Pianist Guy Livingston takes us on his quest for silence in music, from medieval chant to the future sounds of a trip to Mars. Presenter : Guy Livingston

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Zoë Comyns tells the story of the relatively unknown Cork born writer and composer Ethel Voynich who sold millions of copies of her anti-Catholic novel The Gadfly in Russia in the early 1900s, campaigned with Russian anarchists to overthrow the Tsar.

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Poet Jane Clarke explores the Avonmore River in County Wicklow through poetry and conversation.

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In “The Golden Museum” J.J. O`Shea reflects on his experience as the child of Irish immigrants in London in the mid-twentieth century. The story is told through interweaving threads of original music and song, poetry.

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In episode two, presenter Jonathan Grimes joins Nick Roth in Massey’s Estate in the Dublin mountains, where the composer and saxophonist leads a music and nature workshop with children.

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This two-part documentary series, presented by Jonathan Grimes of the CMC, explores how Irish composers are responding to the climate and biodiversity crisis through their work. Episode 1: Once Heard You Can't Unhear It

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This Friday 10/01/25 sees the Irish release of Maria,a biopic of Maria Callas with Angelina Jolie in the title role. But Liz Nolan got there first with a 2023 radio documentary where she told the story of the singer who she first encountered as a teenage soprano.

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Poet Gerald Dawe explores the enduring appeal of the west of Ireland landscapes to writers and artists.

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A Dream of Foreign Lands commemorates the 40th anniversary of Rum Sodomy & The Lash, the groundbreaking album by The Pogues. Musician and musicologist Mike Glennon delves into the album’s enduring creative and cultural significance.

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The premiere of a new opera by composer Irene Buckley, inspired by the poem Chaoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire.

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