RADIO
In addition to recording music for broadcast, Ben and Laoise have been involved in a number of radio documentaries for the Irish National Broadcaster, RTÉ.
Ben's experience in radio includes recording content for numerous shows on national radio in addition to recording both music and spoken word for several radio documentaries including:
The Wild Irish Girl
Presented and Produced by Una Hunt.
A Heritage Music production for RTE Lyric FM
A Piano Portrait of Fanny Robinson
Presenter/Producer : Una Hunt
A Heritage Music Production for RTÉ lyric fm.
WB Yeats: Words for Music Perhaps
A Deirdre Mulrooney production for RTÉ lyric FM made with the support
of the BAI Sound and Vision Scheme.
John Beckett, the Man and his Music
Presenter/Producer: Una Hunt
A Heritage Music Production for RTÉ lyric fm.
A Fugue a Day: The Story of Joseph Groocock
Produced by Claire Cunningham
A Rockfinch Production for RTÉ lyric fm.
My Gentle Harp, celebrating Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies
Presenter/Producer: Una Hunt
A Heritage Music Production for RTÉ lyric fm.
Sonnets for the Cradle
is based on the research of early musician Laoise O’Brien into the stories behind some of our best-known fairytales and nursery rhymes from writers like the Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, Giambattista Basile and Charles Perrault.
Producer : Eoin Brady
This documentary received a bronze award at the
2013 New York Festival Awards.
Goedemorgen, Amsterdam
In July 2018, Laoise O’Brien, travelled to Amsterdam with the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland and spent time chatting with the young musicians, capturing their experiences of touring this beautiful and historic city.
Presented and Produced by Laoise O’Brien
Sound by Ben Rawlins
A Jiggery Pokery Production, 2018