Listen back to this fascinating new 20 min choral composition by Rhona Clarke at 1:06:00 'Points of Light ' based on poems about the sun, moon, and stars.

https://www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/lyric-live/2025/1128/1546428-rte-lyric-live-friday-28-november-2025/

National Symphony Chorus Ireland:
celebrates its 40th anniversary in the company of National Symphony Orchestra Ireland with choral music to soothe the heart and stir the soul.
#nsoi #nsci #ireland #lyricfm #Symphony #concert #contemporarymusic #choral #chorus

"Scallops are neither male nor female. They can be both, or they can switch: male to female, female to male, according to the seasons and their biological needs. Scallop gender is as fluid as the ocean that they live within."

Anja Murray, Naturefile, on Ireland's Lyric FM (5 mins)
https://www.rte.ie/radio/podcasts/22292115-naturefile/

#nature #scallop #radio #podcast #mollusc #biology #zoology #NaturalHistory #LyricFM #gender

Time to switch over to #MartyInTheMornings on #LyricFM for the mornings. Just can't be handling the full on news at that time of day

After a day at the computer, I'm letting the day ring out with #TheBlueOfTheNight on #LyricFM and using this pumpkin that a friend gave me as colour inspo for some collage papers.

#mastoart #gelprinting #colormixing

Beautiful Ambient Orbit Special live broadcast from Trinity College Dublin on #lyricfm now til midnight. https://www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/

#music #culturenight #mastodaoine

https://journalofmusic.com/reviews/composer-s-guide-cataclysm
A #Composer's Guide to #Cataclysm
#RTÉ #LyricFM recently broadcast a two-part #radio #documentary 'We Only Want the Earth', on 17 and 24 March, on #Irish #composers and #climate change, by Jonathan #Grimes of the #Contemporary #Music Centre. James Camien #McGuiggan reviews. #JournalOfMusic.
#CMC
https://www.cmc.ie/amplify/weonlywanttheearth

Stephen Graham recounted the absurd #carbon #footprint of #orchestral touring: a hundred and more #musicians flying back and forth.
#climatechange

A Composer's Guide to Cataclysm

RTÉ Lyric FM recently broadcast a two-part documentary on Irish composers and climate change, presented and produced by Jonathan Grimes of the Contemporary Music Centre. James Camien McGuiggan reviews.

The Journal of Music | News, Reviews and Opinion
Happy May Day 25th #Birthday 🎂 #RTE #LyricFM 🎉
Lifting our hearts every day for 25 years!
https://www.limerick.ie/discover/whats-on/music/rte-lyric-fm-25-concert
@lizlyricfm @BernardBlue
#Limerick University Concert Hall
"Join us as we celebrate our 25th birthday in Limerick, home of RTÉ lyric fm, with a gala concert featuring the music of Puccini, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Bizet, Morricone, Bernstein, John Williams, Strauss, Copland, Mascagni, Mancini, Alan Menken, Dvorak and more!"
@hutchingsmusic
@BernardBlue This is a very accessible piece.

@hutchingsmusic the #LyricFM Composers for Climate programmes a few Sunday evenings ago had interviews with Irish composers on this theme.
Second of 2 Lyric Features on #Irish #Composers and the #Climate #Crisis
Listen back on #rte.ie radio #LyricFM 6PM Sun 24 March.
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I'm listening to Lyric FM this morning, and I may never turn it off. It is a BALM for the mind. ❤️

https://www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/lyric-live/

#LyricFM #music #ClassicalMusic #AmListening #NowPlaying #radio