Contemporary Music Centre

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A podcast from the Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland on new music and composers from Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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 # 16.01.2020 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 Darragh Morgan Deirdre Gribbin Fidelio Trio Winter Chamber Music Festival Mode Records NMC Recordings Music Gerald Barry - Triorchic Blues , Fidelio Trio - 00:02, 19:43 Deirdre Gribbin - How to Make the Water Sound , Fid...

Jennifer Walshe on her opera with Timothy Morton 'TIME TIME TIME' and Kevin Volans on reaching 70 - amplify #5 19.12.2019 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 GrimesRecording and editing - Keith Fennell Show Notes Jennifer Walshe TIME TIME TIME Kevin Volans Kevin Volans' 70th Birthday Concert Sonic Acts MaerzMusik Ultima Festival Borealis Serpentine Galleries London Co...

The Golden Age for contemporary music from Ireland? Songs in the Irish language, and rediscovering Irish women composers from the twentieth century - amplify #3 21.11.2019 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 Jonath...

New music and public broadcasting with composer Jürgen Simpson, and a Lifetime Achievement Award for John Kinsella - amplify #2 (7 November 2019) 07.11.2019 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 Gr...

Making a living as a composer - Amanda Feery on the worsening economic conditions for artists living in Dublin: amplify #1 (22 October 2019) 22.10.2019 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 Octo...