The Lyric Feature

Arts & Culture Podcasts

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.

Location:

United States

Genres:

Arts & Culture Podcasts

Culture

Description:

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.

Language:

English

Website:

https://www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/the-lyric-feature/

Episodes

For the record | The Lyric Feature

Laoise O’Brien has spent the past twenty-five years championing an instrument often unfairly perceived as an instrument of torture, the recorder. Join Laoise as she embarks on a journey to tell the story of the recorder and its development during the ages.

Duration:00:58:16

A Portrait of the Artist as a Radio Documentary

An audio portrait of painter James Hanley, told through the eyes of his sitters, fellow artists, buyers, family and friends, a story of being creative, connecting and making a life in the uncertain world of the arts.

Duration:00:46:17

The Bard of Armagh | The Lyric Feature

Micil Ned Quinn from Mullaghbawn in Co. Armagh was immersed in the folk arts from childhood and grew up to be a renowned traditional singer and songwriter. This programme celebrates and reflects upon the rural life and culture from which he came and that he himself embodied. (First tx 190323)

Duration:00:56:02

Calling the Curlew Home | The Lyric Feature

Ireland is on the verge of losing its population of breeding curlew, but could our songs, stories and art help us to save it?

Duration:00:55:21

Chorus Noster Recolat | The Lyric Feature

An examination of the earliest notated music in Ireland: Medieval Monastic Chant.

Duration:00:56:29

We Only Want The Earth: Episode 2 | The Lyric Feature

We Only Want The Earth: Can music help us face the climate crisis?

Duration:00:54:26

We Only Want The Earth: Episode 1 | The Lyric Feature

We Only Want The Earth: Can music help us face the climate crisis?

Duration:00:53:59

Building a Ballet | The Lyric Feature

The story of the women behind Dublin's forgotten National Ballet Company.

Duration:00:50:29

Queen of Nightclubs | The Lyric Feature

The story of Irishwoman Kate Meyrick who operated the most decadent London nightclubs of the Jazz Age

Duration:00:48:25

A Living Voice, Episode 2: Donegal | The Lyric Feature

Traditional Irish musicians from Donegal reinterpret scores collected by Séamus Ennis in the 1940s.

Duration:00:50:26

A Living Voice, Episode 1: Connemara | The Lyric Feature

This two-part series presented by J.J. O'Shea brings us the fruits of a project initiated by folklorist Ríonach Uí Ógáin and supported by the Irish Traditional Music Archive. The project revisits The Irish Folklore Commission's collection of tunes and songs which were transcribed and notated by Séamus Ennis in Connemara and Donegal.

Duration:00:50:33

The Salt of Something New | The Lyric Feature

Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan presents six poets from four continents who are making their mark on the world of Irish poetry.

Duration:00:42:40

A Place of Pointed Stones | The Lyric Feature

In A Place of Pointed Stones, Jessica Traynor explores the history and folklore of Banagher with local historian James Scully, and we hear new poems and a new song inspired by her research

Duration:00:39:00

Writing Yourself Home | The Lyric Feature

Writing Yourself Home is presented by the Irish born but Manchester based poet Vona Groarke. Through a series of conversations with four fellow Irish poets, Vona muses on the complex relationship between national identity and writing.

Duration:00:42:02

From Kingstown to Dun Laoghaire | The Lyric Feature

Gerald Dawe explores the social and cultural history of Dun Laoghaire, where he has lived for over 30 years, in poetry and conversation.

Duration:00:40:59

Reflections on Lough Derg | The Lyric Feature

Poet Eleanor Hooker reflects on Lough Derg and its place in the lives of those who live near it and on it

Duration:00:39:51

Wild Nephin | The Lyric Feature

Poet Seán Lysaght explores the Wild Nephin area of north Mayo. For more episodes of The Lyric Feature go to the RTÉ lyric fm Podcasts.

Duration:00:40:48

A Portrait of the Artist as a Radio Documentary | The Lyric Feature

The portrait painter James Hanley is the subject as sitter in this audio portrait of his life and work.

Duration:00:45:16

The Dawning of the Day | The Lyric Feature

The story behind Patrick Kavanagh's On Raglan Road

Duration:00:53:28

For The Record | The Lyric Feature

Laoise O'Brien explores a millennium of music through her own experiences as a recorder player.

Duration:00:56:42