The Lyric Feature

By RTÉ

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.... more

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The podcast currently has 394 episodes available.

The Lyric Feature episodes:

October 13, 2024 Magic on a Winter’s Night | The Lyric Feature
Mary Brophy goes behind the scenes at the 71st Wexford Festival Opera as Artistic Director Rosetta Cucchi and her teams orchestrate their particular brand of alchemy.
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October 06, 2024 Building a Ballet | The Lyric Feature
The Lyric Feature returns for a new series opening with Building a Ballet one of the five Lyric Features shortlisted at the 2024 IMRO awards.
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53min
June 30, 2024 From Kingstown to Dun Laoghaire | The Lyric Feature
On this week’s Lyric Feature, we remember the poet, lecturer and regular contributor to our programmes Gerald Dawe who died last month.
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53min
June 23, 2024 No Journey’s End | The Lyric Feature
Michael O’Shea was a musician from Carlingford, Co Louth who released one self-titled album in 1982 that is now regarded as a masterpiece of the Psychedelic Folk genre. Performed on oak door rescued from a skip in Munich.
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58min
June 16, 2024 Maggie from Mayo | The Lyric Feature
‘Discovered’ by Guglielmo Marconi while singing at a fashionable soiree in London, the famous inventor subsequently brought Sheridan to Italy, to pursue her dream of becoming an opera singer.
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52min
June 09, 2024 These Things I Wish | The Lyric Feature
As a child, Bairbre O'Hogan remembers her mother bringing an elderly friend to do her weekly shopping in Dún Laoghaire. Bairbre knew her as MrsVerschoyle, she only later appreciated just how successful and prolific an author she had been.
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55min
June 02, 2024 Imogen Stuart and Michael Coady
The sculptor Imogen Stuart and the poet Michael Coady died within a day of each
other on the 24 and 25th of March this year.
Each is remembered with a programme from the RTÉ archive in this evening’s Lyric Feature.
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58min
May 26, 2024 Maria, La Callas
To mark the centenary of her birth, Liz Nolan explores the life and legacy of Maria Callas, the iconic Greek soprano, widely regarded as the most significant, inspiring and provocative opera star of the modern age.
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58min
May 19, 2024 Feather and Flock Pt 3 - Lapwing | The Lyric Feature
Lapwings are any of various ground-nesting birds akin to plovers and dotterels. They range from 10 to 16 inches in length, and are noted for their slow, irregular wingbeats in flight and a shrill, wailing cry.
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52min
May 12, 2024 Feather & Flock - Pt 2 Jay | The Lyric Feature
Jays are colourful, vocal, and highly intelligent woodland birds. In this episode ecologist Anja Murray and musician Brían Mac Gloinn meet ornithologist Seán Ronayne in an autumn woodland to listen to stories these birds’ incredible capacity for mimicry.
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51min

FAQs about The Lyric Feature:

How many episodes does The Lyric Feature have?

The podcast currently has 394 episodes available.