The Lyric Feature

6.00pm RTÉ lyric fm

Today’s edition, Songs Beyond Borders, examines how physical borders have rarely restricted songs, as we hear the story of five remarkable compositions from across three centuries which have travelled throughout Ireland, across Europe, and then the world.

Oskar Cox-jensen and guests attempt to unravel some of music’s most perplexing geographical mysteries, and we also hear new performances and interpretations of the works involved, recorded at the Sonic Arts Research Centre at Queen’s University Belfast.