Latest, musicians, Outside Broadcasts, Specialist Music

GlasDrum presents … The Fidelio Trio Winter Chamber Music Festival

Belvedere House

On Saturday December 2nd 2018, Near FM recorded a night of intimate chamber music in the beautiful setting of Belvedere House, St. Patrick’s Campus (DCU), Drumcondra.

In this special radio programme to be broadcast on Christmas Eve, Monday December 24th at 2.00pm, we will hear ‘The Glass Hour’ a concert of Philip Glass compositions performed by The Fidelio Trio. The concert is interspersed with interviews with The Fidelio Trio, Music @ DCU staff and members of the audience.

Listen to Near FM on 90.3 on the dial or listen online http://nearfm.ie/livestream/ A special listen again programme will be made available for a limited period after the broadcast, keep an eye on Near FM’s twitter feed or Facebook for more information.

About the Festival

The Fidelio Trio Winter Chamber Music Festival, now in its sixth year, is curated by The Fidelio Trio and organised by Music at DCU and local arts collective GlasDrum, and is supported by the Arts Council. With special thanks to all the acts and to The Fidelio Trio (Darragh Morgan, Mary Dullea, Adi Tal),  Martin Byrne of GlasDrum and John O’Flynn of DCU.

Near FM production team 

Producer/editor – Paul Loughran, Technical production – Gay Graham, Interviews/narration – Ken Tuohy, Recording/Mixing – Ed Grannell, Voxpops – Dorothee Meyer Holtkamp, Technical assistance – Gary Kirwan.

This is the second of two programmes Near FM have produced in the GlasDrum Presents series, the first is New Sounds in an Old Place.

GlasDrum Presents … The Fidelio Trio Winter Chamber Music Festival is supported by the Broadcasting authority of Ireland Sound and Vision scheme with the television licence fee.

Latest on Listen Again

Cork City Born Declan Cahill joins Donie Tarrant to chat about how 50 years ago leaving Cork to move to Dublin was looked upon as immigrating.   http://Near.ie [...]

Donie Tarrant is joined by Michelle Murphy from Social Justice Ireland to discuss the ever increasing issue of Child Poverty in Ireland.   https://www.socialjustice.ie [...]

Darren J. Prior spoke to Duncan Toms from the Krishnamurti Foundation Trust about Jiddu Krishnamurti and about their work in the foundation in England today. 2026 marks the 40th anniversary [...]

This week on Life Unfiltered Maria McHale talked to Marcel Lindsay –  IT professional turned artist, late bloomer and living proof that the best chapter of your life might be [...]

Dennis McIntyre remembers the great trade unionist and labour leader the great trade unionist .     [...]

Mary Oyediran speaks to John Lannon, Doras CEO about the Punitive family reunification measures and the implication for refugee intergration. 1st Broadcast 23rd Jan 2026 https://www.facebook.com/sh are/p/1BkTopL BZe/ https://doras.org/   [...]

Mary Oyediran speak with Lassane Ouedraogo Chairperson of African Solidarity Centre Ireland on current news from the African Diaspora and African Continent. 1st Broadcast 23rd Jan 2026 http://africace ntre.ie/ https://x.com/ [...]

Mary Oyediran speaks to Poet Dean Monaghan on being selected as a finalist for the prestigious Poetry World Cup 2026. 1st Broadcast 23rd Jan 2026 https://ww w.faceboo k.com/dea n.monagha n1 [...]