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Religious Programmes for Holy Week and Easter on RTE, 2012
The following programmes on RTE radio and television may be of interest to Church of Ireland members:Sunday 1st April – Palm Sunday
07.00-09.00: 'Gloria'. Tim Thurston introduces seasonal sacred music, including a Russian Orthodox Passion, Bach's Passion Chorales for organ and Allegri's Miserere. (RTÉ Lyric FM)
11.00-11.45: Passiontide Reflection led by the Revd Canon Maureen Ryan. (RTÉ Radio One LW 252 / Digital platforms)
Friday 6th April – Good Friday
13.45-14.00: 'Good Friday and So Forth - A Note on the Compassion Narrative', written and presented by Aidan Mathews. (RTE Radio One. All wavelengths.)
14.00-15.00: 'Music for Good Friday With Tim Thurston'. Music from Bach's St Matthew Passion, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, Haydn's Seven Last Words and Allegri's Miserere. (RTE Radio 1 FM)
14.00-14.30: 'Why Did He Die? A Special Edition of The God Slot for Good Friday'.Presenter Eileen Dunne is joined by the Abbot of Glenstal, Mark Patrick Hederman; lecturer in Theology & Ethics and film critic, Barry McMillan; Emeritus Professor of Theology at the University of Wales and Visiting Professor at St Mary’s University College, Twickenham, Mary Grey; and the Rector of Kill o' the Grange, Blackrock, the Revd Ferran Glenfield. All aspects of the death of Jesus are examined, from traditional Theology to the Hollywood treatment of the event to its impact on our world. The programme is repeated on all wave-lengths at 22.00 and an extended edition will be available on podcast. (RTE Radio 1 Live Extra / 252 LW)
14.30-15.00: 'The Tullamore Passion'. The Rev. William Hayes, Msgr Sean Heaney, the Rev. Rosemary Lindsay, the Revd Canon Gerald Field, Fr Shane Crombie and Pastor Oladipo Niran lead Christians of all denominations in a commemoration of the Passion of Christ, through readings, reflections, music and prayer, on the streets of Tullamore, Co. Offaly. (RTE Radio 1 Live Extra / 252 LW)
20.00-22.00: The Lyric Concert presented by Paul Herriott. Haydn: Seven Last Words on the Cross. RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet with Denis Conway (narrator), recorded in the Unitarian Church in Dublin in 2010; Mozart: Requiem: Ton Koopman conducts the Amsterdam Baroque Chorus and Orchestra with soloists Dorothee Mields, Bogna Bartosz, Tilman Lichdi and Klaus Mertens. (RTÉ Lyric FM)
Sunday 8th April – Easter Sunday
07.00-09.00: 'Gloria'. Tim Thurston offers a selection of sacred music to celebrate Easter Sunday. (RTE Lyric FM)
10.45-11.30: Easter Sunday Service of Worship (Cavan Presbyterian Church) (RTÉ Radio One LW252 / Digital Platforms)
11.35-12.20: Easter Sunday Service (Ballynahinch Methodist Choir, Co. Down.) (RTÉ One TV)
22.35-23.15: 'Would You Believe?' Mick Peelo goes on a journey to find out what we really know for certain about St Patrick with contributions from a range of speakers and scholars, including the Archbishop of Armagh, The Most Revd Alan Harper. (RTÉ One TV).
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