The Lyric Feature

'Wild' tells the story of Ireland's landscapes and its wildlife across past, present and future, exploring the ever changing relationship between people and nature through time. Written and presented by Anja Murray Original music score by Margie Jean Lewis Produced by Anja Murray & Lenny Antonelli Producer for lyric: Eoin O Kelly

Diarmuid McIntyre and Cristín Leach go down to the sunny banks of the Bride river as they immerse themselves in the luminous colours of William McKeown’s 2005 “Hope Painting (Going Through the Looking Glass)” from the Collection of the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Produced by Diarmuid McIntyre / Grey Heron Media (First broadcast 21st Aug 2018)

Writer Sara Baume and radio producer Regan Hutchins hit Cape Clear Island to find rare vagrant birds but find some meaning to life instead. Presented and produced by Regan Hutchins. Producer for RTE lyric fm: Eoin O Kelly (First broadcast October 2020)

Back in February, the most unique orchestra in the world came together and played a concert. Most of them had never met each other before and none of them, including the conductor, had any idea what kind of music they were going to play. Presented and Produced by Ross Hannon Producer for lyric: Eoin O'Kelly (First broadcast October 2020)

Sappho's Daughter an epic poem by Theo Dorgan performed by Olwen Fouéré and Barry McGovern with a musical score by Colm Mac Con Iomaire. Written by Theo Dorgan Performed by Olwen Fouéré and Barry McGovern Producer: Eoin O Kelly

Through a mix of documentary and drama, 'Last Thoughts' examines the life and work of Ireland's greatest classical composer, John Field. Producer Marc Ivan O'Gorman Producer for lyric: Eoin O Kelly

Saucy Mistress Boldface is a peek through a Georgian window at life for women from 1746 to 1751 through a series of 221 letters from the Bishop Of Elphin to his only teenage daughter Alicia. We hear about music, fashions, lazy servants, exotic fruits and women’s health. Narrated and produced by Angie Mezzetti Producer for lyric: Eoin O Kelly

Claire Cunningham tells the story of how the tiny island of Inishlacken, off the coast of Galway, inspired three Belfast artists 70 years ago and continues to inspire artists today. Presented and produced by Claire Cunningham. A Rockfinch Production. Sound supervision by Tinpot Productions Producer for lyric: Eoin O Kelly

Kevin Barry's Island Time and Louise Manifold's On the Ice Edge. Work from Aerial / Sparks at Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture. Produced by Eoin O Kelly and Elizabeth Laragy

Island Time is a multimedia monologue written and performed by Kevin Barry at Inis Oírr Lighthouse. Sound design is by Foley artist Jean McGrath and the piece was made with support from the Commissioners of the Irish Lights. Produced by Eoin O Kelly and Elizabeth Laragy

On the Ice Edge is a sound composition by Louise Manifold which was inspired by the artist’s participation in survey work on board the Marine Institute’s Celtic Explorer. It features original text by Louise Manifold performed by Adrian Crowley, sound recordings by John Brennan and Louise Manifold with sound design by foley artist Jean McGrath.

One Day is a work of fiction which tells the story of a day in the life of a small village in the west of Ireland. Narrator/author: Louis de Paor Music: Dana Lyn Sound design: David Munro Sound mix: Alan Kelly. A Rockfinch Production Producer for lyric: Eoin O Kelly

Dráma véarsaíochta agus ceoil is ea ‘Lá dá raibh’ mar a bhfuil a dhán féin á aithris ag an bhfile Louis de Paor le ceol nuachumtha ón gcumadóir Meiriceánach Dana Lyn. Scéal/scéalaí: Louis de Paor Ceol: Dana Lyn Dearadh fuaime: David Munro Meascadh fuaime: Alan Kelly A Rockfinch Production Producer for lyric: Eoin O Kelly

An exploration of the rich diversity of flora and fauna and archaeological sites along the River Inny in South Kerry. Presented and produced by JJ O’Shea Producer for Lyric: Eoin O Kelly

Singers Iarla Ó Lionáird and Veronica Dunne discuss the journey of the human voice and ask, why do we sing and what happens when we do? An Athena Media production Producer: Helen Shaw Audio editor: Pearse Ó Caoimh Producer for lyric: Eoin O Kelly (First Broadcast December 26th 2017)

Singers Iarla Ó Lionaird and Peggy Seeger discuss the global journey of the human voice and ask, why do we sing and what happens when we do? An Athena Media production Producer: Helen Shaw Audio Editor: Pearse O Caoimh. Producer for lyric fm: Eoin O Kelly (First broadcast 24th March 2017)

Singers Iarla Ó Lionáird and Glen Hansard discuss the global journey of the human voice and ask, why do we sing and what happens when we do? An Athena Media production Producer: Helen Shaw Audio Editor: Pearse O Caoimh. Producer for lyric fm: Eoin O Kelly (First broadcast 29th October 2017)

Cristín Leach and Diarmuid McIntyre accept the invitation of Norah McGuinness' 1962 still life painting "Garden Green" to throw open the doors and escape into a world shaped by artistic possibility. Hugh Lane Gallery Collection, oil on canvas. Produced by Diarmuid McIntyre / Grey Heron Media (First Broadcast June 12th 2018)

Singer Iarla Ó Lionáird and composer Linda Buckley discuss the journey of the human voice and ask, why do we sing and what happens when we do? An Athena Media production Producer: Helen Shaw Audio Editor: Pearse O Caoimh. Producer for lyric fm: Eoin O Kelly (First broadcast 3rd December 2017)

The life and work of Brian O'Nolan and his many alter egos through a playful mixture of interviews and dramatization. Producer: Marc-Ivan O'Gorman Producer for lyric fm: Eoin O Kelly

In Bax, Ireland and 1916, Aidan Thomson and guests explore the English composer Arnold Bax's complex and unusual relationship with Ireland, Irishness and Patrick Pearse. Presented by Aidan Thomson Produced by Eoin O Kelly

Mary Brophy and guests on the natural world and how we describe it. Presenter: Mary Brophy Producer Neal Boyle Producer for lyric: Eoin O Kelly (First broadcast 18th November 2018)

'Stranieri' tells the story of extraordinary European musicians who were recruited to the RTE Symphony Orchestra when it was founded in 1948. Presented and Produced by Angie Mezzetti Producer for lyric: Eoin O Kelly

An imaginative journey through recorded sounds with Chris Watson and Luke Clancy. Sound Supervision: Ruth Kennington Producer: Kevin Brew Series Producer, Drama On One: Kevin Reynolds Producer for lyric: Eoin O Kelly (First broadcast October 2020 RTÉ Radio 1 Drama On One)

Ye Vagabonds Brían Mac Gloinn tells the story in word and song of the rescue of 18 Dutch sailors off Arranmore Island 80 years ago this month. Written, presented and performed by Brían Mac Gloinn, Produced by Brían Mac Gloinn and Eoin O Kelly Sound Supervision: Damian Chennells

Celebrating 35 years of the Irish Youth Wind Ensemble. Presented by Máire Nic Gearailt A Pine Valley Productions feature, commissioned by Irish Youth Wind Ensemble Producer for lyric: Eoin O Kelly

The late Derek Mahon’s long poem The Hudson Letter read by Stephen Rea and Dawn Bradfield set to a soundtrack recorded along the Hudson River and music by Peter Browne. (The programme was first broadcast on RTE Radio 1 on Christmas Day 2001.)

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 & Produced by Guy Livingston Sound: Erik Hense Producer for lyric: Eoin O Kelly (First broadcast 19/04/20)

Tenor Ian Bostridge and mezzo soprano Natalie Perez on song settings composed by Beethoven.

Tenor Graham Johnson on song settings composed by Beethoven.

The second of two programmes about the life and work of the Irish composer, conductor, teacher and musicologist, Aloys Fleischmann. Producer: Celia Donoghue (First broadcast: 10th April 2010)

Rediscovering the life and work of the modernist, anarchist, Irish-born poet Lola Ridge. Presenter/producer: Claire Cunningham. Producer for lyric: Eoin O'Kelly (First broadcast 8th Sept 2019)

The first of two programmes about the life and work of the Irish composer, conductor, teacher and musicologist, Aloys Fleischmann. Producer: Celia Donoghue Production Co-ordinator: Eoin O Kelly (First broadcast: 3rd April 2010)

Aisteach, meaning strange, is the 'Avant-garde Archive of Ireland.' The artists' works preserved in its collection radically alters our view of the Irish artistic heritage. Presented and produced by Tom Roseingrave Producer for lyric: Eoin O Kelly

Cross Currents is a three-part series, narrated by award-winning actor Barry McGovern, exploring Irish composers’ work from 1975 to 1985. An Athena Media production made in partnership with the Contemporary Music Centre. Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley (First Broadcast 2016)

A portrait of Sydney Owenson, later Lady Morgan, the 19th century celebrity cult figure who penned the influential novel: The Wild Irish Girl. A Heritage Music production. Presented and Produced by Una Hunt. Producer for lyric: Eoin O'Kelly

Cross Currents is a three-part series, narrated by award-winning actor Barry McGovern, exploring Irish composers’ work from 1975 to 1985. An Athena Media production made in partnership with the Contemporary Music Centre. Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley (First Broadcast 2016)

Zoë Comyns explores the life of Ethel Voynich, the Cork born writer, revolutionary and composer who became a Soviet literary sensation. Presented & Produced by Zoë Comyns Producer for lyric: Eoin O'Kelly (First broadcast March 2020)

Singers Ian Bostridge, Natalie Perez and Sophie Daneman on Beethoven's settings of Irish folk songs. Presenter and Producer: Jon Tolansky Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley

Cross Currents is a three-part series, narrated by award-winning actor Barry McGovern, exploring Irish composers’ work from 1975 to 1985. Producer/researcher/recordist: Jonathan Grimes. Producer: Helen Shaw. Audio Editor: Amy Millar. Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley (First Broadcast 2016)

Writer Sara Baume and radio producer Regan Hutchins hit Cape Clear Island to find rare vagrant birds but find some meaning to life instead. Presented and produced by Regan Hutchins. Producer for lyric fm: Eoin O'Kelly

Back in February, the most unique orchestra in the world came together and played a concert. Most of them had never met each other before and none of them, including the conductor, had any idea what kind of music they were going to play. Presented and Produced by Ross Hannon Producer for lyric: Eoin O'Kelly

A Symphonic Life is an intimate portrayal of Ireland's most prolific symphonist, John Kinsella. Presenter: Mary Boyle Producer: Neal Boyle Producer for lyric: Eoin O’Kelly (First Broadcast 2019)

Liz Nolan presents a commemorative programme on the anniversary of Joan Sutherland's death on the 10th of October 2010. (First broadcast 2011) Producer: Eoin O'Kelly

'Wild' tells the story of Ireland's landscapes and its wildlife across past, present and future, exploring the ever changing relationship between people and nature through time. Written and presented by Anja Murray Original music score by Margie Jean Lewis Produced by Anja Murray and Lenny Antonelli Producer for lyric: Eoin O Kelly

Poet Pat Boran brings us on a poetic exploration of Bull Island in Dublin Bay. Producer: Claire Cunningham A Rockfinch Production Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley

Bernard Clarke explores the music of the Doors Producer: Sarah Blake (First Broadcast 2013)

An exploration of the powerful and enigmatic poem 'The Song of Amergin' and the ancient Milesian legend in which it appears. Producer: JJ O’Shea. Producer for lyric fm: Eoin O Kelly

Robert Sheehan narrates Wilde Stories, a re-imagining of Oscar Wilde through the prism of his fairytales The Happy Prince and Other Stories. Reader: Brian Gleeson Narrator: Robert Sheehan Producer: Helen Shaw An Athena Media production. Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley (First broadcast 2016)

Sappho's Daughter an epic poem by Theo Dorgan performed by Olwen Fouéré and Barry McGovern with a musical score by Colm Mac Con Iomaire. Written by Theo Dorgan Performed by Olwen Fouéré and Barry McGovern Music by Colm Mac Con Iomaire Producer: Eoin O Kelly

Robert Sheehan narrates Wilde Stories, a re-imagining of Oscar Wilde through the prism of his fairytales The Happy Prince and Other Stories. Reader: Lauren Coe Narrator: Robert Sheehan Producer: Helen Shaw for Athena Media Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley (First broadcast 2016)

Actor Robert Sheehan narrates Wilde Stories, a creative re-imagining of Oscar Wilde through the prism of his fairytales The Happy Prince and Other Stories. Part 3 brings us The Remarkable Rocket. Reader: Brian Gleeson Narrator: Robert Sheehan Producer: Helen Shaw An Athena Media production. Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley (First broadcast 2016)

The Collectors follows British folk singer & song collector, Sam Lee, on the search for forgotten traditional songs from Ireland’s Traveller Communities, before they disappear forever. Producer: Julien Clancy. Producer for lyric fm: Olga Buckley (First Broadcast July 2015)

Actor Robert Sheehan narrates Wilde Stories, a creative re-imagining of Oscar Wilde through the prism of his fairytales The Happy Prince and Other Stories. Part 2 brings us The Devoted Friend. Reader: Lauren Coe Narrator: Robert Sheehan Producer: Helen Shaw An Athena Media production. Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley (First broadcast 2016)

Curt Adler explores the intriguing parallel lives of two musical Parisians, Marcel Proust and Erik Satie. Producer for lyric fm: Eoin O'Kelly

Robert Sheehan narrates Wilde Stories, a re-imagining of Oscar Wilde through the prism of his fairytales The Happy Prince and Other Stories. Narrator/Reader : Robert Sheehan Producer : Helen Shaw An Athena Media production. Producer for lyric fm: Olga Buckley

An intimate exploration of the life and work of veteran Donegal poet, Francis Harvey who died in November 2014. Presenter & Producer: Éamon Little. Producer for lyric fm: Eoin O Kelly

Brian McIvor unravels the mystery surrounding Allegri’s Miserere Mei, one of the most celebrated and hauntingly beautiful pieces of early music. Producer for RTÉ lyric fm: Olga Buckley (First Broadcast December 2014)

The story of a remarkable centenarian composer and a chillingly prophetic long lost film. Presenter/Producer: Jon Tolansky Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley

A profile of the experimental multi-instrumentalist and composer the late Jolyon Jackson. Presenter/Producer: Peter Curtin Producer for lyric: Eoin O'Kelly (First broadcast June 2017)

Singers Iarla Ó Lionáird and Peggy Seeger discuss the global journey of the human voice and ask, why do we sing and what happens when we do? Producer: Helen Shaw Audio editor: Pearse Ó Caoimh Producer for lyric fm: Olga Buckley (First TX March 2017)

The Road to Maritana is a three part series marking the bicentenary of the birth in 1812 of William Vincent Wallace whose adventures are the stuff of movies. Presented and Produced by Una Hunt A Heritage Music Production for RTE lyric fm Series Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley First broadcast Oct 2012

In a three-part series, Regan Hutchins joins artists, poets, friends and family to hear how we encounter morning, noon and night. Presenter/Producer: Regan Hutchins Series Producer for RTÉ lyric FM: Olga Buckley

The Road to Maritana is a three part series marking the bicentenary of the birth in 1812 of William Vincent Wallace whose adventures are the stuff of movies. Presented and Produced by Una Hunt A Heritage Music Production for RTE lyric fm Series Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley First broadcast Oct 2012

In a three-part series, Regan Hutchins joins artists, poets, friends and family to hear how we encounter morning, noon and night. Presenter: Regan Hutchins Producer: Regan Hutchins Series Producer for lyric fm: Olga Buckley

The Road to Maritana is a three part series marking the bicentenary of the birth in 1812 of William Vincent Wallace whose adventures are the stuff of movies. Presented and Produced by Una Hunt A Heritage Music Production for RTE lyric fm Series Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley First broadcast Oct 2012

In a three-part series, Regan Hutchins joins artists, poets, friends and family to hear how we encounter morning, noon and night. Presenter/Producer: Regan Hutchins Series Producer for lyric fm: Olga Buckley

Singer Iarla Ó’ Lionaird goes on a musical odyssey to discover the global phenomenon of the human voice. He talks to Sinéad O’Connor about her relationship with her voice. Producer: Helen Shaw Recordist: Michael Gallen Audio editor, Coordinator: Amy Millar An Athena Media production for RTE lyric fm Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley

Art critic Cristín Leach explores how ideas of Ireland and Irish identity have been visually represented, over three hundred years. Presenter: Cristín Leach Wrtten by: Mary Brophy Producer: Neal Boyle Producer for lyric fm: Eoin O'Kelly

Grainne Gavigan tells the story of Dick Farrelly whose song The Isle of Inisfree provided the musical theme for John Fords classic The Quiet Man. Presented & produced by Grainne Gavigan Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley

Art critic Cristín Leach explores how ideas of Ireland and Irish identity have been visually represented, over three hundred years. Presenter: Cristín Leach Wrtten by: Mary Brophy Producer: Neal Boyle Producer for lyric fm: Eoin O'Kelly

Art critic Cristín Leach explores how ideas of Ireland and Irish identity have been visually represented, over three hundred years. Presenter: Cristín Leach Wrtten by: Mary Brophy Producer: Neal Boyle Producer for lyric fm: Eoin O'Kelly

Art critic Cristín Leach explores how ideas of Ireland and Irish identity have been visually represented, over three hundred years. An IWR Media production for RTE lyric fm. Producer for lyric: Eoin O'Kelly

Ian Maleney explores the work of four contemporary Irish writers, and examines the traditions, landscapes, and ideas which run through their unique and surprising books. Producer/Presenter; Ian Maleney. Producer for lyric: Eoin O'Kelly

Dancing with Lucia reassess the artistic significance and legacy of Lucia Joyce as an artist in her own right. Producer/Presenter: Deirdre Mulrooney Producer for lyric: Eoin O'Kelly

Bernard Clarke chronicles the composition of Ulysses in the various cities that James Joyce resided in from 1908 to 1922 with a particular emphasis on the place of popular song in the work. Presented & Produced by Bernard Clarke Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley (First broadcast on Bloomsday 2002)

Composer Linda Buckley and producer Helen Shaw explore the genetic connections between Iceland and Ireland through story and song. Production team: Linda Buckley, Helen Shaw, John Howard Audio Mix: Pearse Ó Caoimh Producer for lyric: Eoin O'Kelly

A look at the birth of the Irish beat scene and the rise of Granny’s Intentions from local Limerick band to a group with an international record deal. Presented & Produced by Peter Curtin. Producer for lyric fm: Eoin O'Kelly

Composer Linda Buckley and producer Helen Shaw explore the genetic connections between Iceland and Ireland through story and song

Biographer Susan Manly explores the radical life and work of the Irish writer Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) Presenter: Susan Manly Producer: Claire Cunningham Producer for lyric: Olga Buckley (first broadcast 19th May 2019)