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  • The London Ear on RTÉ 2XM // Show 163 with Ambassador Dan Mulhall

    The London Ear on RTÉ 2XM // Show 163 with Ambassador Dan Mulhall

    Dan Mulhall, Nessy, The London Ear

    The London Ear on RTÉ 2XM // Show 163 with Ambassador Dan Mulhall

    I was delighted to able to chat to Irish Ambassador to Great Britain, Dan Mulhall, on this week’s show. He is now leaving his post in London to become Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States.Before that though, he sat down with me to chat about Irish Culture, Identity, and the dreaded B word.

    You can follow, Ambassador Mulhall on Twitter, he’s great for starting each day off with some poetry.

    Our chat was recorded on August 3 2017 in the Irish Embassy in London. Thanks to Brendan and Bernadette for their help in organising this.

    The London Ear on RTÉ 2XM // Show 163

    In-between chatting with Ambassador Mulhall, he picked the following tracks to play:

    1. Planxty: Raggle Taggle Gypsy/Tabhair Dom Do Lamh
    2. Bob Dylan: Shelter from the Storm
    3. Clannad: Na Buachaillí Álainn
    4. Steely Dan: Aja
    5. London Philharmonic Orchestra & David Parry perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture

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    Transcription of the interview with Dan Mulhall

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  • National Youth Orchestra of Ireland at The Helix

    National Youth Orchestra of IrelandWhat better way is there than to spend the first official Bank Holiday of the year, listening to the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland? None. Being in The Helix for this made me realize two things, I don’t listen to enough classical music and these young musicians are the biz, they are quite literally staggeringly talented.

    The sheer magic at the beginning of an orchestra recital always gets me. The members tune up their instruments and we hear all the squeaks. Seconds later on the Conductor’s order, they combine for the sweetest of sounds.

    THe young musician’s recited Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito before they were joined by Cello maestro Brian O’Kane for Bruch’s Kol Nidrei. Amazingly good and modernizing the image of Classical music, Mr O’Kane looks like he could step right into any rock band. (more…)