Radio Highlights: Lyric celebrates the legacy of tenor John McCormack

Plus: Classic radio drama and conversation on R na G; English alt-poppers Porij on The Alternative; Irish rock history on RTÉ Gold

John McCormack standing in fornt of a BBC microphone: remembered in a Lyric Live special with tenor Gavan Ring; Friday, 7pm; LyricFM

SATURDAY 

Lyric Live, LyricFM, 7pm:  I Capuleti e I Montecchi by Bellini, from last year's Salzburg Festival — the Vienna Philharmonic Chorus and the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg are conducted by Marco Armiliato.