Paddi Benson and Grace Lemon are two uilleann pipers who play and write music together in London. In their new Lyric Feature on RTÉ lyric FM, The Dead Reeds, they explore the stories bound up in uilleann pipe reedsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    47 min
  3. Me Dog is Buried in Thomond Park | The Lyric Feature

    3 MAY

    Me Dog is Buried in Thomond Park | The Lyric Feature

    Brothers Ron and Greg Carey go back to Limerick, the city of their childhood, which holds memories that have inspired poems for both of them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    47 min
  4. A Sonic Arctic Return | The Lyric Feature

    26 APR

    A Sonic Arctic Return | The Lyric Feature

    Composer and sound recordist, Karen Power and her microphones revisit the remote, magnetic spaces of the Arctic which she first visited and recorded more than a decade previously.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    52 min
  5. Green White Enamel | The Lyric Feature

    19 APR

    Green White Enamel | The Lyric Feature

    After lying forgotten for decades, the poems of Ethna MacCarthy, linguist, doctor, poet, and life-long friend of Samuel Beckett, were finally published in 2019.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    57 min
  6. Master of the Musick | The Lyric Feature

    12 APR

    Master of the Musick | The Lyric Feature

    Conductor Peter Whelan's fascinating research into the 18th century Irish baroque musician, Matthew Dubourg. Presenter : Máire Nic Gearailt Producer: Joe O’Dubhghaill Producer for lyric: Eoin O KellySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    47 min
  7. Tenducci in Ireland | The Lyric Feature

    5 APR

    Tenducci in Ireland | The Lyric Feature

    An Italian superstar castrato in Georgian Ireland as reimagined by the Irish Baroque OrchestraSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    57 min
  8. Saucy Mistress Boldface | The Lyric Feature

    29 MAR

    Saucy Mistress Boldface | The Lyric Feature

    Saucy Mistress Boldface is a peek through a Georgian window at life for women from 1746 to 1751 through a series of 221 letters from the Bishop Of Elphin to his only teenage daughter Alicia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    45 min
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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.

Information

  • Creator
    RTÉ lyric fm
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    The Lyric Feature

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