Episodes
Musicologist Michael Lee looks the intimate relationship between music and art.
Published 07/01/23
Vlad Smishkewych unravels the world of meaning inferred by the musical term 'Chamber Music', exploring it's very origins.
Published 06/30/23
Following a performance of Schumann's Violin Sonata No.1 in A minor Op.105 by Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien, Bernard Clarke delves into the life of Robert Schumann.
Published 06/24/23
Following Mairéad Hicky and Jeremie Moreau's duet of Grazyna Bacewicz's Sonata de Camera at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2023, musicologist Michael Lee looks at the work of the female polish composer and violinist.
Published 06/23/23
Michael Murphy looks at the activity of the choral directors in Limerick and nationally, getting a sense of the immense work they do behind the scenes.
Published 05/26/23
Irish composer Karen Power delves into the world of her bold new commission - a work inspired by a research trip to the South Pole.
Published 04/23/23
Elizabeth Hilliard talks to women composers hearing their experiences as artists, their hopes for the future fifty years from now, and what they feel needs to change to make that vision happen.
Published 04/21/23
Broadcaster Tom Crann shares his appreciation for the 1984 biographical picture, Amadeus.
Published 03/31/23
Sandy Burnett looks at Tchaikovsky's 'Fate' Symphony - Symphony No. 4 in F minor.
Published 03/24/23
Philip Hammond looks at the music of the great Finnish Composer Jean Sibelius.
Published 02/10/23
Phillip Hammond looks at the music of the great Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
Published 02/10/23
Michael Grant delves into the personal and professional life of famed French composer, Joseph Maurice Ravel.
Published 02/03/23
Paul Herriott caught up with Danielle de Niese before rehearsals to chat about her work and time spent in Ireland this year.
Published 02/03/23
Musicologist Michael Lee investigates the musical legacy of the multi-talented French poet Jean Cocteau.
Published 01/27/23
Musicologist Michael Lee examines Beethoven's Seventh Symphony and it’s undisclosed Irish Connection.
Published 01/20/23
Musicologist Michael Lee explores the origins of a flourishing dance culture in 19th century Vienna.
Published 01/13/23
What is the Neo-Classical Style, and where did it come from? Musicologist Michael Lee peruses these very questions.
Published 01/06/23
Musicologist Michael Lee explores the age-old art of the Cadenza.
Published 12/02/22
Carmina Burana by Carl Orff might be the only work that he’s famous for but there’s a lot more to the composer than meets the eye. Sandy Burnett sheds some light on this German composer who lived through some of the most turbulent times in Germany’s history, and who found himself making some controversial choices along the way.
Published 11/25/22
Sandy Burnett explores the life and music of Austrian composer, Johann Strauss II.
Published 11/04/22
Paul catches up with conductor Francesco Cilluffo and some of the cast of tonight's opera
Published 11/03/22
David Vivian Russell talks about the history violin concerto and its place in musical repertoire.
Published 10/28/22
Sandy Burnett questions just what made Beethoven tick.
Published 10/07/22
Vlad Smishkewych looks at the violin and how it became the symbol of orchestral classical music.
Published 09/30/22
Conductor Victoria Zhadko recently come to Ireland from Ukraine she talks to Paul about her life and that journey.
Published 09/23/22