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| amplify #127 - RAMP Festival 2025 | 14 nov. 2025 | 00:35:37 | |
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 Notes | |||
| amplify #125 — Jonathan Nangle | 17 oct. 2025 | 00:20:51 | |
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 | |||
| amplify #125 – John Godfrey and Quiet Music Ensemble | 20 juin 2025 | 00:29:08 | |
A conversation with composer and guitarist John Godfrey, Artistic Director of Quiet Music Ensemble, recorded in May 2025 ahead of the launch in CMC of two new albums on Farpoint Recordings - *Moon Phases* by Francis Heery and a remastered edition of *The Mysteries Beyond Matter*. Presented by Jonathan Grimes, the episode includes an extract from a live performance recorded at the launch event with John Godfrey, QME cellist Yseult Cooper Stockdale, and Anthony Kelly and David Stalling of Farpoint Recordings. Shownotes: https://www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-125 | |||
| amplify #124 - Music Current 2025: Ownership of Music Material and Communities | 30 mai 2025 | 00:47:35 | |
This special live edition of amplify, recorded this April as part of the Music Current Festival in Dublin, presents Who Owns Music? A Discussion on Ownership of Music Material and Communities. The panel features Laetitia Deering (DIY arts facilitator), Eamonn Keating (IMRO), Maximilian Marcoll (festival composer) and Thilo Ruck (festival musician), who explore how digital technology is reshaping ideas of ownership in music — from copyright and distribution to creative control and the role of community. Hosted by Jonathan Grimes.Show NotesRecording Engineer: Paul LynchEditing: Keith Fennell
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| amplify #123 - Musici Ireland's Earthrise album launch | 09 mai 2025 | 00:24:39 | |
Conversations with Musici Ireland Artistic Director Beth McNinch and violinist Ioana Petcu-Colan, recorded during the launch of the group's album 'Earthrise' at CMC. Presented by Jonathan Grimes with Evonne Ferguson, the episode also features composer Liam Bates talking about composing the album's title track — a viola concerto written for Beth McNinch.Full show notes: https://www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-123
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| amplify #122 - Robert Finegan performs Jenn Kirby's 'Tripping' at CMC's New Music Exchange | 02 mai 2025 | 00:14:22 | |
In the third and final episode of our New Music Dublin Exchange Showcases, saxophonist Robert Finegan performs Jenn Kirby's Tripping. Presented by Jonathan Grimes. Show Notes Music recorded at IMRO, Copyright House, Pembroke Row, Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 HW59. Recording: Keith Fennell and Garrett SholdiceEditing: Keith Fennell
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| amplify #121 - Tadhg Kinsella performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange | 25 avr. 2025 | 00:17:26 | |
In the second episode of our New Music Dublin Exchange Showcases, CMC Emerging Composer Tadhg Kinsella, a classically trained percussionist and live electronics musician, performs a live improvisation using modular synthesisers. Presented by Jonathan Grimes. Show Notes Music recorded at IMRO, Copyright House, Pembroke Row, Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 HW59. Recording: Keith Fennell and Garrett Sholdice Editing: Keith Fennell | |||
| amplify #120 - Cora Venus Lunny and Izumi Kimura perform at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange | 17 avr. 2025 | 00:16:37 | |
This episode of amplify features a conversation and improvisation by violinist Cora Venus Lunny and pianist Izumi Kimura, recorded live at the Contemporary Music Centre’s Creative Space as part of New Music Dublin Exchange. Presented by Jonathan Grimes Show Notes
Music recorded at CMC’s Creative Space, Fishamble Street, Dublin, 2 April 2025. Sound: Keith Fennell | |||
| amplify #119 - Paul Hillier | 21 mars 2025 | 00:28:04 | |
Image credit: Paul Hillier's final concert as AD of Chamber Choir Ireland (In Illo Tempore, October 2024), filmed by Dominik Kosicki. Conductor Paul Hillier, who up to 2024 was Artistic Director of Chamber Choir Ireland, speaks to Evonne Ferguson about some of the Irish composers and works commissioned and performed during his time with the choir. The conversation was recorded in October 2024 and features works by Gerald Barry, Siobhán Cleary, Rhona Clarke, David Fennessy, Andrew Hamilton, Stephen McNeff and Jennifer Walshe. Show NotesChamber Choir Ireland: Composers featured in this episode: MusicIn order of appearance in the episode: chOirland - David Fennessy The White Noisery - Jennifer Walshe (Live Recording) Dives and Lazurus - Stephen McNeff (Live Recording) Pie Jesu from Requiem - Rhona Clarke (Live Recording) All music featured in this episode was performed by Chamber Choir Ireland under the direction of Paul Hillier. | |||
| amplify #118 - new music for harpsichord: Yonit Kosovske, Evangelia Rigaki, Janet Oates, Fiona Linnane and Meadhbh Hayes | 28 févr. 2025 | 00:24:05 | |
Conversations with some of the artists who featured in the ‘Inventions: the harpsichord across Time and borders’ concert on 9 November 2024 at Limerick City Gallery of Art. Jonathan Grimes speaks to harpsichordist Yonit Kosovske and project director Janet Oates, along with composers Evangelia Rigaki, Fiona Linnane and Meadhbh Hayes.Show Notes
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| amplify #117 - CMC's Spring Gathering featuring music by Cathy Purcell | 07 févr. 2025 | 00:13:39 | |
CMC’s podcast returns for 2025 with a recording taken from CMC’s recent Spring Gathering event featuring soprano Sylvia O’Brien and flautist Bill Dowdall performing Cathy Purcell’s ‘Droplet’. Winner of the 2024 Finding a Voice Composition Competition, Cathy Purcell also speaks to Jonathan Grimes about her experience composing the work. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson. Show Notes Music ‘Droplet’ by Cathy Purcell, performed live in CMC by Sylvia O’Brien and Bill Dowdall on 30 January 2025 | |||
| amplify #116 - Ian Wilson in conversation with Tim Rutherford-Johnson live from CMC | 23 déc. 2024 | 00:36:56 | |
CMC celebrated the 60th Birthday of composer, Ian Wilson in CMC on December 4 2024, with an evening of music and discussion.
For the final episode of amplify for 2024, Ian Wilson joins music journalist and contemporary music educator Tim Rutherford-Johnson for a conversation spanning his career and centred around a new essay commissioned by CMC. You'll also hear excerpts of live performances from the evening featuring Lina Andonovska (flute), Ioana Petcu-Colan (Violin) and the composer himself, Ian Wilson (piano). You can order a hard copy of the essay here. All music featured in this episode was recorded live in CMC's Library and Creative Space on December 6 2024. Terra and Fuoco from I Quattro Elementi for solo violin - Ioana Petcu-Colan (Violin) Die Zwitscher-Maschine for solo piccolo - Lina Andonovska (Piccolo) Spilliaert's Beach for alto flute and piano - Lina Andonovska (Alto flute) and Ian Wilson (Piano) Recording and editing: Keith Fennell Introduction: Jonathan Grimes | |||
| amplify #115 - Caterina Schembri on her new album 'Sea Salt & Turpentine' | 16 déc. 2024 | 00:27:51 | |
Caterina Schembri, whose debut album 'Sea Salt & Turpentine' was released on Ergodos, talks to Jonathan Grimes about her musical background and work as a composer. Show Notes Music All music taken from Sea Salt & Turpentine (Ergodos)
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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 #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 #111 - Rhona Clarke and Eric Skytterholm Egan at the ISCM World New Music Days 2024 | 27 sept. 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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| amplify #110 - TERRAIN | 19 juil. 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 #109 - Topographies mini festival of Experimental music in Berlin | 03 juil. 2024 | 00:25:48 | |
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 Music
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| amplify #108 - Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea on Gerald Barry's violin and piano music | 14 juin 2024 | 00:13:03 | |
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 Notes
Music
All music taken from the album In the Asylum, Mode Records
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| amplify #107 - Linda Buckley on her new work, Tuile agus Trá for Iarla Ó Lionáird and the National Symphony Orchestra | 31 mai 2024 | 00:20:48 | |
Back in April, as New Music Dublin 2024 was approaching, Evonne Ferguson sat down for a chat with Linda Buckley and Iarla Ó Lionáird to discuss Tuile agus Trá, a new work for the National Symphony Orchestra composed by Linda and dedicated to the memory of her mother, Mary Buckley. Show Notes
Tuile agus Trá premiered on the 26 April in the National Concert Hall as part of New Music Dublin 2024. It was broadcast live on RTÉ lyric fm for a special episode of RTÉ lyric Live co-presented by Paul Herriott and John Harris. You can listen to the full broadcast here. Tuile agus Trá was commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra and New Music Dublin. Episode Credits Presented by Evonne Ferguson Recorded and edited by Keith Fennell Show NotesEpisode Credits | |||
| amplify #106 - Brian Irvine on his new work for Stone Drawn Circles, 'A Call to Arms' | 17 mai 2024 | 00:14:46 | |
A conversation with composer Brian Irvine, recorded during last month’s New Music Dublin festival. Brian’s work ‘A Call to Arms’ was premiered by Stone Drawn Circles and he speaks to Jonathan Grimes about the background to the work and composing for the group.
Show Notes
Recorded and presented by Jonathan Grimes. | |||
| amplify #105 - Brian Bridges performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange | 10 mai 2024 | 00:10:05 | |
A performance from composer electronic musician Brian Bridges, recorded at IMRO on 26 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. | |||
| amplify #104 - Bianca Gannon performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange | 09 mai 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. | |||
| amplify #103 - Ultan O'Brien performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange | 08 mai 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. | |||
| amplify #102 - Future Music Panel Live @ Music Current Festival 2024 | 23 avr. 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 avr. 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
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| amplify #100 - We Only Want the Earth | 21 mars 2024 | 00:22:18 | |
| Bonus Episode - Brian Bridges on his work Ramp Waves at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival | 28 déc. 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 déc. 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 déc. 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:
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| 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 #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 juil. 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 juil. 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 juin 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 juin 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 juin 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 juin 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 mai 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 mai 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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| 'Sounding the Alarm' - new music and the climate emergency: amplify LIVE at New Music Dublin 2023 | 05 mai 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 avr. 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 mars 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 mars 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 févr. 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.
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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 févr. 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 déc. 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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All Music by Sebastian Adams | |||