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| amplify #114 - Larissa O'Grady on her new album, Six New Works for Violin | 22 Nov 2024 | 00:28:36 | |
Larissa O'Grady joins CMC's Jonathan Grimes for an explorative discussion about her new release, Six New Works for Violin. on Farpoint Recordings.
Show Notes
Six New Works for Violin (Farpoint Recordings) by Larissa O'Grady
Six New Works For Violin is the debut release by Larissa O'Grady on the Farpoint Recordings label, and features an extraordinary programme of new music composed by a collection of six leading Irish composers including David Bremner, Jenn Kirby, Judith Ring, Anselm McDonnell, Robert Coleman, Fiona Linnane.
This project came into existence as part of the Contemporary Artists Network, established by the Contemporary Music Centre, which pairs composers and performers interested in engaging with contemporary music from Ireland as artistic partners. As part of this Network, in 2022 Larissa O'Grady commissioned six new works for violin and electronics/multimedia by a group of six composers from Ireland, collaborating to explore the possibilities of new sounds, which culminated in a public performance of the commissioned works for violin and multimedia. These commissions were generously supported by Arts Council Ireland.
Featuring a wide range of presentations from spoken word to sensor led playback, live and fixed electronics, microtonal writing conveying the chemical process of burning sugar, and a live field recordist recording and playing back the violin and sounds of a greater spotted woodpecker.
Farpoint Recordings
Music
All music featured in this episode is available from Farpoint Recordings from the links below.
Salient Memories - David Bremner
Body Fragmented - Jenn Kirby
Swept Through the Floods - Judith Ring
Rusted Sugar - Anselm McDonnell
Capturing Sound - Robert Coleman
Would Be Poetess - Fiona Linnane
Episode Credits
Recording and editing: Jonathan Grimes
Additional Editing: Keith Fennell
Introduction: Evonne Ferguson
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| amplify #113 - Live from West Cork Chamber Music Festival | 12 Nov 2024 | 00:28:34 | |
A live podcast discussion recorded at the 2024 West Cork Chamber Music Festival. Composers Rhona Clarke and Deirdre Gribbin join Jonathan Grimes to discuss their work on ‘Magdalene Songs’, an ongoing project by pianist Deirdre Brenner, which features their songs along with songs by Deirdre McKay, all based on testimonies from survivors of the Magdalene Laundries.
This discussion took place following a performance the previous evening of the ‘Magdalene Songs’ by mezzo Lotte Betts-Dean and Deirdre Brenner.
From 1922 to 1996, more than 10,000 women and girls were incarcerated in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries. Operated by four religious orders in 10 locations around the country, these for-profit institutions detained individuals against their will and forced them to work long hours, unpaid, under abusive and humiliating conditions. These institutions committed some of the most serious systematic violations against human rights in Ireland in the 20th century.
This work by is intended to honour those women who were so gravely mistreated by church and state in the Magdalene Laundries by giving voice to their experience.
Show Notes
• https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/chamber-music-festival/
• https://www.rhonaclarke.com/
• https://www.cmc.ie/composers/rhona-clarke
• http://jfmresearch.com/home/preserving-magdalene-history/about-the-magdalene-laundries/
• https://www.deirdregribbin.com/
• https://www.cmc.ie/composers/deirdre-gribbin
• https://www.cmc.ie/composers/deirdre-mckay
• https://www.deirdre-brenner.com/
• https://www.lottebettsdean.com/
Music
All music from Magdalene Songs, performed live at West Cork Chamber Music Festival on 5 July 2024 at St Brendan’s Hall, Bantry by Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano) and Deirdre Brenner (piano), and recorded by RTÉ Lyric fm.
• Rhona Clarke - Martina
• Deirdre Gribbin - Bernadette
• Rhona Clarke - Evelyn
• Deirdre McKay - Litany to the Magdalene Dead
Recording and editing: Keith Fennell
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| amplify #104 - Bianca Gannon performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange | 09 May 2024 | 00:17:50 | |
A performance from composer and improviser Bianca Gannon, recorded at IMRO on 25 April during CMC’s New Music Dublin Exchange - a programme which took place during the New Music Dublin festival, to which representatives of some of the most significant international contemporary music festivals, venues, programmers, promoters and broadcasters were invited. Show Notes Recorded and edited by Keith Fennell CMC wishes to thank Culture Ireland for their funding of New Music Dublin Exchange, and IMRO for their support. | |||
| Composer Matthew Whiteside on the current challenges for composers and musicians in light of the Covid-19 Pandemic, and Úna Monaghan on her collection of pieces 'Aonaracht I' | 03 Apr 2020 | 00:41:09 | |
Production and editing - Jonathan Grimes, Keith Fennell Episode 15 of CMC’s podcast features composer and producer Matthew Whiteside on the current challenges for composers and musicians in light of the Covid–19 Pandemic, and harpist and composer Úna Monaghan on working on ‘Aonaracht I’, a collection of pieces for New Music Dublin. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.Subscribe at cmc.ie/amplify Please get in touch - amplify@cmc.ie Show Notes
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| Sound artist Ed Devane on live streaming music events during the Covid-19 Pandemic, Brian Irvine's Totally Made Up Orchestra, and music by John McLachlan, Izumi Kimura and Cora Venus Lunny | 27 Mar 2020 | 00:42:38 | |
Episode 14 of CMC’s podcast features an interview with sound artist and instrument designer Ed Devane on live streaming and the use of technology in creating and sharing music, composer Brian Irvine on his Totally Made Up Orchestra, and recent music from John McLachlan, Izumi Kimura and Cora Venus Lunny. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.
Subscribe at cmc.ie/amplify Please get in touch - amplify@cmc.ie Show Notes
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| amplify #13 | 19 Mar 2020 | 00:26:52 | |
Episode 13 of CMC’s podcast includes an update on CMC’s working arrangements following the closure of its building to the public in light of the Covid–19 emergency, and a selection of recordings from Ed Bennett, Linda Buckley, Roger Doyle, Gráinne Mulvey, Ailís Ní Ríain and Garrett Sholdice. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.
Subscribe at cmc.ie/amplify Please get in touch - amplify@cmc.ie Show Notes
Please consider supporting these and other Irish composers and musicians by purchasing their music
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| Live from New Music Dublin - amplify #12 | 12 Mar 2020 | 01:03:48 | |
A live recording of CMC’s podcast held during New Music Dublin on 1 March 2020. The event featured an interview with composer Kevin O’Connell, whose portrait concert performed by the Hard Rain Ensemble took place during the festival, and a panel discussion on diversity in new music, ‘Whose music?’, with NMDX programme delegates Eve O’Donnell (National Sawdust) and David Pay (Music on Main), composer Amanda Feery, and New Music Dublin Festival Director John Harris. Presented by Evonne Ferguson and Jonathan Grimes.
Subscribe at cmc.ie/amplify Production, editing and recording - Keith Fennell Show Notes
See www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-12-NMD-Live for full details | |||
| Music by Jennifer Walshe, Anna Murray and Jenn Kirby for International Women's Day 2020 - amplify #11 | 08 Mar 2020 | 00:16:29 | |
A special episode for International Women's Day, featuring recordings of works by Jennifer Walshe, Anna Murray and Jenn Kirby from their recent albums, introduced by the composers. Music
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| Sounding the Feminists - Ann Cleare, Karen Power, Laura Watson and Ciara Murphy - amplify #10 | 05 Mar 2020 | 00:26:32 | |
Production and editing - Jonathan Grimes Recording - Keith Fennell To mark International Women's Day 2020, episode 10 of CMC's podcast amplify profiles the work of the Sounding the Feminists collective with a conversation between Evonne Ferguson and STF Working Group Members Ann Cleare, Karen Power and Laura Watson; and STF Research Associate, Ciara Murphy on her project to carry out a Gender Balance Review Project for the collective. Presented by Jonathan Grimes.Subscribe at cmc.ie/amplify Show Notes
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| amplify #9 - International Conference on Live Coding | 27 Feb 2020 | 00:27:01 | |
Production and editing - Jonathan Grimes Recording - Keith Fennell Episode 9 of CMC’s podcast features a conversation recorded in early February 2020 at the University of Limerick during the International Conference on Live Coding. Guests include writer-artist Emma Cocker, musician Alex McLean, composers Neil O’Connor and Giuseppe Torre, and curator Nora O’ Murchú. Presented by Jonathan Grimes.Subscribe at cmc.ie/amplify Show Notes
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| Toner Quinn on 20 years of the Journal of Music; Jane O'Leary on writing for string quartet and recent works; and Adrian Mantu on new music and the ConTempo Quartet - amplify #8 | 13 Feb 2020 | 00:46:22 | |
Episode 8 of CMC's podcast features interviews recorded in Galway in early February 2020 with Toner Quinn, Journal of Music, composer Jane O'Leary, and Galway Music Residency - the ConTempo Quartet cellist, Adrian Mantu. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson. Subscribe at cmc.ie/amplify Show Notes Music
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| amplify #7 - John Harris, Festival Director of New Music Dublin | 30 Jan 2020 | 00:40:51 | |
Episode 7 of CMC’s fortnightly podcast features an interview with New Music Dublin Festival Director John Harris about the 2020 festival, the link between social situations and new music, building audiences, achieving gender balance in programming, and the importance of placing international work alongside Irish work when programming the festival. Complete show notes: www.cmc.ie/features/amplify-7 Show Notes
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| Violinist Darragh Morgan on commissioning and performing new music by Irish composers, and Deirdre Gribbin on receiving a Major Individual Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland - amplify # | 16 Jan 2020 | 00:44:30 | |
Episode 6 of CMC's fortnightly podcast features interviews with violinist Darragh Morgan and composer Deirdre Gribbin. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.
Show Notes
Further information: https://www.cmc.ie/features/amplify-6 | |||
| amplify #103 - Ultan O'Brien performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange | 08 May 2024 | 00:13:55 | |
A performance from composer, fiddle and viola player Ultan O’Brien, recorded at IMRO on 25 April during CMC’s New Music Dublin Exchange - a programme which took place during the New Music Dublin festival, to which representatives of some of the most significant international contemporary music festivals, venues, programmers, promoters and broadcasters were invited. Show Notes Recorded and edited by Keith Fennell. CMC wishes to thank Culture Ireland for its funding of New Music Dublin Exchange, and IMRO for their support. | |||
| Jennifer Walshe on her opera with Timothy Morton 'TIME TIME TIME' and Kevin Volans on reaching 70 - amplify #5 | 19 Dec 2019 | 00:52:39 | |
Episode 5 of CMC’s podcast features interviews with Jennifer Walshe’s about her opera TIME TIME TIME and Kevin Volans on reaching 70.
Subscribe to the Podcast here. Production - Jonathan Grimes Recording and editing - Keith Fennell Show Notes
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| The Golden Age for contemporary music from Ireland? Songs in the Irish language, and rediscovering Irish women composers from the twentieth century - amplify #3 | 21 Nov 2019 | 00:47:41 | |
Episode 3 of CMC’s new podcast features an interview with Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival artistic director, Graham McKenzie, Dáirine Ní Mheadhra on her project to commission Irish composers to write songs using Irish language texts, and CMC Scholar-in-residence Orla Shannon on the music and lives of twentieth-century Irish women composers Ina Boyle and Joan Trimble. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson. Recording and production - Keith Fennell Editing - Jonathan Grimes Show Notes Ann Clearehttps://www.cmc.ie/composers/ann-cleare Riot Ensemblehttp://riotensemble.com/ Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festivalhttps://hcmf.co.uk/ CMC at HCMFhttps://www.cmc.ie/news/11202019–2125/cmc–2019-huddersfield-contemporary-music-festival Irish Language Art Song Projecthttps://www.cmc.ie/AmhrainEalaineGhaeilge Joan Trimblehttps://www.cmc.ie/composers/joan-trimble Ina Boylehttp://www.inaboyle.org/ Music
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| New music and public broadcasting with composer Jürgen Simpson, and a Lifetime Achievement Award for John Kinsella - amplify #2 (7 November 2019) | 07 Nov 2019 | 00:42:42 | |
The second episode of the Contemporary Music Centre's fortnightly podcast features a conversation recorded in Limerick with composer Jürgen Simpson on new music and broadcasting; as well as marking John Kinsella’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Concert Hall, Dublin ahead of the premiere of his 11th Symphony later this month. The episode is presented by Evonne Ferguson and Jonathan Grimes. Subscribe to the Podcast here. Recording and production - Keith Fennell https://www.cmc.ie/composers/jurgen-simpson Music
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| Making a living as a composer - Amanda Feery on the worsening economic conditions for artists living in Dublin: amplify #1 (22 October 2019) | 22 Oct 2019 | 00:44:01 | |
In the first episode of CMC's new fortnightly podcast, Evonne Ferguson and Jonathan Grimes talk with composer Amanda Feery about her recent work at the Dublin Fringe Festival, writing for symphonic wind band, making a living as a composer in Dublin and the worsening economic conditions for artists living in the capital, and why she chose to move back to Ireland from the US. Recorded in CMC in October 2019 Amanda Feeryhttps://www.cmc.ie/composers/amanda-feery
Ball State Symphony Band Heartworm (clip) Irish National Opera Studio Evangelia Rigaki - This Hostel Life Stephen McNeff - Banished Donnacha Dennehy - Second Violinist New Music Dublin CrashLands Recording and production - Keith Fennell | |||
| amplify #102 - Future Music Panel Live @ Music Current Festival 2024 | 23 Apr 2024 | 00:40:36 | |
A special live episode of amplify which was recorded at this year's Music Current Festival panel discussion presented in partnership with the Contemporary Music Centre. The panel was chaired by CMC's Director, Evonne Ferguson. Show Notes "Here, four composers, academics, researchers and media artists share insights into their personal practices, working methods, compositional techniques, rationale, and the strategies they use to approach compositional problems, and how technology might inform future music developments." Source: Music Current Festival - Future Music Panelists: Music In order of appearance in the episode: Daniel McDermott Bezier Lines (2024) - performed by Dublin Sound Lab Amanda Feery Hireth (2024) - performed by The Black Page Orchestra Lara Gallagher Leap of Foals (2024) - performed by lovemusic collective John McLachlan Qualia I (2024) - performed by Dublin Sound Lab Fergal Dowling Total Harmonic Distortion (2024) - performed by Dublin Sound Lab All music featured in this episode was recorded live at Music Current 2024 at the Project Arts Centre. Episode credits Editing: Keith Fennell | |||
| amplify #101 - Anselm McDonnell on his new release, Kraina | 04 Apr 2024 | 00:17:55 | |
In this episode, we hear from Anselm McDonnell about his new release, Kraina, an album drawing on the themes of home and displacement. Show Notes Anselm McDonnell (CMC Composer Page) This interview was recorded on location by Evonne Ferguson at Queen's University, Belfast on 22 March 2024. It was recorded before the launch of Kraina which took place on the same date in the Harty Room in Queen's University, presented by CMC in partnership with Moving On Music, Belfast. The launch featured a performance by Cahal Masterson (piano) and Rebecca Murphy (soprano) of works from this new release. Music All music featured is taken from the album, Kraina available to purchase on Bandcamp In order of appearance in the episode: Anselm McDonnell - Kraina I. Jeżeli Porcelana Cahal Masterson - piano Anselm McDonnell - Kraina II. The House on the Interface Cahal Masterson - piano Anselm McDonnell - Her Name is Sorrow Dermot Dunne - accordion
Editing: Keith Fennell | |||
| amplify #100 - We Only Want the Earth | 21 Mar 2024 | 00:22:18 | |
| Bonus Episode - Brian Bridges on his work Ramp Waves at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival | 28 Dec 2023 | 00:09:24 | |
In this special bonus episode of amplify, Jonathan Grimes speaks to Brian Bridges about his new work, Ramp Waves which he performed at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival back in November.
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| amplify #99 - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival | 20 Dec 2023 | 00:36:21 | |
CMC travelled to Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival back in November. Whilst there we had the great pleasure of interviewing some of Ireland's finest exponents of new music who were performing at the festival. This episode features interviews with Kirkos, Stone Drawn Circles, Jennifer Walshe and Andreas Borregaard Show Notes Music Thank you to the composers, performers, BBC and Music Network for permission to use the recordings featured in this episode. In order of appearance in the episode:
Interviews recorded on location at HCMF 2023 by Evonne Ferguson and Jonathan Grimes. Editing: Keith Fennell and Jonathan Grimes. | |||
| amplify #98 - Live from the James Wilson Centenary Celebration at the Irish Summer School | 12 Dec 2023 | 01:02:16 | |
A very special live podcast event hosted by CMC at this year's Irish Composition Summer School to mark the recent centenary of James Wilson's birth, which took place in 2022, as well as celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Summer School.
Show Notes
This event featured a programme of works by James Wilson, Martin O'Leary and John Buckley performed by Martin O'Leary (piano) and Patrick Burke (clarinet). The event also included a panel of former students, colleagues and friends of James Wilson including Rhona Clarke, Jane O'Leary, John Buckley, Martin O'Leary and John McLachlan, hosted by CMC's Jonathan Grimes.
Recorded live at The Square, Irish Institute of Music & Song, Balbriggan, Dublin.
Music
Live performances in order of appearance
John Buckley Jim Singing (1992) - Performed by Martin O’Leary (piano)
Martin O’Leary Jim’s Air from Jimnopodie (1992) - Performed by Martin O’Leary (piano)
James Wilson Three Play Things for Clarinet (1983) - Performed by Patrick Burke (clarinet)
James Wilson Five Preludes for piano Op.87 (1982) - Performed by Martin O’Leary (piano)
Further Notes
Recording: Paul Lynch
Editing and mixing: Keith Fennell
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| amplify #97 - RAMP | 24 Nov 2023 | 00:25:01 | |
Recorded during the summer, Evonne Ferguson attended RAMP, the Rathmullan Music Project in Donegal for it's inaugural year. Whilst there Evonne spoke with project directors, Rob Casey and Peter Doherty about the inspiration for launching the project as well as speaking to some of the performers and composers taking part in the project including Una Lee, Xenia Pestova Bennett and Rhodri Davis. Show Notes
Music Performers and composers in order of appearance on the episode:
All music featured in this episode of the podcast was recorded live at RAMP 2023. Recording: Evonne Ferguson | |||
| amplify #96 - John McLachlan | 27 Oct 2023 | 00:31:43 | |
Recorded in July of this year, composer John McLachlan talks to Jonathan Grimes about his CMC Composer Residency at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, his current approach to composing, and his new album of piano music recorded by pianist Mary Dullea.
Show Notes
John McLachlan
CMC Composer page
John McLachlan Awarded CMC Residency at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
Reflections on the residency
Drinking the Stars (Farpoint Recordings)
Music
John McLachlan - December (Winter Music), Mary Dullea (piano)
John McLachlan - Le dernier bourgeon de l’avenir
John McLachlan - Ockham’s Razor, Mary Dullea (piano)
John McLachlan - fail ceoil, Mary Dullea (piano)
John McLachlan - Stone Bell and Sandwave - X. Narita, Mary Dullea (piano)
John McLachlan - Stone Bell and Sandwave - XI. Celesta, Mary Dullea (piano)
John McLachlan - Stone Bell and Sandwave - XX. Vita, Mary Dullea (piano)
Editing: Keith Fennell
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| amplify #112 - Composer Lab 2024 | 11 Oct 2024 | 00:26:31 | |
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.
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| amplify #95 - Sinead Hayes on Composer Lab | 20 Oct 2023 | 00:26:13 | |
Conductor Sinead Hayes joins Jonathan Grimes to discuss CMC and the National Symphony Orchestra’s recent Composer Lab workshop. Composer Lab is professional development initiative which aims to provide a creative and open environment for composers wishing to deepen their understanding of writing for the forces of a full symphony orchestra. Show Notes
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| amplify #94 - Culture Night at CMC, Timescapes soundwalk at IMMA, and INO’s Breathwork | 12 Oct 2023 | 00:44:12 | |
CMC’s podcast returns for its fifth season with features on CMC’s Culture Night event, curated by CMC Emerging Composer, Paul Scully, composer Robert Coleman’s Timescapes soundwalk as part of IMMA’s Earth Rising Festival, and Ena Brennan’s new opera Breathwork for Irish National Opera. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson, the episode includes contributions from composers Paul Scully, Robert Coleman and Ena Brennan, ornithologist Seán Ronayne, musician Seán Mac Erlaine, director John McIlduff, and soprano Michelle O’Rourke. Show Notes Recording and editing: Keith Fennell, Jonathan Grimes Production: Jonathan Grimes | |||
| amplify #93 - Raymond Deane at 70 | 20 Jul 2023 | 00:43:05 | |
Marking his 70th year in 2023, Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson talk to composer Raymond Deane. The conversation was recorded in front on an invited audience at an event in CMC last month, and also includes extracts from live performances of some of his music.
Show Notes
Raymond Deane
CMC Composer Page
Music
All music used was recorded live in CMC on 30 June
Raymond Deane - Excursus (Robert Finegan - saxophone)
Raymond Deane - Microforms (Emma Coulthard - flutes, David Appleton - piano)
Raymond Deane - 5 Roses in 4 Parts (Bláth Conroy Murphy, Bríd Ní Ghruagáin, Shane Barriscale and Paul McGough)
Recording and editing: Keith Fennell
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| amplify #92 - Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble's Greg Caffrey and Aisling Agnew | 13 Jul 2023 | 00:19:36 | |
Recorded in Belfast just before the Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble’s final 2022/23 season concert, Jonathan Grimes talks to the group’s outgoing Artistic Director Greg Caffrey and flautist and Concerts Manager Aisling Agnew about the ensemble’s first 10 years.
Show Notes
Music
With the exception of the opening music, all music is taken from the Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble’s concert at the Harty Room, Queen’s University Belfast on 16 June 2023
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| amplify #91 - Sylvia O'Brien on Seóirse Bodley at 90 | 29 Jun 2023 | 00:36:37 | |
Marking composer Seóirse Bodley’s recent 90th birthday, amplify features a conversation with soprano Sylvia O’Brien about her collaboration with Bodley, and his approach to writing for voice. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.
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| amplify #90 - Andrew Hamilton and Yue Song on their works premiered at New Music Dublin 2023 | 23 Jun 2023 | 00:19:24 | |
Recorded during New Music Dublin 2023, Jonathan Grimes talks to Andrew Hamilton about his new work ‘Friendly Piece’ which received its premiere at the festival by Crash Ensemble, and Yue Song, one of the composers who participated in the groups’s Crash Works initiative. Show Notes
Editing: Keith Fennell. Thanks to Crash Ensemble for the recordings of Andrew Hamilton’s Friendly Piece and Yue Song’s Senses IV. | |||
| amplify #89 - Eliza McCarthy, Ryan McAdams and Donnacha Dennehy on his new piano concerto, Limina | 13 Jun 2023 | 00:12:49 | |
A conversation recorded during this year’s New Music Dublin with Crash Ensemble’s principal conductor Ryan McAdams, pianist Eliza McCarthy and composer Donnacha Dennehy about his new piano concerto Limina.
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| amplify #88 - Garrett Sholdice on his new album 'The Blue Light' | 08 Jun 2023 | 00:30:19 | |
A conversation with composer Garrett Sholdice about his new album ‘The Blue Light’. Presented by Jonathan Grimes, the composer speaks about his musical preoccupations, the process of producing the album, and his approach to composing.
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| amplify #87 - New Music Dublin 2023: Choral Sketches, Áine Mallon, Ailís Ní Ríain, and Elizabeth Hilliard | 31 May 2023 | 00:24:13 | |
The first of two episodes with conversations recorded with some of the artists who featured in this year’s New Music Dublin festival. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson, the episode includes interviews from CMC and Chamber Choir Ireland’s Choral Sketches workshop, composers Áine Mallon and Ailís Ní Ríain, and soprano Elizabeth Hilliard.
Show Notes
Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (NMC Recordings)
New Music Dublin
Choral Sketches 2023
Áine Mallon
CMC Composer Page
Ailís Ní Ríain
CMC Composer Page
Elizabeth Hilliard
Music
Ailís Ní Ríain - Seahorse (Long snouted)
All other music from Choral Sketches workshop and Chamber Choir Ireland Concert at New Music Dublin
Editing: Keith Fennell
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| amplify #86 - Stephen Graham on Contemporary Music and the economy | 18 May 2023 | 00:44:57 | |
Read interview transcript: https://www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-86
A discussion with Stephen Graham, Head of School of Arts and Humanities and Senior Lecturer in Music at Goldsmith’s University of London about new music and its relationship to the economy.
Show Notes
Stephen Graham
Becoming Noise Music
Twentieth-Century Music in the West
Composing Capital
Music
Seán Clancy - Sign
New Music New Ireland four
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| amplify #111 - Rhona Clarke and Eric Skytterholm Egan at the ISCM World New Music Days 2024 | 27 Sep 2024 | 00:17:18 | |
CMC’s podcast on artists active in New Music in Ireland returns with interviews recorded with two of the featured Irish composers at this year’s ISCM World New Music Days in the Faroe Islands. Recorded in June, the episode features conversations with composers Eric Skytterholm Egan and Rhona Clarke. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.
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| 'Sounding the Alarm' - new music and the climate emergency: amplify LIVE at New Music Dublin 2023 | 05 May 2023 | 00:35:33 | |
A live podcast discussion with composers Robert Curgenven, Karen Power, Judith Ring, and Jürgen Simpson on the impact of climate change on new music and how musicians are responding to the climate crisis and biodiversity loss through their work. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and recorded live during New Music Dublin 2023.
Show Notes
Recorded on 21 April 2023 in the Iveagh Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin. Sound: Keith Fennell Thanks to New Music Dublin and the National Concert Hall for hosting this event | |||
| amplify #84 - amplify LIVE at New Music Dublin 2023 | 28 Apr 2023 | 00:38:35 | |
A live podcast recorded during New Music Dublin 2023 with some of the composers and artists featured at this year’s festival. Composers Úna Monaghan, Kevin Volans and Susan Geaney, and conductor David Brophy join special guest American broadcaster and writer John Schaefer (New Sounds, WNYC) and CMC’s Jonathan Grimes in conversation.
Show Notes
Recorded on 22 April 2023 in the Iveagh Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin. Sound: Keith Fennell Thanks to New Music Dublin and the National Concert Hall for hosting this event | |||
| amplify #83 - amplify LIVE at Finding a Voice | 31 Mar 2023 | 00:40:50 | |
A discussion recorded during this year’s Finding a Voice festival in Clonmel featuring composers Jacqueline Fletcher, Áine Mallon and Gráinne Mulvey. This discussion, which took place on 11 March 2023, is introduced and chaired by CMC Director, Evonne Ferguson.
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| amplify #82 - Deirdre Gribbin on composing for film | 10 Mar 2023 | 00:36:02 | |
Composer Deirdre Gribbin talks to Jonathan Grimes about composing music for the film documentary, ‘Stolen’, writing her new cello concerto, the importance of narrative in her music, and her thoughts on the plight of women composers today.
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| amplify #81 - New Music::New Ireland 4 Belfast Launch and Composer Lab | 24 Feb 2023 | 00:38:58 | |
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
All 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 | |||
| amplify #80 - Roger Doyle and Linda Buckley | 03 Feb 2023 | 00:36:54 | |
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.
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| amplify #79 - Sebastian Adams | 20 Dec 2022 | 00:27:30 | |
Recorded this September, Sebastian Adams talks to Jonathan Grimes about his experiences on the Cursus programme at IRCAM in Paris.
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Music
All Music by Sebastian Adams | |||
| amplify #78 - Kate Ellis and Donnacha Dennehy on Crash Ensemble at 25 | 14 Dec 2022 | 00:28:36 | |
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 Notes
Crash Ensemble
[reactions]
Donnacha Dennehy
Music
Barry O’Halpin - Lethargarian
Éna Brennan - Runaway
David Fennessy - Jack
Barry O’Halpin - Wingform
Sam Perkin - Children in the Universe
Barry O’Halpin - Wingform
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| amplify #77 - Neil O'Connor, Ruth McGinley and Neil Martin | 06 Dec 2022 | 00:37:30 | |
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.
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| amplify #76 - new music::new Ireland Four launch | 24 Nov 2022 | 00:36:01 | |
amplify #76 - new music::new Ireland Four launch Recorded 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 Notes
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| amplify #110 - TERRAIN | 19 Jul 2024 | 00:22:27 | |
An episode featuring a live panel discussion from Northern Ireland's newest contemporary music festival, TERRAIN in the Accidental Theatre, Belfast featuring Aisling Agnew, Lina Andanovska and Ian Wilson. Presented by Evonne Ferguson. Show Notes Music All music featured in this episode was performed live at TERRAIN Music Festival on 18 May 2024
Chief Sound Engineer: Martin Price Sound Technician: Peter Cunningham Podcast Recording: Emma Bainbridge Editing: Keith Fennell | |||
| amplify #75 - Jane O'Leary, David Fennessy and Matthew Whiteside | 14 Nov 2022 | 00:39:37 | |
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.
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Production and editing: Keith Fennell | |||