To mark the premiere of John Kinsella's 11th Symphony and his Lifetime Achievement Award by the NCH on November 29th 2019 Athena Media has crafted his short documentary feature on John Kinsella, his work and life. This feature celebrating the composer John Kinsella is broadcast in the interval after the premiere of the 11th Symphony on RTÉ Lyric fm. broadcast from the National Concert Hall.

The recordings in the feature were made by Jonathan Grimes with Athena Media for the RTÉ Lyric fm series Cross Currents www.crosscurrents.ie. 

In this feature John Kinsella brings Jonathan around his studio and describes his influences, his work processes and his love of music. The feature was recorded while John Kinsella was composing his 11th Symphony which he describes as a homage to Jean Sibelius and how he wishes to see the work performed in Finland. 

Music in this feature :

1. Symphony No.1 - John Kinsella
2. Brahms Symphony No.1
3. String Quartet Part 1 - John Kinsella
4. String Quartet Part 3 - John Kinsella
5. Sibelius, Symphony No. 1 in E Minor
6. Music for cello and orchestra - John Kinsella
7. A selected life - John Kinsella
8. Symphony No.9 Recitative - John Kinsella
9. Symphony No.10 Allegro Energico - John Kinsella