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BROADCASTS BY MÍCHEÁL Ó
SÚILLEABHÁIN |
As a broadcaster, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin’s notable series
and media events have included:
A River of Sound
The Changing Course of Irish Traditional
Music:
A River of Sound was a series of seven 40 mt television programmes
produced by Hummingbird Productions in association with RTE and BBC (1995). Devised, scripted and presented by Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin.
First broadcast in 1995, A River of Sound set off a national debate in
Ireland and farther a field on the balance of innovation and
tradition within Irish traditional music. The series emphasised younger musicians at times, and also filmed experimental crossover
groups, sometimes at the expense of omitting certain received icons
of tradition. The final shots of the series end with a young female
African Kora player juxtaposed with Irish harp. Within three years of A River of Sound,
Ireland unexpectedly was thrown into a rapid process of
multiculturalism as the economy took off and asylum seekers and
refugees took their place among the native Irish population.
Turning
a Tune:
Turning a Tune was a two
8-part series of 15mt radio programmes by BBC World Radio. 1996 and
1997. Turning a Tune was scripted and presented by Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin.
Grace
Notes:
A series of occasional one-hour radio interactions with Irish
traditional musicians featuring one musician per programme. Grace Notes was
commissioned and broadcast by Lyric FM, Ireland's national classical
music station.
Fieldwork:
A series of eight 30mt programmes interviewing key ethnomusicologists from around the world, with their selected extract from their own original field tapes. RTE Lyric FM 2006.
He is a frequent interviewee on Irish national radio and television and
has appeared on radio and television channels in USA, Canada, China,
India, as well as in Europe. |
