Liz Nolan lizlyricfm

23/07/2024

A study in sound... Martin Fröst cond. Sveriges Symfoniorkester / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohn's Symphony No.3 "Scottish"- a Berwaldhallen concert. While
Goldner String Quartet explore Hamilton Harty's Quartet No.2, & Kiri Te sings R. Strauss. 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm

18/07/2024

French finesse! The Leonore Piano Trio present an exceptional European Broadcasting Union - EBU concert- Piano Trios by Fauré & Ravel. While Alberto Portugheis triumphs in Khachaturian's Piano Concerto, & The Choir of Royal Holloway sing Ola Gjeilo. 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm

17/07/2024

Fresh and fair... Isata Kanneh-Mason stars in Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto- a The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
concert, as Dinis cond. Royal Northern Sinfonia
in Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony No.3. While Janoska Ensemble take on Bernstein's Candide, & Ailish Tynan sings Harty. 1-4pm
RTÉ lyric fm

16/07/2024

Heroes of a devilishly great National Symphony Orchestra Summer Lunchtime Concert! Paweł Waleski Royal Irish Academy of Music triumphed in Liszt's Totentanz 💀💪🎹, as maestro Gavin Maloney helmed Mussorgsky's Night on a Bare Mountain & Ballet Music from Gounod's Faust with infernal panache...

Listen back to RTÉ lyric fm 📻

15/07/2024

New horizons...In a Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele concert, as Armida Quartett take on Mozart's "Dissonance" Quartet & Haydn's op.76 Quartet "Sunrise". While Mark Bebbington celebrates Pastoral Poulenc w/ Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, & Colette Delahunt sop. sings a Barber ode to evening. 1-4pm
RTÉ lyric fm (📸 Oliver Borchert)

11/07/2024

Endless song... Julia Hagen - Cellist takes on Dvořák's Cello Concerto- a European Broadcasting Union - EBU concert, as Andrés Orozco-Estrada cond. Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) in Strauss' Rosenkavalier Suite. While Collegium Vocale Gent proclaim Bach's B minor Mass 👼. 1-4pm
RTÉ lyric fm (📸 Wilfredo Amaya)

10/07/2024

Infinite variety... Henning Kraggerud (Official) joins Irish Chamber Orchestra for his own arrangement of Bach's Goldberg Variations- a University Concert Hall concert. While Hugh pf. embarks on Chopin's Op.60 Barcarolle, & Dawn Upshaw sings Górecki. 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm

09/07/2024

Opera heaven! And a full house for the latest National Symphony Orchestra Summer Lunchtime Concert. RTÉ lyric fm

08/07/2024

Blazing brilliance... Alina Ibragimova stars in Mozart's "Turkish" Violin Concerto 5- a Mozartfest Würzburg concert, as Maxim cond. Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Mendelssohn's "Scottish" Symphony & Hebrides Overture. While Fieri Consort celebrate Barbara Strozzi, & Gabriela Montero goes Beyond Bach. 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm (📸 Joss McKinley)

04/07/2024

Night of dreams... Today's features "Nuit Fantastique"- latest top-notch 🔥🌟 release from Romain Leleu Sextet, with vivid transcriptions of classical & jazz gems. Listen up! 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm

04/07/2024

C'est l'Empereur! Martin Garcia Garcia triumphs in Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto No.5- a European Broadcasting Union - EBU
concert, as Michal cond. Polish Radio Orchestra. While Gabrieli Consort Players proclaim Berlioz' Grande Messe des Morts, & Roberto Alagna sings Donizetti. 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm (📸 Samuel Pereira)

03/07/2024

Music and love mark a Irish Chamber Orchestra concert- Sharon Carty Mezzo-soprano sings from Mahler's Rückert Lieder, as Killian Farrell dir. Prokofiev's "Classical" & Mozart's "Jupiter" Symphonies at University Concert Hall. While National Symphony Orchestra celebrate Bill Whelan's Riverdance, & Polyphony sing Bruckner. 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm

02/07/2024

True blues! A fabulous performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue by Rowel Friers - part of today's National Symphony Orchestra Summer Lunchtime Concert National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland. Broadcast live RTÉ lyric fm - the snazziest gig in town! 🎉🎶😎🎹

27/06/2024

Romantic revelation! Chloé van Soeterstède - conductor dir. Norrköpings Symfoniorkester in her Symphony No.1 by Emilie Mayer, plus Beethoven's Symphony No.8- a European Broadcasting Union - EBU concert. While Ophélie Gaillard takes on C.P.E. Bach, & Maria sings Bellini's Norma. 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm (📸 Olivia da Costa)

26/06/2024

Dreamer of dreams... Norbert Anger - Violoncello stars in R. Strauss' Don Quixote- a Semperoper Dresden concert, as Antonio Pappano cond. Staatskapelle Dresden in Reger's Variations on a Theme by Mozart. While Cecilia Bartoli sings Neapolitan opera, & Ray Chen takes on Tartini's Devil's Trill 😈. 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm (📸 Andrej Grilc)

25/06/2024

A beautiful National Symphony Orchestra Lunchtime Concert starring Phoebe White- poet of the violin in Chausson's Poème! 🎻🌺👏 Listen back here: https://www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/full-score/

Backstage at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland with violinist Phoebe White and presenter Liz Nolan lizlyricfm at today’s Summer Lunchtime Concert with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Finucane 🎶

25/06/2024

Join Liz Nolan live from the stage of the National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland for another lunchtime concert from the National Symphony Orchestra as violinist Phoebe White takes centre-stage for Chausson's Poème for violin and orchestra with former principal clarinet, John Finucane, conducting.

📻https://www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/

24/06/2024

Romantic fervour... Cristian Macelaru cond. WDR Sinfonieorchester in Brahms' Symphony No.2, plus excerpts from Dvořák "Legends"- a Kölner Philharmonie concert. While Jonas Kaufmann sings Pagliacci, & Takács Quartet explore Beethoven Razumovsky Quartet #1. 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm. (📸 Dana Moica)

20/06/2024

Lionheart... Late British maestro Andrew Davis helms an all-Vaughan Williams Bridgewater Heritage Hall concert, w/ BBC Philharmonic & Hallé Choir - feat. the master's Symphony No.4 & "Toward the Unknown Region". While The Sixteen soar with Allegri, & Borodin Quartet play Shostakovich. 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm

19/06/2024

A living legacy... Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla cond. Staatskapelle Dresden for Vaughan Williams' Thomas Tallis Fantasia, while Rudolf traverses Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1- a Semperoper Dresden concert. Plus- Janoska Ensemble take on Sarasate, & Rolando Villazón sings Ponchielli. 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm

18/06/2024

What a beautiful, multi-faceted programme for today's National Symphony Orchestra Summer Lunchtime concert- wonderful playing under maestra Gabriella Teychenné , and with a stellar performance by Martin Johnson ! 🎶🔥🎻 National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland RTÉ lyric fm

17/06/2024

Sweet youth! Lise de la Salle Officiel stars in Mozart's "Jeunehomme" Piano Concerto- a European Broadcasting Union - EBU concert, as Karl-Heinz Steffens cond. Norrköpings Symfoniorkester in Respighi's Trittico Botticelliano. While Joshua Bell explores fin de siècle France, & Colette Delahunt presents a new Lieder release. 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm

13/06/2024

To the mighty monster! Maestro Philippe Jordan helms Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai in a seafaring concert- feat. Mendelssohn, Britten, & Debussy's La Mer. While Voces8 Foundation take up Eric Whitacre's "Sleep",& Lang Lang - 郎朗 revels in Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals.1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm (📸 Michael Poehn)

12/06/2024

Lovely memories of presenting at this year's Limerick Sings International Choral Festival- such happy and inspiring concerts 🎶🤩👏! Huge congrats to all the participating choirs, and to director Sinead Hope & team University Concert Hall. RTÉ lyric fm

12/06/2024

Classic revelation... Haydn's Cello Concerto No.1 is charted by Andreas Brantelid- a Berwaldhallen concert, as Andrew cond. Swedish Chamber Orchestra for Schubert's Symphony No.4 "Tragic". While Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker dance to Strauss' Fledermaus, & Cecilia Bartoli is Bellini's Elvira. 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm. (📸 Ida Wang)

10/06/2024

Summer is here! Hope you can join us, for the happiest gigs of the season... 🎉🕺🎶💃🎶😎

This year’s live Summer Lunchtime concert series returns tomorrow! Join Liz Nolan lizlyricfm live from the stage of the National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland as the National Symphony Orchestra alongside soprano Megan O’Neill and conductor Samy Rachid begin their lunchtime concert series live on The Full Score. 🎶😍

Tuesday’s line up includes:
Mozart: Overture La clemenza di Tito
Handel: Non disperar, chi sa? Giulio Cesare
Mozart: Ach ich fuhls The Magic Flute
Rossini: Overture William Tell
Donizetti: Chacun le sait from La fille du Régiment
Offenbach: Les oiseaux dans la charmille (The Doll Song) from The Tales of Hoffmann
Saint-Saens: Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila

RTÉ lyric fm, Tuesday 11th June, 1pm

10/06/2024

La vie bohème! The Official Julia Fischer stars in a Kölner Philharmonie concert- w/ Suk's Violin Fantasy op.24, as Cristian Macelaru cond. WDR Sinfonieorchester in Dvořák's Symphony No.7. While Juliane Banse sings Mozart, & The Philadelphia Orchestra take up Vaughan Williams' ode to Tallis. 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm

07/06/2024

Swingle-tastic! An absolute vocal feast delivered by the iconic The Swingles at Limerick Sings International Choral Festival Gala Concert University Concert Hall - what a thrill to meet my vocal heroes 🤩🎶🎉

06/06/2024

White-hot! 反田恭平 Kyohei Sorita commands the ivories for Brahms' Piano Concerto No.1- a Suntory Hall concert, as
Alan Gilbert dir. NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester. While
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra take on Classical Prokofiev, &
Angela Gheorghiu is Puccini's Butterfly. 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm

05/06/2024

Shadow and light... Cuarteto Casals perform Haydn's "Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross"- a Fundación Juan March concert. While it's new Irish music in Michael Doherty's Concertino on Albanian Themes, & Vittorio Grigolo sings Roman romance. 1-4pm RTÉ lyric fm (📸 David Ruano)