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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. Show Notes Finding a Voice Festival Áine Mallon CMC Composer Page Gráinne Mulvey Jacqueline Fletcher wins Finding a Voice 2023 Emerging Co...

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. Show Notes Deirdre Gribbin CMC Composer Page Music Deirdre Gribbin - Hearing your Genes Evolve (Spero Quartet), live recording from the Hugh Lane Gallery, 26 Feb...

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::...

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 - Suit...

Recorded this September, Sebastian Adams talks to Jonathan Grimes about his experiences on the Cursus programme at IRCAM in Paris. Show Notes Sebastian Adams CMC Composer Page Cursus Programme stolenmusic.org Music All 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...

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 Pag...

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 Grah...

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 Evon...

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'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 E...

amplify #72 - ‘Future Music?': a discussion from Music Current 2022 Recorded in April as part of the Music Current 2022 festival, this episode features a discussion entitled ‘Future Music?' on musical life after the pandemic. Introduced and chaired by CMC Director Evonne Ferguson, the discussion, recorded at the Project Arts Centre in front of an audience, includes composer Natacha Die...

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 Musgrav...

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 N...

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 Notes New Music D...

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 J...

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 Notes New Music Dubin Music for 5 Silent Poems George Higgs georgehiggs.com CMC Composer Page Watch the live performance on Ins...

The first of two live recordings for New Music Dublin 2022 features a discussion on Joyce and new music and CMC's Ulysses Journey Project with composers Benjamin Dwyer and Frank Corcoran, and CMC's Linda O'Shea Farren. The episode was recorded at the National Concert Hall on 29 April. Show Notes New Music Dubin Benjamin Dwyer benjamindwyer.com CMC Composer Page Frank Corcoran frankcorcoran.com CMC...

Episode 65 pays tribute to composer John Kinsella, who passed away last November at the age of 89. The episode features an in depth contribution from Séamas de Barra, author of a forthcoming book on Kinsella's music, as well as contributions from Séamus Crimmins, Gerry Keenan and Katherine Hunka about the composer's life and work. Presented by Evonne Ferguson, with interviews by Jonathan Grimes. S...

A conversation with composer Rhona Clarke about her new album ‘Sempiternam'. The album features a selection of the composer's choral works composed over a 30-year period performed by State Choir Latvija. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson. Show Notes Sempiternam Purchase via CMC Shop Rhona Clarke www.rhonaclarke.com CMC composer page State Choir Latvija Subscribe to amplify pod...

Pianist Aileen Cahill shares three recordings from Anna Murray, Gráinne Mulvey and Linda Buckley from a recent playlist, entitled ‘Mná in Music’, which she curated for International Women’s Day. Show Notes Aileen Cahill - CMC Scholar-in-Residence 2022 Listen to the full playlist Music Jane O’Leary - Palette of Preludes (Aileen Cahill) Anna Murray - Azuma-asobi /東遊 *Grainne Mulvey - Steel Grey Sp...

A conversation with musicologist Barbara Dignam about Roger Doyle's magum opus ‘Babel'. Recorded last year, this episode continues amplify's occasional series which takes a look back at works by Irish composers in the recent past. Presented by Jonathan Grimes. Show Notes Barbara Dignam Creative Impulses, Cultural Accents: Brian Boydell's Music, Advocacy, Painting and Legacy Roger Doyle CMC C...

Episode 61 features conversations with composer Ailís Ní Ríain and pianist Yonit Kosovske about ‘Watershed’, a song cycle composed by Ailís Ní Ríain for Yonit Kosovske and contralto Julie Comparini. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson. Show Notes Watershed Ailís Ní Ríain CMC Composer Page ailis.info Yonit Kosovske Julie Comparini Jessica Brown And Say amplify episode #60 amplify episo...

Episode 60 of CMC’s fortnightly podcast features an interview with composer Raymond Deane about his recent work for piano quartet ‘Vayu Vata’. Premiered by the Danish-based Rudersdal Chamber Players in January, the episode also includes a contribution from the group’s violinist Christine Pryn about the work. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson. CMCIreland · amplify #60 - Raymond Deane...

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 Notes Ulysses Journey 2022 Watch the spe...