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A podcast from the Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland on new music and composers from Ireland.
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This week’s podcast features conversations recorded during the workshop of Composer Lab, a professional development initiative from CMC and the National Symphony Orchestra aimed at composers who have had limited opportunities to write for symphony orchestra. Jonathan Grimes speaks to the participating composers Amelia Clarkson, Barry O’Halpin, Finola Merivale, and Yue Song, as well as Composer Lab mentor David Fennessy and workshop conductor Gavin Maloney. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.Show NotesComposer Lab public workshopAmelia ClarksonCMC Composer PageBarry O’HalpinCMC Composer PageYue SongCMC Composer PagePastures at MalahideFinola MerivaleCMC Composer PageMusicAll music recorded during the Composer Lab workshop on 16 September 2024 by the National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gavin Maloney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
An episode featuring a panel discussion from the Topographies mini festival of Experimental music in Berlin along with contributions from Shane Latimer and Izumi Kimura. Presented by Evonne Ferguson.Show Notes Topographies Shane Latimer Residuum Izumi Kimura Francis Heery Elliot Murphy Ellen KingMusic Shane Latimer - Ten Minutes in the Tumble Dryer Shane Latimer, Izumi Kimura, Francis Heery, Ute Wasserman - live performance at Soweiso, Berlin, 23 May 2024 Ellen King - in situ, live recording from PAS, Berlin, 25 May 2024 Francis Heery - not knowing what brambles are, live recording from PAS, Berlin, 25 May 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jonathan Grimes talks to violinist Darragh Morgan and pianist Mary Dullea about recording and performing Gerald Barry's music. The conversation was recorded at the 2024 New Music Dublin Festival, and also features extracts from their 2022 album of the composer's works ‘In the Asylum'.Show NotesDarragh MorganMary DulleaGerald BarryCMC Composer PageGerald Barry in Focus at New Music Dublin 2024MusicAll music taken from the album In the Asylum, Mode RecordsBaroness von Ritkart: 1 - Clever, noble, but not talented, (Darragh Morgan, violin and Mary Dullea, piano)Triorchic Blues, Fidelio TrioMidday, (Darragh Morgan, violin and Mary Dullea, piano)1998, (Darragh Morgan, violin and Mary Dullea, piano)Le Vieux Sourd, (Mary Dullea, piano)Recorded, presented and produced by Jonathan Grimes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Conversations with some of the featured artists at this year’s RAMP Festival in Rathmullan, Co. Donegal which took place in July. Timothy Cape, Mayah Kadish, Rob Casey and Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh talk to Jonathan Grimes.Show NotesRAMP Festival 2025Timothy CapeCMC Composer PageMayah KadishAilbhe Nic Oireachtaigh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 81 features highlights from the Belfast launch in January 2023 of CMC’s promotional album, New Music::New Ireland 4, and conversations with the composers who participated in Composer Lab, a professional development initiative delivered in partnership by the National Symphony Orchestra and CMC, in association with RTE lyric fm.Show Notes new music::new Ireland 4 showcase launch New Music::New Ireland 4 Amy Rooney Karen Power CMC Composer Page Ian Wilson CMC Composer Page John Buckley CMC Composer Page Piers Hellawell CMC Composer Page Judith Ring CMC Composer Page Anselm McDonnell CMC Composer Page Composer Lab 2022 Seán Ó Dálaigh Adam McCartneyMusicAll music taken from the New Music::New Ireland 4 Showcase launch on 26 January 2023 and the Composer Lab 2022 premiere performance and broadcast on 9 January 2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
amplify returns with the first episode of 2023. Featuring Roger Doyle on his work and his recent album, ‘Finnegans Wake - Suite Of Affections Volume 2’, and a conversation recorded in Cork last December with Linda Buckley on her new work for the Ficino String Quartet, ‘Circuit Bend’. Presented by Jonathan Grimes.Show Notes Roger Doyle CMC Composer Page Roger Doyle - Bandcamp Finnegans Wake - Suite of Affections Volume 2 New Music::New Ireland 4 Linda Buckley CMC Composer Page Ficino Quartet - Triskel National String Quartet FoundationMusic Linda Buckley - Fridur (Isabelle O’Connell) Roger Doyle - Dreamwings Folded (instrumental) Roger Doyle - Is That The Poolbeg Flasher Roger Doyle - Spring is Coming with a Strawberry in the Mouth Roger Doyle - Nova Nuvoletta (instrumental) Roger Doyle - Recess Roger Doyle - This The Way To The Museyroom Roger Doyle - Jymes Wishes To Hear Roger Doyle - And Can it Be Linda Buckley - Circuit Bend (Ficino Quartet), recorded live on 11 December 2023, Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall Linda Buckley - Fridur (Isabelle O’Connell) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
CMC's podcast returns for 2022 with an episode on CMC and Centre Culturel Irlandais' Ulysses Journey 2022 programme of new music and film screenings marking the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses by James Joyce. Featuring contributions from CMC's Linda O'Shea Farren, composers Darragh Kelly and Ailís Ní Ríain, and guitarist Katalin Koltai.Show NotesUlysses Journey 2022Watch the specially commissioned music films on YouTube (available for a limited time only)Darragh Kellydarragh-kelly.comCMC Composer PagePenelopeRioghnach Ní GhrioghairAilís Ní Ríainailis.infoCMC Composer PageI will see if I can seeJim HenryKatalin KoltaiMusicUltan O'Brien - cling(ing) like fireDarragh Kelly - PenelopeAilís Ní Ríain - I will see if I can seeDaragh Black Hynes - Proteus (Katalin Koltai - guitar), archival recording of premiere on 4 February 2022 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Amplify returns with a conversation with composer Jonathan Nangle, recorded during this year’s ISCM World New Music Days 2025 in Lisbon in June. Presented by Jonathan Grimes, the episode centres on Nangle’s work Artificial Blissful State — performed at the festival by saxophonist Henrique Portovedo — a piece that reflects on our relationship with technology and how we are increasingly controlled by it. Shownotes: https://www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-126 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Recorded this September, Sebastian Adams talks to Jonathan Grimes about his experiences on the Cursus programme at IRCAM in Paris.Show NotesSebastian AdamsCMC Composer PageCursus Programmestolenmusic.orgMusicAll Music by Sebastian Adams Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, amplify marks the 25th anniversary of the Crash Ensemble with interviews with Artistic Director, Kate Ellis as well as founding member and the ensemble’s first Artistic Director, Donnacha Dennehy. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.Show NotesCrash Ensemble[reactions]Donnacha DennehyMusicBarry O’Halpin - LethargarianÉna Brennan - RunawayDavid Fennessy - JackBarry O’Halpin - WingformSam Perkin - Children in the UniverseBarry O’Halpin - Wingform Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 77 features conversations with composer Neil Martin and pianist Ruth McGinley about their album ‘Aura’, a collection of Irish airs written and arranged by Neil Martin, and Neil O’Connor AKA Ordnance Survey on his latest release ‘Nomos: Ó Riada Reimagined’. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.Show Notes Neil Martin CMC Composer Page Ruth McGinley Neil O’Connor CMC Composer Page 20:31 - Spectrogram of a violin playing a note and then a perfect fifth above it with the shared partials highlighted by the white dashes (harmonic spectra)Music Neil O’Connor - Bog Braon Aura - Ruth McGinley and Neil Martin Nomos: Ó Riada Reimagined - Neil O’ConnorProduction and editing - Keith Fennell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
amplify #76 - new music::new Ireland Four launchRecorded at this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, episode 76 includes conversations with some of the artists on CMC's new promotional album, new music::new Ireland Four. Featuring flautist Lina Andonovska, composers Rhona Clarke, Anselm McDonnell, and Ian Wilson, the episode also includes an interview with hcmf Artistic Director Graham McKenzie on the festival's three-year partnership with Culture Ireland. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.Show Notesnew music::new Ireland fourHuddersfield Contemporary Music Festival - hcmfUlysses Journey 2022 at hcmfStephen GrahamAnselm McDonnellLina AndonovskaRhona ClarkeIan WilsonMusicNick Roth - A Loved A Long (Lina Andonovska)Anselm McDonnell - Engines of Babel (Crash Ensemble)Judith Ring - A Breath of Fresh Air (Lina Andonovska)Rhona Clarke - Seen from Above (Adam Walker (fl), Hélène Clément (viola), Agnès Clément (harp)Ian Wilson - Wild is the Wind (Gareth Davis (bass clarinet) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 75 features a conversation with Jane O’Leary about her work for piano and orchestra ‘Unfolding Soundscapes’, premiered last month by Finghin Collins and the National Symphony Orchestra, and Matthew Whiteside and David Fennessy on ‘The Night With’ concert in Belfast, which featured a new commission from David Fennessy for the Robinson Panoramic Quartet. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.Show Notes The Night With Robinson Panoramic Quartet - Belfast David Fennessy CMC Composer Page Robinson Panoramic Quartet Matthew Whiteside CMC Composer Page Jane O’Leary CMC Composer Page Music Jane O’Leary - Unfolding Soundscapes (Finghin Collins - piano, National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kenneth Montgomery) David Fennessy - Slate (Robinson Panoramic Quartet, The Night With, Belfast - October 2022) Matthew Whiteside - Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass (Robinson Panoramic Quartet, The Night With, Belfast - October 2022)Production and editing: Keith Fennell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
An episode featuring conversations with some of the creative team behind composer Anne-Marie O’Farrell’s cantata based on material from UCD Archives on the Irish Civil War. Featuring contributions from the composer, Principal Archivist at UCD Archives Kate Manning, the work’s librettist Ed Vulliamy, and Kellie Hughes. Presented by Jonathan Grimes.Show Notes Civil War Cantata Anne Marie O’Farrell CMC composer page UCD Archives Ed VulliamyMusicAll excerpts taken from premiere recording of Who’d Ever Think it Would Come to This? at O’Reilly Hall, UCD on 30 September 2022. Colette Delahunt (Soprano), Sharon Carty (Mezzo), Dean Power (Tenor) and Rory Musgrave (Baritone), Resurgam (Artistic Director Mark Dulley), RTÉ Concert Orchestra, conductor Ciarán Crilly. Recording by RTÉ lyric fm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
CMC's podcast on new Irish music returns featuring conversations with composer Timothy Cape about his work and recent premiere at the Venice Biennale, flautist Aisling Agnew and Chilean journalist and composer Alvaro Gallegos on Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble's recent concert in Chile, and composer Ryan Molloy on attending the ISCM World New Music Days in New Zealand. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.Show NotesTimothy CapeCMC composer pageAngela Wai-Nok Huilabiennale.orgHard Rain SoloistEnsembleMusicahora FestivalISCMRyan MolloyCMC composer pageMusicTimothy Cape - Still Drowsy (Esther-Elisabeth Rispens, ARS LUDI)Timothy Cape - Sorry for the late replyGreg Caffrey - Tout (Aisling Agnew, Daniel Browell)John Buckley - Solo Fantasias (Aisling Agnew)Jane O'Leary - eather headed, frail, summoning (after Syrinx) (Aisling Agnew, Daniel Browell)Ryan Molloy - Ogham (Christchurch Youth Orchestra, conductor Helen Renaud) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Conversations with some of the people involved in Beál's production of ‘Slow Recognition', a new chamber opera by David Bremner, director Hélène Montague and designer John Comiskey which premieres this month at Unit 44 in Stoneybatter, Dublin. Presented by Jonathan Grimes, the episode features contributions from David Bremner, Hélène Montague, and singers Naomi Louisa O’Connell, Rory Musgrave and Elizabeth Hilliard.Show NotesSlow Recognition, 13–16 July 2022Unit 44 (Kirkos Ensemble)BeálDavid Bremnerdavidbremner.netCMC Composer PageNaomi Louisa O’ConnellRory MusgraveElizabeth Hilliard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
amplify #70 - Ulysses Journey 2022 in Budapest and Paris A special episode recorded last month in Budapest and Paris featuring conversations with some of the artists and people behind CMC's Ulysses Journey 2022 project. The episode includes contributions from Katalin Koltai, Benjamin Dwyer, Elizabeth Hilliard, Greg Caffrey, Nora Hickey M'Sichili, Darragh Black Hynes and Linda O'Shea Farren.Show NotesUlysses Journey 2022Concert at Budapest Music CenterUlysses Journey 2022 Film Screenings at FUGAUlysses Journey 2022 - Centre Culturel Irlandais, ParisKatalin KoltaiBenjamin DwyerBudapest Music CenterFUGAElizabeth HilliardGreg CaffreyCentre Culturel IrlandaisDaragh Black HynesMusicRecordings performed by Katalin Koltai taken from concert on 15 June 2022 at Budapest Music Centre (BMC), recorded by Andras Kegl (BMC)Gráinne Mulvey - Soft Morning City!Benjamin Dwyer - Hommage á LigetiGreg Caffrey - The Private Consciousness of Molly Bloom (with Elizabeth Hilliard (soprano)Daragh Black Hynes - ProteusCover photo: Andrea Felvegi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The final instalment from this year's New Music Dublin 2022 festival features conversations with Amanda Feery about Creative Lab, a composition programme for young people from traditionally underrepresented groups, and Sam Perkin on his new work for Crash Ensemble and Diamanda La Berge Dramm, ‘Children in the Universe'. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.Show NotesNew Music DublinCreative LabAmanda FeeryCMC Composer PageSam PerkinCMC Composer PageCrash Ensemble - Putting it into musicMusicSam Perkin - FlowSam Perkin - Children in the Universe (Crash Ensemble, Diamanda La Berge Dramm, conductor Peter Biloen) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A selection of conversations recorded during this year’s New Music Dublin festival. The episode features interviews with the participating composers in CMC and Chamber Choir Ireland’s Choral Sketches project, the Crash Ensemble’s Crash Works event, and interviews with New Music Dublin festival artistic director John Harris, and Ergodos Records co-artistic director, Garrett Sholdice. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.Show Notes New Music Dubin Choral Sketches Chamber Choir Ireland Peter Moran petermoranmusic.com CMC composer page Eoghan Desmond www.eoghandesmond.com CMC composer page David Bremner davidbremner.net CMC composer page Kerry Hagan kerrylhagan.net CMC composer page Crash Works Anselm McDonnell anselmguitar.co.uk CMC composer page Peter Biloen Amy Rooney Ergodos Totemic NARLI Garrett SholdiceMusic Ian Wilson - Totemic (Alex Petcu, Nathan Sherman) Recordings taken from Choral Sketches workshop Recording taken from Crash Works open session Benedict Schlepper Connolly - One Thing I Know Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The second of two live recordings for New Music Dublin 2022 features a discussion with George Higgs and live performance of his multisensory piece ‘Music for 5 Silent Poems', a work commissioned by New Music Dublin for live and online performance via Instagram.Show NotesNew Music DubinMusic for 5 Silent PoemsGeorge Higgsgeorgehiggs.comCMC Composer PageWatch the live performance on Instagram (from 15 mins onwards)MusicMusic for 5 Silent Poems performed live by George Higgs (sampler), Jessica Kennedy (sign language poems), Billy O'Brien (piano), Rossa O'Neil (trombone), Brian Kelly (double bass)Live recording: Keith FennellEditing: Keith Fennell, Jonathan Grimes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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