Broadcasting Tues July 21st at 2pm Near FM present Echoes and Inspirations: The Fews Ensemble at Carlingford Heritage Centre. Episode one features a performance of Edward Elgar’s Piano Quintet and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ On Wenlock Edge. The programme is interspersed with an interview between our host Cliodhna Ryan and tenor, Aaron O’Hare,[Read More…]
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Jammie Dodgers
We are replaying the entire series of Jammie Dodgers starting May 22nd at 19.00 culminating with 2 brand new final episodes on the 12th and 19th of June. Jammie Dodgers by Ciara Gillan is a workplace comedy set in Berlin about a group of office temps from various countries (Ireland,[Read More…]
The Hugh Lane Concert series – Episode 40
Broadcasting on Tuesday May 26th at 2pm. Near FM is pleased to present The Hugh Lane Concert series – Episode 40. In this programme Ficino Ensemble with special guest piper Mark Redmond will present Jubal’s Air by Kevin Volans in an exciting programme which includes Felix Mendelssohn’s jubilant String Octet. The concert is interspresred[Read More…]
Trinity Talks: Dublin’s Hidden Histories
Broadcasting every Thursday at 2.30pm, starts Thursday May 14th ‘Dublin’s Hidden Histories’ returns for second series in partnership with Trinity Long Room Hub and Unit18. Funded by the Coimisiún Na Meán’s Sound and Vision scheme, the series will bring to light histories of Dublin that have been lost or forgotten.[Read More…]
Spiffing Yarns: the Strange Allure of Enid Blyton
Broadcasting 1st, 8th and 15th of May at 7pm New 3-part series Spiffing Yarns: the Strange Allure of Enid Blyton, is about much more than the childhood experience of reading Enid Blyton’s books and the age-old children’s classics through the eyes of older and younger readers. It’s about advocacy for children’s reading, using Enid Blyton as[Read More…]
A Quarter of Broken Biscuits
A Quarter of Broken Biscuits can be heard on Friday, April 10th at 7pm. Written by Eamon Somers, produced and directed by Berni Dwan, with audio production by Declan McGlade, A Quarter of Broken Biscuits captures a snapshot of life in Dublin’s Liberties in the 1960s. With the main action[Read More…]
O’Donoghue’s: Birthplace of Dublin Pub Sessions
Broadcasting Thurs April 2nd at 1pm. Repeated Thurs April 9th at 1pm O’Donoghue’s Pub, Merrion Row, Dublin, is celebrated as the birthplace of The Dubliners and a home for spontaneous traditional and folk sessions—but behind the music lies a deeper story. In the 1950s and ’60s, as waves of young[Read More…]
The Hugh Lane Concert series – Episode 39
Broadcasting on Tuesday March 31st at 2pm Near FM is pleased to present The Hugh Lane Concert series – Episode 39. A concert of traditional, Spanish and original music from Cormac Breathnach on whistles; Martin Dunlea on guitar and Brian Fleming on percussion. Recorded in the Abbey Presbyterian Church, 15th[Read More…]
Rebel Parish: Rebel Bus …
… will broadcast on Friday, December 19th at 7pm. Produced by Berni Dwan, with audio production by Declan McGlade, Rebel Parish: Rebel Bus, is a combination of nostalgia firmly backed up by history, capturing personal experiences about growing up in one Dublin’s most historic neighbourhoods, Rathfarnham, between the 1940s and[Read More…]
The Hugh Lane Concert series is back
…. with two new concert programmes broadcasting this December on Near FM. First up is the improvised trio of John Butcher, Werner Dafeldecker, and Roy Carroll, followed two weeks later by Dragonfly: Danusha Waskiewicz and Naomi Berrill, combining cello, viola and vocals. Tues Dec 8th at 2pm – John Butcher, Werner[Read More…]
