Sunday Miscellany RTÉ
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- Arts
Radio essays, poems and complementary music, broadcast from Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday mornings since 1968.
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A Sculptor’s Sculptor and a Swallow on the Suir
Month’s mind tributes to the late sculptor Imogen Stuart and poet Michael Coady; bonny labouring boy, the smell of new boots and an old coat. With Peter Trant, AM Cousins, Paul Rouse, Alison Fitzgerald, Michael O'Connor and Catherine Twomey
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Miracles and Talking Birds
Saints and prayers, crowning glory and a Shakespearean starling, with Elizabeth Oxley, Moya Cannon, Dermot Bolger, Pat Boran, Rosaleen McDonagh and Conall Hamill
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Moscow, Mustard and Sand Martins
Returning swallows, an Irishman abroad in the USSR, a German eye on Daniel O’Connell, and Harry Nilsson’s Irish love, with Jim Sharkey, Jenny Beale, Deirdre McQuillan, Daniel Mulhall, Brian Farrell and Denise Blake
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Bright visions and moments of joy
A favourite song of Seán Ó Riada’s, wonderful parties, and extraordinary kindness to a young writer starting out: John Banville, Shelly Furlong, Diarmaid Ferriter, Iarla Ó Lionáird and Marina Carr salute seven decades of the Irish Arts Council
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Bell chimes and Bach’s St Matthew Passion
Easter eggs, Easter bonnets and the enduring appeal of Bach’s 300 year old masterpiece, with Olivia O’Leary, Paul Johnston, Aidan Mathews, Margaret Hickey, Enda Wyley and John F Deane
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Starry Nights and Stardust
Rescue pets and reliquaries, asteroids and a crown of thorns, with Gail Seekamp, Fiona Hyland, AM Cousins, Conor Horgan, Jim Sperin, Mary O’Malley and Denise Blake