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amplify #130 — Paul Scully tries for a 'Personal Best' with Nadar Ensemble

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Paul and Nadar ensemble performed his new piece, Personal Best as part of What’s next?, a concert of four new works developed by early-career composers as part of the 2025 NADAR Summer School. The summer school and international festival commissions were supported by NADAR in partnership with the Contemporary Music Centre, New Music Dublin (Ireland), Gaudeamus (Netherlands), Warsaw Autumn (Poland) and Transit Festival (Belgium).

Show Notes

Episode Credits

Recorded and edited by Jonathan Grimes

Additional editing by Keith Fennell

Hosted by Evonne Ferguson and Jonathan Grimes

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amplify #129 - Danny McCarthy

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:53:59 GMT

The final episode of 2025 features a conversation with pioneering sound artist Danny McCarthy. Recorded in early December at CMC to mark the launch of his new album on Farpoint Recordings, Haunted by Silence, the episode also includes a live performance from the launch in the CMC’s Creative Space, featuring Danny alongside Anthony Kelly and David Stalling. Presented by Jonathan Grimes.

Shownotes: https://www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-129

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amplify #128 - InTERRActions

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:54:21 GMT

CMC Emerging Composers Laura Heneghan and Santiago Kodela, and co-founder of Icon Arts Transylvania Academy and Festival Diana Gheorghiu talk to Evonne Ferguson about the InTERRActions concert tour showcasing recent work from Romania and Ireland, and the Composer Residency at the ICON Arts Festival in Sibiu, Transylvania, attended this summer by both composers as part of CMC's ongoing partnership with the festival. Presented by Jonathan Grimes.

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amplify #127 - RAMP Festival 2025

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:45:06 GMT

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

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amplify #126 — Jonathan Nangle

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 06:00:00 GMT

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

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amplify #125 – John Godfrey and Quiet Music Ensemble

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:19:59 GMT

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

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amplify #124 - Music Current 2025: Ownership of Music Material and Communities

Fri, 30 May 2025 11:21:43 GMT

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 Notes

Recording Engineer: Paul LynchEditing: Keith Fennell

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amplify #123 - Musici Ireland's Earthrise album launch

Fri, 09 May 2025 07:00:00 GMT

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

Fri, 02 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT

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

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 10:49:49 GMT

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

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amplify #120 - Cora Venus Lunny and Izumi Kimura perform at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:55:44 GMT

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

Cora Venus Lunny
Izumi Kimura
Invisible Resistances (Farpoint Recordings, 2022)
Folding (with Anthony Kelly) (Farpoint Recordings, 2021)
CMC’s New Music Dublin Exchange

Music recorded at CMC’s Creative Space, Fishamble Street, Dublin, 2 April 2025. Sound: Keith Fennell

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amplify #119 - Paul Hillier

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:30:00 GMT

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
Letter to Michael - David Fennessy
Theophilus Thistle and the Myth of Miss Muffett - Siobhán Cleary (Live Recording)
Everything is Ridiculous - Andrew Hamilton
Schott and Sons Mainz - Gerald Barry
Long Time - Gerald Barry

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.

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amplify #118 - new music for harpsichord: Yonit Kosovske, Evangelia Rigaki, Janet Oates, Fiona Linnane and Meadhbh Hayes

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 07:00:00 GMT

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

Music

‘2 steep 4 sheep (some hills are)' by Ailís Ní Ríain, performed live at Limerick City Gallery of Art by Yonit Kosovske on 7 November 2024
‘Keening' by Evangelia Rigaki, recorded by Yonit Kosovske.
‘Leatherwing' by Fiona Linnane, recorded by Yonit Kosovske.
‘Harpsitrance' by Meadhbh Hayes, performed live at Limerick City Gallery of Art by Yonit Kosovske on 7 November 2024.

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amplify #117 - CMC's Spring Gathering featuring music by Cathy Purcell

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:54:38 GMT

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

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amplify #116 - Ian Wilson in conversation with Tim Rutherford-Johnson live from CMC

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:00:00 GMT

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).

Show Notes

Tim Rutherford-Johnson

Ian Wilson

CMC Composer Page

Lina Andonovska (Alto flute and piccolo)

Ioana Petcu-Colan (Violin)

You can order a hard copy of the essay here.

Music

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)

Episode Credits

Recording and editing: Keith Fennell

Introduction: Jonathan Grimes

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amplify #115 - Caterina Schembri on her new album 'Sea Salt & Turpentine'

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:20:17 GMT

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)

Caterina Schembri - Sea salt & Turpentine, Michelle O’Rourke (voice), Ficino Ensemble
Caterina Schembri - Soft charcoal over moonstone, Nathan Sherman (viola)
Caterina Schembri - There is a willow, Michelle O’Rourke (voice), Ficino Ensemble
Caterina Schembri - I wake up in the night when I dream in black and white , Michelle O’Rourke (voice), Ficino Ensemble
Caterina Schembri - It was only half as far, Ficino Ensemble

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amplify #114 - Larissa O'Grady on her new album, Six New Works for Violin

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:28:14 GMT

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'GradySix 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 GrimesAdditional Editing: Keith FennellIntroduction: Evonne Ferguson

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amplify #113 - Live from West Cork Chamber Music Festival

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:15:56 GMT

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/MusicAll 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 DeadRecording and editing: Keith Fennell

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amplify #112 - Composer Lab 2024

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:33:09 GMT

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 Notes

Music

All music recorded during the Composer Lab workshop on 16 September 2024 by the National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gavin Maloney

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amplify #111 - Rhona Clarke and Eric Skytterholm Egan at the ISCM World New Music Days 2024

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:28:57 GMT

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.

Show Notes

Music

Eric Skytterholm Egan - in some or other Oasis (2014 rev. 2023) (Lapland Chamber Orchestra), live performance at Tórshavn Music School, Tórshavn, Faroe Island, 24 June 2024. Video of concert available here.
Rhona Clarke - O Vis Aeternitatis (2020) (ARS NOVA Copenhagen, conductor Graham Ross), live performance at The Nordic House in Tórshavn, 29 June 2024. Video of concert available here.

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amplify #110 - TERRAIN

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 09:11:56 GMT

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

Improvisation 1 - Lina Andonovska (contrabass flute & flute), David Lyttle (Drums) & Cathal Roche (alto sax)
A Winter Sketchbook - Jane O'Leary - Aisling Agnew (flute) & Petcu-Colan (violin)
Improvisation 2 - Lina Andonovska (contrabass flute & flute), David Lyttle (drums) & Cathal Roche (alto sax)
'Vigour, Rigour, Jigger' - Greg Caffrey - David McCann (cello) Episode Credits

Chief Sound Engineer: Martin Price

Sound Technician: Peter CunninghamPodcast Recording: Emma BainbridgeEditing: Keith Fennell

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amplify #109 - Topographies mini festival of Experimental music in Berlin

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 07:00:00 GMT

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

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

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amplify #108 - Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea on Gerald Barry's violin and piano music

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 06:30:00 GMT

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

Baroness von Ritkart: 1 - Clever, noble, but not talented, (Darragh Morgan, violin and Mary Dullea, piano)
Triorchic Blues, Fidelio Trio
Midday, (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.

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amplify #107 - Linda Buckley on her new work, Tuile agus Trá for Iarla Ó Lionáird and the National Symphony Orchestra

Fri, 31 May 2024 10:32:14 GMT

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

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amplify #106 - Brian Irvine on his new work for Stone Drawn Circles, 'A Call to Arms'

Fri, 17 May 2024 09:40:36 GMT

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.

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amplify #105 - Brian Bridges performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange

Fri, 10 May 2024 07:00:00 GMT

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.

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amplify #104 - Bianca Gannon performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange

Thu, 09 May 2024 15:00:00 GMT

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.

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amplify #103 - Ultan O'Brien performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange

Wed, 08 May 2024 16:04:50 GMT

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.

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amplify #102 - Future Music Panel Live @ Music Current Festival 2024

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:30:48 GMT

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:
João Pedro Oliveira (PRT), composer 
Amanda Feery (IRL), composer 
Lara Gallagher (IRL), composer 
Eryk Salvaggio (USA), researcher, new media artist

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
Recording: Garrett Sholdice

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amplify #101 - Anselm McDonnell on his new release, Kraina

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:37:09 GMT

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
Rebecca Murphy - soprano
Jonny McGuinness - recording engineer

Anselm McDonnell - Kraina II. The House on the Interface

Cahal Masterson - piano
Rebecca Murphy - soprano
Jonny McGuinness - recording engineer

Anselm McDonnell - Her Name is Sorrow

Dermot Dunne - accordion
Joshua Ellicott - tenor
Laura Sinnerton - viola
Richard Brown - recording engineer

Episode Credits

Editing: Keith Fennell
Recording: Evonne Ferguson and Keith Fennell

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amplify #100 - We Only Want the Earth

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:36:16 GMT

Show Notes

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Bonus Episode - Brian Bridges on his work Ramp Waves at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 10:30:00 GMT

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.

Show Notes

Michel Chion: Requiem @ HCMFThis concert commemorated the 50th anniversary of the premier performance of Michel Chion’s Requiem at the Théâtre Récamier in Paris in 1973

Music

Ramp Waves was recorded live at Belfast Festival on 13 October 2023.This interview was recorded on 22 November 2023 at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Editing: Keith Fennell

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amplify #99 - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:43:45 GMT

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:

Excerpts from Kirkos - Beginner's Guide to Slow Travel (2023) performed and composed collaboratively by Sebastian Adams, Robert Coleman, Yseult Cooper Stockdale, Jane Hackett, Hannah Miller and Joan Somers Donnelly. Recorded live on 21 November at HCMF 2023 by Jonathan Grimes.
Excerpt from Karen Power - can you hear me now???? (2019) performed by Stone Drawn Circles. Recorded live on 21 November 2023 at HCMF 2023 by the BBC.
Excerpt form Úna Monaghan - In Formation (2023) performed by Stone Drawn Circles. Recorded live on 21 November 2023 at HCMF 2023 by the BBC.
Excerpt from Jennifer Walshe - Oscailt (2023) performed by Jennifer Walshe (vocalist), Elizabeth Hilliard (soprano), Nick Roth (saxophone) and Panos Ghikas (viola/electronics). Recorded live at Riverbank Arts Centre on 20 September 2023 by The Rise Studio.

Interviews recorded on location at HCMF 2023 by Evonne Ferguson and Jonathan Grimes.Editing: Keith Fennell and Jonathan Grimes.

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amplify #98 - Live from the James Wilson Centenary Celebration at the Irish Summer School

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 09:45:00 GMT

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 appearanceJohn 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 LynchEditing and mixing: Keith Fennell

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amplify #97 - RAMP

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 09:49:03 GMT

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

RAMP is an initiative run by the Northern Lights Project in association with Earagail Arts Festival.

Music

Performers and composers in order of appearance on the episode:

Rob Casey (piano), Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh (viola), David Lacey (percussion),Aonghus McEvoy (guitar)
Xenia Pestova Bennett (piano)
Una Lee (voice) & Aonghus McEvoy (guitar)
Una Lee & Landless (voices)
Rhodri Davies (harp)

All music featured in this episode of the podcast was recorded live at RAMP 2023.

Recording: Evonne Ferguson
Editing: Keith Fennell

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amplify #96 - John McLachlan

Fri, 27 Oct 2023 07:17:15 GMT

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

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 08:55:38 GMT

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

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:28:53 GMT

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 GrimesProduction: Jonathan Grimes

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amplify #93 - Raymond Deane at 70

Thu, 20 Jul 2023 06:00:00 GMT

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 NotesRaymond DeaneCMC Composer PageMusicAll music used was recorded live in CMC on 30 JuneRaymond 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

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 06:00:00 GMT

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

Jane O'Leary - Beneath the Dark Blue Waves (Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble)
Rhona Clarke - Non-stop (Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble), Harty Room, Queen's University, 16 June 2022
Gráinne Mulvey - LUCA (Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble), Harty Room, Queen's University, 16 June 2022
John Buckley - Three Mobiles after Alexander Calder (Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble), Harty Room, Queen's University, 16 June 2022

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amplify #91 - Sylvia O'Brien on Seóirse Bodley at 90

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 06:00:00 GMT

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.

Show Notes

Music

Seóirse Bodley - St Kevin and the Blackbird from ‘The Hiding Places of Love' (Sylvia O'Brien, Isabelle O'Connell), Hugh Lane Gallery, April 2023
Seóirse Bodley - Squall (Sylvia O'Brien, Seóirse Bodley), Hugh Lane Gallery, April 2007
Seóirse Bodley - The Naked Flame (Sylvia O'Brien, Seóirse Bodley), Hugh Lane Gallery, April 2007
Seóirse Bodley - At Banagher from ‘The Hiding Places of Love' (Sylvia O'Brien, Seóirse Bodley), Hugh Lane Gallery, April 2013
Seóirse Bodley - At Banagher from ‘The Hiding Places of Love' (Sylvia O'Brien, Isabelle O'Connell), Hugh Lane Gallery, April 2023
Seóirse Bodley - Postscript from ‘The Hiding Places of Love' (Sylvia O'Brien, Seóirse Bodley), Hugh Lane Gallery, April 2013
Seóirse Bodley - Cavafy from ‘The Hiding Places of Love' (Sylvia O'Brien, Seóirse Bodley), Hugh Lane Gallery, April 2013

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amplify #90 - Andrew Hamilton and Yue Song on their works premiered at New Music Dublin 2023

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:50:00 GMT

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.

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amplify #89 - Eliza McCarthy, Ryan McAdams and Donnacha Dennehy on his new piano concerto, Limina

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 06:00:42 GMT

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.

Show Notes

Music

Donnacha Dennehy - Limina (Eliza McCarthy, Crash Ensemble, conductor Ryan McAdams), 20 April 2023, New Music Dublin. Thanks to Crash Ensemble for the recording.

Editing: Keith Fennell

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amplify #88 - Garrett Sholdice on his new album 'The Blue Light'

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 15:40:03 GMT

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.

Show Notes

Music

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amplify #87 - New Music Dublin 2023: Choral Sketches, Áine Mallon, Ailís Ní Ríain, and Elizabeth Hilliard

Wed, 31 May 2023 05:43:23 GMT

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 HilliardMusic Ailís Ní Ríain - Seahorse (Long snouted) All other music from Choral Sketches workshop and Chamber Choir Ireland Concert at New Music DublinEditing: Keith Fennell

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amplify #86 - Stephen Graham on Contemporary Music and the economy

Thu, 18 May 2023 06:50:36 GMT

Read interview transcript: https://www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-86A 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 CapitalMusic 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

Fri, 05 May 2023 17:45:48 GMT

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

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amplify #84 - amplify LIVE at New Music Dublin 2023

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 17:26:40 GMT

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

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amplify #83 - amplify LIVE at Finding a Voice

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:45:27 GMT

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

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amplify #82 - Deirdre Gribbin on composing for film

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 10:27:45 GMT

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 February 2023
Deirdre Gribbin - music from the film Stolen (director Margo Harkin)
Deirdre Gribbin - extract from Embers, a radio drama starring Patrick Stewart adapted and directed by Lou Stein from a BBC Radio 3 Drama production by Lou Stein Associates
Deirdre Gribbin - How to Make the Water Song (Fidelio Trio), NMC Recordings

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amplify #81 - New Music::New Ireland 4 Belfast Launch and Composer Lab

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:08:11 GMT

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

Music

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

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amplify #80 - Roger Doyle and Linda Buckley

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 16:00:57 GMT

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

Music

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)

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amplify #79 - Sebastian Adams

Tue, 20 Dec 2022 19:09:26 GMT

Recorded this September, Sebastian Adams talks to Jonathan Grimes about his experiences on the Cursus programme at IRCAM in Paris.

Show Notes

Music

All Music by Sebastian Adams

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amplify #78 - Kate Ellis and Donnacha Dennehy on Crash Ensemble at 25

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 14:49:36 GMT

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

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amplify #77 - Neil O'Connor, Ruth McGinley and Neil Martin

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 18:53:36 GMT

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

Music

Production and editing - Keith Fennell

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amplify #76 - new music::new Ireland Four launch

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 09:53:14 GMT

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

Music

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amplify #75 - Jane O'Leary, David Fennessy and Matthew Whiteside

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:32:41 GMT

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

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

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amplify #74 - Anne-Marie O'Farrell's 'Who'd Ever Think it Would Come to This?'

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:13:29 GMT

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.

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amplify #73 - Timothy Cape, Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble, and Ryan Molloy

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 07:16:40 GMT

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 Notes

Music

Timothy Cape - Still Drowsy (Esther-Elisabeth Rispens, ARS LUDI)
Timothy Cape - Sorry for the late reply
Greg 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)

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amplify #72 - 'Future Music?', a discussion from Music Current 2022

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 06:01:12 GMT

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 Diels, Music Current artistic director Fergal Dowling, and Journal of Music editor Toner Quinn.

Show Notes

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amplify #71 - David Bremner's new opera, 'Slow Recognition'

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 06:00:23 GMT

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 Notes

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amplify #70 - Ulysses Journey 2022 in Budapest and Paris

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 07:00:31 GMT

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 Notes

Music

Recordings 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 Ligeti
Greg Caffrey - The Private Consciousness of Molly Bloom (with Elizabeth Hilliard (soprano)
Daragh Black Hynes - Proteus

Cover photo: Andrea Felvegi

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amplify #69 - New Music Dublin 2022: Amanda Feery on Creative Lab and Sam Perkin on his work for Crash Ensemble 'Children in the Universe'

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 06:00:09 GMT

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

Music

Sam Perkin - Flow
Sam Perkin - Children in the Universe (Crash Ensemble, Diamanda La Berge Dramm, conductor Peter Biloen)

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amplify #68 - New Music Dublin 2022: Choral Sketches, Crash Works and Ergodos Records

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 14:10:57 GMT

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

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amplify #67 - amplify live at New Music Dublin: George Higgs, Music for 5 Silent Poems

Fri, 13 May 2022 10:01:12 GMT

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

Music

Music 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

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amplify #66 - amplify live at New Music Dublin - Joyce and new music

Fri, 06 May 2022 12:00:00 GMT

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 Composer Page
Ulysses Journey
- amplify #59

Music

Frank Corcoran - Quasi Una Missa

Live recording: Keith FennellEditing: Keith Fennell, Jonathan Grimes

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amplify #65 - John Kinsella (1932-1921)

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 17:00:00 GMT

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.

Show Notes

Music

Symphony No. 6 (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Proinnsías Ó Duinn)
Prelude and Toccata (Irish Chamber Orchestra)
Symphony No. 9 (Irish Chamber Orchestra)
Homage a Clarance (Irish Chamber Orchestra)
Symphony No. 4 (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Proinnsías Ó Duinn)
String Quartet No. 3 (RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet)
Symphony No. 1 (RTÉ Symphony Orchestra, conductor Albert Rosen)
Symphony No. 3 - III (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Proinnsías Ó Duinn)
Symphony No. 11 (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jean Deroyer
Symphony No. 7 - Epilogue (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gavin Maloney)
Montage 2 (RTÉ Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colman Pearce.)
A Selected Life (RTÉ Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colman Pearce)
String Quartet No. 3 (RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet)
Symphony No. 4 (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Proinnsías Ó Duinn)
Symphony No. 3: II (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Proinnsías Ó Duinn)
Symphony No. 3: I (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Proinnsías Ó Duinn)
Symphony No. 3: V (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Proinnsías Ó Duinn)

Prodcution and editing: Jonathan Grimes, Keith Fennell

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amplify #64 - Rhona Clarke on her new choral album 'Sempiternam'

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 16:46:41 GMT

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

Music

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amplify #63 - CMC Scholar-in-Residence pianist Aileen Cahill introduces a playlist selected to mark this year's International Women's Day

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:36:51 GMT

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

Music

Jane O’Leary - Palette of Preludes (Aileen Cahill)
Anna Murray - Azuma-asobi /東遊
*Grainne Mulvey - Steel Grey Splinters (Isabelle O’Connell) Also available on commercial release here*
Linda Buckley - Numarimur (Elizabeth Hilliard) Also available on commercial release here

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amplify #62 - Barbara Dignam on Roger Doyle's 'Babel'

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 08:00:00 GMT

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

Music

Editing and production: Keith Fennell

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amplify #61 - Ailís Ní Ríain and Yonit Kosovske

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:00:00 GMT

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 episode #59

Music

All music taken from Ailís Ní Ríain's Watershed performed by Yonit Kosovske and Julie Comparini. Listen to and purchase the album here.

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Production and editing: Jonathan Grimes, Keith Fennell

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amplify #60 - Raymond Deane on his recent work for piano quartet 'Vayu Vata'

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 11:52:57 GMT

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 on his recent work for piano quartet 'Vayu Vata'

Show Notes

Raymond Deane
- CMC Composer Page
- raymonddeane.com
- YouTube Channel
Christine Pryn
Rudersdal Chamber Players
Prayer for Peace

Music

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amplify #59 - Ulysses Journey 2022

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 07:03:34 GMT

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

Music

Ultan O'Brien - cling(ing) like fire
Darragh Kelly - Penelope
Ailís Ní Ríain - I will see if I can see
Daragh Black Hynes - Proteus (Katalin Koltai - guitar), archival recording of premiere on 4 February 2022

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amplify #58 - 2021 highlights and reflections: Greg Caffrey

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 08:00:00 GMT

The final episode in amplify's mini series featuring highlights and reflections on 2021. Composer and artistic director of Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble Greg Caffrey talks to CMC's Jonathan Grimes about the group's debut album, ‘A Terrible Beauty'.

Show Notes

Greg Caffrey
- gregcaffrey.com
- CMC Composer Page
Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble

Music

All music taken from Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble album A Terrible Beauty

Grainne Mulvey - Luca
Amy Rooney - Phosphenes
Greg Caffrey - A Terrible Beauty

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amplify #57 - 2021 highlights and reflections: Mary Dullea

Sun, 26 Dec 2021 08:00:00 GMT

To mark the end of 2021, CMC’s amplify podcast invited some guests to reflect on their year. For this episode, pianist and Fidelio Trio member Mary Dullea shares some of her musical highlights of 2021.

Show Notes

Mary Dullea
Hormoz Farhat
- amplify #49 - Hormoz Farhat (1928–2021)
David Fennessy
- CMC Composer Page
- Universal Edition Composer Page
Chamber Music on Valentia
Raymond Deane
- raymonddeane.com
- CMC Composer Page

Music

Hormoz Farhat - Piano Sonata No. 2: Movt III Molto Animato
David Fennessy - Piano Trio no. 2: In Memoriam Spencer Boney Movt II (Fidelio Trio)
Raymond Deane - Scintillae II ‘Seven fragments from a pandemic’ (Darragh Morgan, Mary Dullea)

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amplify #56 - 2021 highlights and reflections: Toner Quinn, Journal of Music

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 07:34:54 GMT

The third in a short mini series of episodes marking the end of 2021. Journal of Music editor Toner Quinn selects recordings from Gerald Barry, Jane Deasy, Dave Flynn and Anne-Marie O’Farrell as his recorded highlights of the year.Show NotesToner QuinnAlice’s Adventures Under Ground - Irish National OperaReview in Journal of MusicJane DeasyDave FlynnAnne-Marie O’FarrellMusicGerald Barry - Alice’s Adventures Under Ground - Signum ClassicsJane Deasy - ThawingDave Flynn - String Quartet No. 3: The Keening from the album ‘Irish Minimalism’Anne-Marie O’Farrell - AirDance from the album ‘Embrace’

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amplify #55 - 2021 highlights and reflections: Elizabeth Hilliard

Thu, 23 Dec 2021 08:00:00 GMT

The second in a short mini series of episodes marking the end of 2021. Soprano Elizabeth Hilliard talks about some of her musical highlights of the year including the launch of the album of Gráinne Mulvey's piece for voice and electronics ‘Great Women'.

Show Notes

Music

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amplify #54 - 2021 highlights and reflections: Linda Buckley

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 14:36:12 GMT

To mark the end of 2021, we invite a number of guests to choose some of their musical highlights of the year. For the first of these mini episodes, composer Linda Buckley talks about some of the pieces she had premiered during the year and, through hindsight, how her experiences of lockdown restrictions have influenced some of these works.

Show Notes

Music

Exploding Stars (Darragh Morgan) from the album ‘From Ocean's Floor', NMC Recordings
The Finite Air (Rachel Kelly (voice), Fiachra Garvey (piano)
Aud (Nordic Viola)
Ghost in the Throat

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amplify #53: Music Current 2021

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 13:27:58 GMT

Episode 53 features conversations with some of the artists involved in this year's Music Current festival, which took place in November. Composer and festival director Fergal Dowling on the background and aims of the festival, clarinetist Paul Roe along with composers Neil O'Conner and Elis Czerniak on their collaborations, flautists Lina Andonovska and Richard Craig, and Seán O Dailaigh on his new piece written especially for Richard. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.

Show Notes

Music Current
Fergal Dowling
- CMC composer page
- fergaldowling.com
Music Current Soloists
Neil O'Connor
Elis Czerniak
Lina Andonovska - Public Privacy
Richard Craig
Richard Craig - Vale
Seán Ó Dálaigh
- CMC composer page
- seanodalaigh.com

Music

Ordnance Survey - Earlsfort Terrace 1991
Neil O'Connor - Frisson / Rapture (Paul Roe, Neil O'Connor)*
Elis Czerniak - and the Acceptance of Death (Joe O'Farrell, Paul Roe, Ilse de Ziah)*
Ordnance Survey - Belfield May 1985
David Fennessy - Bridge (Lina Andonovska)*
Seán Ó Dálaigh - Landscape II (Richard Craig)*
Fergal Dowling - Double (Richard Craig)*

*Recordings taken from Music Current 2021 festival

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amplify #52: Garth Knox

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 08:00:00 GMT

Episode 52 features a conversation with composer and violist Garth Knox about his recent work and approach to composing, recorded at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris in September. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson and edited by Keith Fennell.

Show Notes

Music

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amplify #51 - Michael Gallen, Tom Creed, Daire Halpin and Fiona Monbet on the opera 'Elsewhere'

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:27:49 GMT

Show notes

Music

Music taken from the concert performance of the opera at St Maeldoid's Church, Castleblayney in November 2019 and during rehearsals in Íontas Theatre, Castleblayney in October 2021.

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amplify #49 - Hormoz Farhat (1928-2021)

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:40:20 GMT

A tribute to composer and Emeritus Professor of Music at Trinity College, Dublin Hormoz Farhat, who died in August of this year, featuring an interview with the composer from 2020 by Linda O'Shea Farren, as well as contributions from composers Amir Tafreshipour and Donnacha Dennehy. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.

Show notes

Music

Piano Sonata No. 2: II (Mary Dullea)
Piano Sonata No. 1: III (Mary Dullea)
Piano Sonata No. 1: I (Mary Dullea
Piano Sonata No. 1: IV (Mary Dullea
String Quartet No. 1: Mov. 4 (St Petersburg String Quartet)
Piano Sonata No. 2: III (Mary Dullea)
Nouveau Rivage (BBC Symphony Orchestra)

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amplify #48 - composers David Coonan, Finola Merivale and Centre Culturel Irlandais director Nora Hickey M'Sichili on the centre's composer residency in Paris

Thu, 07 Oct 2021 16:14:59 GMT

CMC's podcast amplify returns with a special episode from the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris. Jonathan Grimes talks to the current composer resident David Coonan, and CCI director Nora Hickey M'Sichili on the annual residency at Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris for CMC represented composers. Evonne Ferguson talks to the 2020 composer resident recipient Finola Merivale.

Show notes

Music

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amplify #47 - audio reflections from Roger Doyle, Judith Ring, Isabelle O’Connell, John McLachlan, Frank Corcoran, Anne Marie O’Farrell and Jenn Kirby

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:00:00 GMT

In the final episode of the current series, we hear a selection of audio reflections from some composers and musicians on the past year. Roger Doyle, Judith Ring, Isabelle O’Connell, John McLachlan, Frank Corcoran, Anne Marie O’Farrell and Jenn Kirby all provide insights into their creative lives over the past 15 months and look ahead to the future.

Show notes

Roger Doyle
- rogerdoyle.com/
- CMC composer page
Judith Ring
- judithring.com
- CMC composer page
John McLachlan
- johnmclachlan.org
- CMC composer page
Frank Corcoran
- frankcorcoran.com
- CMC composer page
Anne-Marie O’Farrell
- annemarieofarrell
- CMC composer page

Music

Jenn Kirby - Awake
Roger Doyle - Obstinato
Roger Doyle - The Sea Would Not Have Us from iGirl
Judith Ring - Is It Over Yet? (Lina Andonovska)
Judith Ring - The Wood Between the Worlds (Martin Johnson)
Judith Ring - Solo set Valentia Island 2018
Andrew Hamilton - O.A.I.R. (Isabelle O’Connell)
John McLachlan - Vela X
John McLachlan - Fanfaron
John McLachlan - Headland (Evlana)
Frank Corcoran - Rhapsodic Bowing for 8 Celli (Martin Johnson, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra)
Frank Corcoran - Nine Looks at Pierrot (Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble)
Anne-Marie O’Farrell - Eitilt (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra)
Jenn Kirby - Awake
Jenn Kirby - Arlene Solo

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amplify #46 - Deirdre Gribbin on her new quartet for the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, and a conversation with the festival's artistic director Francis Humphrys

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 08:00:00 GMT

Episode 46 features composer Deirdre Gribbin on her latest commission ‘Dark Matter Hunting’ from the West Cork Chamber Music Festival and her long association with the Bantry-based festival, and artistic director Francis Humphrys on this year’s programme and the challenges of putting on an online festival. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.

CMCIreland · amplify #46 - Deirdre Gribbin & West Cork Chamber Music Festival's Francis Humphrys

Show notes

Music

Visit West Cork Chamber Music’s archive for a comprehensive collection of past performances from the festival

Deirdre Gribbin - How to Make the Water Sound (Fidelio Trio)
Deirdre Gribbin - Amazing Face (Vanbrugh Quartet)
Deirdre Gribbin - Devil’s Dwealing Place (Nurit Stark)
Deirdre Gribbin - Kindersang (Caroline Melzer, Nurit Stark)
Deirdre Gribbin - Dark Matter Hunting (Pacifica Quartet)
Finola Merivale - The silent sweep as you stand still (Mairéad Hickey, Ella van Poucke)
John Kinsella - Prelude and Toccata (Vanbrugh Quartet)
Emma O’Halloran - Dying is a Wild Night (Quatuor Zaïde)
Seán Doherty - String Quartet No.3 ‘The Devil’s Dream’ (Vanbrugh Quartet)

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amplify #45 - Mark Fitzgerald on Gerald Barry's 'Triumph of Beauty and Deceit'

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 06:44:26 GMT

Continuing with a new occasional series which takes a look back at works by Irish composers in the recent past, senior lecturer at TU Dublin Mark Fitzgerald talks to CMC’s Jonathan Grimes about Gerald Barry’s 1991–2 opera, ‘Triumph of Beauty and Deceit’.Show notesMark FitzgeraldGerald BarryCMC composer pageSchott Music pageTriumph of Beauty and DeceitCMC Catalogue pageSchott Music pageMusicGerald Barry - Triumph of Beauty and Deceit (Nicholas Clapton (Ct-solo), Denis Lakey (Ct-solo), Richard Edgar-Wilson (T-solo), Adrian Clarke (Bar-solo), Stephen Richardson (B-solo), Composers Ensemble, conductor Diego Masson)

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amplify #44 - Benjamin Dwyer on concertos by Raymond Deane, Jane O'Leary and Kevin Volans

Fri, 28 May 2021 16:14:34 GMT

This week's podcast features a new occasional series, where with the help of expert guests, we take a look back at works by Irish composers in the recent past. For the first episode in the series, composer, guitarist and Professor of Music at Middlesex University, London Benjamin Dwyer takes a look at concerto works by Raymond Deane, Jane O'Leary, and Kevin Volans.

Show notes

Benjamin Dwyer
Raymond Deane
- CMC Composer Page
- raymonddeane.com/
Kevin Volans
- CMC Composer Page
- Publisher page

Music

Benjamin Dwyer - Guitar Concerto No. 1 for Guitar and Strings (Benjamin Dwyer, Irish Chamber Orchestra)
Benjamin Dwyer - Concerto No. 2 for Guitar and Orchestra (Fabio Zanon, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor William Eddins.)
Raymond Deane - Concerto for Oboe and Large Orchestra (Matthew Manning, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colman Pearce)
- CMC Library Record
Kevin Volans - Concerto for Uilleann Pipes and Orchestra (Gol Na mBan San Ár) (David Power, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Brophy)
Jane O'Leary - string alive (Jane O'Leary,RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Robert Houlihan)

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amplify #43 - New Music Dublin Part 4

Fri, 07 May 2021 12:00:00 GMT

The final episode in a short series covering this year's New Music Dublin festival, which took place online from 23–26 April. In this episode, Evonne Ferguson and Jonathan Grimes speak to composer Rhona Clarke, Kirkos members Sebastian Adams, Robert Coleman, and Susan Geaney, and New Music Dublin festival director John Harris.

Show notes

Music

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amplify #42 - New Music Dublin Part 3

Thu, 06 May 2021 17:00:00 GMT

The third in a series of episodes covering this year's New Music Dublin festival, which took place online from 23–26 April. CMC's Jonathan Grimes speaks to Crash Ensemble Artistic Director and cellist, Kate Ellis, and composer and guitarist with Crash Ensemble, Barry O'Halpin, about his work ‘Wingform' which was premiered by the group during the festival.

Show notes

Music

All works performed by Crash Ensemble

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amplify #41 - New Music Dublin Part 2

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 17:30:03 GMT

In a series of episodes covering this year's New Music Dublin festival, which took place online from 23–26 April, CMC talks to some of the composers, musicians and other key people involved in the festival. In this episode, Evonne Ferguson and Jonathan Grimes speak to composers Natasa Paulberg, Anselm McDonnell, and Deirdre McKay, New Music Dublin festival director John Harris, RTÉ Concert Orchestra and Earlsfort Brass Quintet horn player, Cormac Ó hAodáin, and RTÉ Concert Orchestra General Manager Joe Csibi.

Show notes

Music

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amplify #40 - New Music Dublin Part 1

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:00:00 GMT

In a series of episodes covering this year’s New Music Dublin festival, which took place online from 23–26 April, CMC talks to some of the composers, musicians and other key people involved in the festival. In this episode, Evonne Ferguson and Jonathan Grimes speak to soprano Michelle O’Rourke, composer Judith Ring, New Music Dublin festival director John Harris, composer and artistic director of Evlana, Siobhan Cleary, and composers Anne Marie O’Farrell, John McLachlan and Deirdre Gribbin.

Show notes

Music

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amplify #39 - pianist Michael McHale

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:17:17 GMT

Episode 39 features a conversation with pianist Michael McHale about his work and upcoming online concert for Louth Contemporary Music Society's ‘We Sing for the Future' which takes place from 14–18 April 2021.

Show notes

Music

Garrett Sholdice - Am Koppenplatz
Cornelius Cardew - The Croppy Boy
Arvo Part - Hymn to a Great City
Simon O'Connor - Self Portrait
Áine Mallon - Raindrops Prelude
Philip Hammond - Midnight Shadows
Philip Hammond - Piano Concerto (Mov 3)
Garrett Sholdice - Piano Concerto
My Lagan Love (arr Michael McHale)

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amplify #38 - Norah Walsh on winning the 2021 Seán Ó Riada Composition Competition and Ryan Molloy on his work with traditional music and his new album, 'tempered'

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 09:25:16 GMT

Episode 38 of CMC’s forthnighly podcast features conversations with composer and conductor Norah Walsh, recently announced as the winner of the 2021 Seán Ó Riada Composition Competition, and composer, pianist and lecturer Ryan Molloy, whose new album ‘tempered’ for uilleann pipes and piano was released in February.Show notesNorah WalshCMC composer pageNorah Walsh wins Seán Ó Riada Composition CompetitionPeter Sirr (poet)Mellow Tonics ChoirMusicHer (Edel Shannon, Sinead Conway, Norah Walsh)The Shoe Box Coffin (Mellow Tonics)Ryan Molloyryanmolloy.ieCMC composer pageBandcampSoundcloudMusicGealán - Concerto for Irish Harp and Orchestra (Anne-Marie O’Farrell, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gavin Maloney)Sliabh Geal gCua (Alexander Bernstein)for Morton O’Leary (Ryan Molloy)Gealach Chríoch Lochlann (Danish String Quartet)Hop Jigs (Ryan Molloy)Easter Snow (slow air) & Sally Gally (jig) (Padraig McGovern, Ryan Molloy)The Rocky Road to Dublin & Dusty Miller (hop jigs) (Sheila Friel, Ryan Molloy)Luasc (Irish Chamber Orchestra)

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amplify #37 - Ailís Ní Ríain on a year of living through the pandemic

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 09:00:00 GMT

A special episode for St Patrick's Day and marking a year of the pandemic. Composer and writer Ailís Ní Ríain reflects on her experiences throughout the past year.

Show notes

Ailís Ní Ríain

Music improvised by the composer on an altered piano.

Cover image - Rachel Gadsden.

Happy St Patrick's Day to all our listeners.

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amplify #36 - Anna Murray and Seán Ó Dálaigh

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 09:00:00 GMT

Episode 36 of CMC's regular podcast features conversations with Tokyo-based Irish composer Anna Murray about her experiences of studying Noh Theatre, and composer and sound artist Seán Ó Dálaigh on his current work with field recordings. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson, with production and editing support by Keith Fennell.

Show Notes

Anna Murray

Music

Seán Ó Dálaigh

Music

Folachas (Scotia Ensemble)
Rossbeigh Storm (Field Recording)
Landscape Map 1
Oileán Chléire Swell (Field Recording)
Bamboo Forest Outside Kyoto (Field Recording)
(in)harmony (Amit Dolberg - Ensemble Meitar)
Fence (Field recording)

Cover art image by Seán Ó Dálaigh

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amplify #35 - Contemporary Artists Network of CMC Colleagues

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 09:00:00 GMT

CMC Communications & Projects Manager Linda O'Shea Farren talks to Jonathan Grimes about CMC's new Contemporary Artists Network of CMC Colleagues programme, alongside contributions from Derek Ball, Robbie Blake, Sineád Hayes, Jenn Kirby, and Hannah Miller.

Show Notes

Music

Derek Ball - Valediction (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra)
Derek Ball - Marking Out (Hannah Miller)
Derek Ball - Distancing (Hannah Miller)

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amplify #34 - composer Donnacha Dennehy and clarinettist Carol McGonnell

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:19:20 GMT

Episode 34 of CMC’s podcast. Evonne Ferguson talks to US-based Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy about his current work, musical preoccupations, and his experiences of composing during lockdown, Jonathan Grimes talks to Irish clarinettist and new music specialist Carol McGonnell about her life and work, and music from Gráinne Mulvey recorded by Elizabeth Hilliard and Anselm McDonnell for CMC’s recent online Salon event.

Show Notes

Donnacha Dennehy

Music

Carol McGonnell

Argento Chamber Ensemble

Music

CMC St. Brigid’s Day/La Fhéile Bríde 2021 event

Gráinne Mulvey - a carlow song cycle: Poem #43 (Elizabeth Hilliard, Anselm McDonnell)

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amplify #33 - 2020 wrap up, CMC Salon, and Anne-Marie O'Farrell

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:00:00 GMT

The final episode of CMC's podcast presented by Jonathan Grimes and CMC Director Evonne Ferguson includes a brief look back on CMC's work during 2020, an excerpt from CMC's last online Salon event for 2020, and Anne-Marie O'Farrell on her 2017 Beethoven-inspired work, ‘Der Abend'.

Show Notes

Anne-Marie O'Farrell
- CMC Composer Page
- Composer Web Site
CMC Salon - Sebastian Adams, Lina Andonoskva, and Barry O’Halpin

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amplify #32 - Gerald Barry, Seán Clancy, Raymond Deane, Eric Egan and Jane O'Leary on Beethoven

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:25:25 GMT

To mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, this week’s amplify podcast features composers Gerald Barry, Seán Clancy, Raymond Deane, Eric Egan and Jane O’Leary on Beethoven’s influence and inspiration behind some of their works. The episode also features extracts from Beethoven’s letters read by Bernard Clarke.

Show Notes

Gerald Barry
- CMC Composer Page
- Schott Music
Seán Clancy
- CMC Composer Page
- Composer web site
Raymond Deane
- CMC Composer Page
- Composer web site
Eric Egan
Jane O’Leary

Music

Beethoven - Emperor Concerto (Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Firkusny)
Gerald Barry - Beethoven (Stephen Richardson, Crash Ensemble)
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (Daniel Barenboim)
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 26 (Emil Gilels)
Raymond Deane - Noctuary: Minerva’s Owl (Hugh Tinney)
Jane O’Leary - The Passing of Sound Forever (ConTempo Quartet)
Beethoven - String Quartet No. 11 (Emerson String Quartet)
Gerald Barry - Schott and Sons, Mainz (Stephen Richardson, Chamber Choir Ireland)
Gerald Barry - Mrs Streicher (Gavan Ring, Stephen Irvine)
Gerald Barry - Stockhausen (1928–2007) (Barbara Hannigan, Juoko Laivuori)
Beethoven - String Quartet No. 15 in a minor, Op 132 (Alban Berg Quartet
Eric Egan - … a thing glimpsed … (Trondheim Sinfonietta)
Seán Clancy - Neue Kraft Fühlend (Bozzini Quartet)
Raymond Deane - Noctuary: Minerva’s Owl (Hugh Tinney)
Gerald Barry - Beethoven (Stephen Richardson, Crash Ensemble)

Production and editing - Jonathan Grimes, Keith Fennell

Thanks to Bernard Clarke for reading the letters, to Jane O’Leary for her help in selecting and sourcing the letters, CMC Library Coordinator Susan Brodigan for her research into

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amplify #31 - Irish National Opera's 20 Shots of Opera

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:00:00 GMT

This week’s podcast features four of the composers whose works will be presented as part of Irish National Opera’s 20 Shots of Opera online event. Éna Brennan, Michael Gallen, Emma O’Halloran, and Evangelia Rigaki talk about their pieces alongside contributions from INO Artistic Director Fergus Sheil and soprano Orla Boylan.

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Show Notes

20 Shots of Opera
Michael Gallen
- michaeljgallen.com
- CMC composer page
Emma O’Halloran
- emma-ohalloran.com
- CMC composer page
Evangelia Rigaki
Éna Brennan

Music

Evangelia Rigaki - The Gift (Doreen Curran (mezzo-soprano), Sean McGinley (actor), RTÉ Concert Orchestra, conductor Fergus Sheil)
Michael Gallen - At a Loss (Orla Boylan (soprano), RTÉ Concert Orchestra, conductor Fergus Sheil)
Emma O’Halloran - The Wait (Naomi Louisa O’Connell (mezzo-soprano), RTÉ Concert Orchestra, conductor Elaine Kelly)
Éna Brennan - Rupture (Rachel Goode (soprano), Sarah Richmond (mezzo-soprano), RTÉ Concert Orchestra, conductor Elaine Kelly)

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amplify #30 - Library Ireland Week and Francis Heery on his project 'Animal Faith'

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 14:00:00 GMT

This week's podcast marks the Library Association of Ireland's annual Library Ireland Week. CMC Library Coordinator Susan Brodigan talks about recent digitisation projects in CMC's library and selects some of the recordings that have been digitised. Also featured is a conversation with composer Francis Heery about his project ‘Animal Faith' which researches the intersections between bioacoustics and composition. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.

Show Notes

Music

Francis Heery - Callows

CMC Library Coordinator, Susan Brodigan

Joan Trimble - Suite for Strings
Eric Sweeney - Musique pour mes Amis (Danish Wind Quartet), Recorded at November 1997 in St. Patrick's Hall, Dublin Castle
Raymond Deane - Marche Oublieé (Schubert Ensemble),recorded in February 1997 at Skerries Community Centre, Co. Dublin,
Donnacha Dennehy - Pluck, Stroke and Hammer (Hugh Tinney, Vanbrugh Quartet), recorded in 1997 at St Patrick's Hall in Dublin Castle

Francis Heery

Francis Heery - Lebensraum
Morton Feldman - String Quartet No. 1
Francis Heery - Quinta
Francis Heery - Callows
Francis Heery - Uexkell

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amplify #29 - Emma Coulthard

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 10:00:00 GMT

Episode 29 of CMC’s podcast on Irish composers and new music features a conversation with flautist Emma Coulthard about her career and work with Irish composers. The episode also includes contributions from two of the composers on their collaborations with Emma - Paul Hayes and Fergus Johnston.

Show Notes

Subscribe to the podcast here

Emma Coulthard
- Soundcloud page
- For the Birds - online concert on 30 November

Music

Fergus Johnston - Planxty
Anna Murray/Emma Coulthard - GLSS.RNDR
John Buckley - Boireann (Emma Coulthard, David Adams)
Michael Holohan - Leafy with Love Banks
Paul Hayes - Mass Production (Emma Coulthard (voice), Jennifer Walshe (trumpet), RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra)
Paul Hayes - Echo Chatterbox
John McLachlan - Isola (Emma Coulthard, David Adams)
Fergus Johnston - Opus Lepidopterae (Emma Coulthard, David Adams)
Benjamin Dwyer - HAG (Emma Coulthard, Benjamin Dwyer)
Fergus Johnston - Planxty
Anna Murray/Emma Coulthard - GLSS.RNDR
John McLachlan - Isola (Emma Coulthard, David Adams)

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amplify #28 - Ed Bennett and Karen Power

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 13:36:24 GMT

Episode 28 of CMC's podcast features conversations with composers about two recent album releases. Ed Bennett's ‘Psychedelia' on NMC Recordings, and Karen Power's ‘Human Nature'. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.

Show Notes

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Music

Please consider supporting the artists and labels by purchasing these releases

Opening

Karen Power

All tracks from Human Nature- loved bees (Anne-Marie O’Farrell)- underwater frogs of Angkor Wat (Thomas Buckner)- train to Machu Picchu (Johnny Chang)- Amazonian frogs (Seth Josel)- if trees had bellies (Jane Rigler)- seals off the Namibian shipwreck coast (Ute Wassermann)- monkeys + ‘waterbird' of the Amazon (Loré Lixenberg)- bats of Namibia (John Godfrey)- beneath the living sand dunes @ Gobabeb (Rishin Singh)- sirens of New York (Samuel Stoll)

Ed Bennett

All tracks from Psychedelia- Organ Grinder (Orkest de Ereprijs)- Freefalling (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra)- Song of the Books: III (Kate Ellis, Decibel)- Psychedelia (RTE National Symphony Orchestra)- Song of the Books: II (Kate Ellis, Decibel)- Magnetic (Jack McNeill, Eliza McCarthy)

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amplify #27 - Seán Doherty on composing for choir and choral conductor Orla Flanagan on her work with the Mornington Singers

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:00:00 GMT

Episode 27 of CMC's podcast ‘amplify' features a special episode produced for this year’s City of Derry International Choir Festival. Derry-born composer Seán Doherty talks to Evonne Ferguson about his background in choral singing and composing for choir, and conductor Orla Flanagan talks to Jonathan Grimes about her work with the Mornington Singers and Irish composers.

Show Notes

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Music

Rhona Clarke - Regina Caeli (Mornington Singers)

Seán Doherty

Blessed be that Maid Marie (New Dublin Voices)
Snow Dance for the Dead (New Dublin Voices)
A Nywe Werk (New Dublin Voices)
Ghost Song (Laetare Vocal Ensemble)
This Endless Night (New Dublin Voices)
Khuluma isintu (Speak to the People)

Orla Flanagan

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amplify #26 - Kirkos Ensemble's Biosphere and Jennifer Walshe's Ireland: A Dataset

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 10:21:17 GMT

Episode 26 of CMC's podcast on new music from Ireland and Irish composers features a report from Kirkos Ensemble's Biosphere series of outdoor events in September, and audio diaries from Jennifer Walshe, Tonnta vocal ensemble members Robbie Blake and Elizabeth Hilliard, and saxophonist Nick Roth on Jennifer Walshe's recent work ‘Ireland: A Dataset'.

Show Notes

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Biosphere

Featuring contributions from composer Tom Lane, Kirkos Director Sebastian Adams, and horn player Hannah Miller

Ireland: A Dataset

Audio diary contributions from Robbie Blake, Elizabeth Hilliard, Nick Roth and Jennifer Walshe

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amplify #25 - Eric Sweeney (1948-2020)

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:38:04 GMT

The first in a new series of CMC's podcast features a special tribute to composer Eric Sweeney, who passed away in July of this year. The episode features contributions from David Adams, John Buckley, Hazel Farrell, Ronan Guilfoyle and Grainne Mulvey about the composer's life, music and sizeable contribution to music in Ireland. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.

Show Notes

Music

Kyrie from Hymn to Gaia (Eric Sweeney)
Ceol Rince Ros Mhic Treoin (New Ross Dance Music) (Finghin Collins, Dearbhla Collins, Alexander Bernstein)
There is no Rose (Chamber Choir Ireland)
Duo (John Finucane, Elisaveta Blumina)
Canzona (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra)
Symphony No. 2 (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra)
Dance Music (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra)
Le Circle de Lumiere (Eric Sweeney)
The Widening Gyre (Eric Sweeney)
Guitar Concerto (John Feeley, Sunrise Quartet)
Walk/Don't Walk (Ríona Ó'Duinnín, Geraldine O'Doherty, Nancy Johnson)
The Invader
Evening: the lighthouse at Hook Head (Olga Scheps)

Thanks to Susan Brodigan, CMC Library Coordinator, for her help in sourcing the archival recordings.

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amplify #24 - Crash Ensemble CEO Neva Elliott McGinley and conductor Sineád Hayes

Mon, 13 Jul 2020 19:01:40 GMT

The last in the current series of CMC's podcast features conversations with Crash Ensemble CEO Neva Elliott McGinley and conductor Sinead Hayes on their current and future work. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.

Show Notes

Neva Elliott McGinley Crashlands Professor Bad Trip Free State 12 Free State 13 Sinead Hayes Irish National Digital Performance Platform blog post

Music

Neva Elliott McGinley

Sinead Hayes

Greg Caffrey - The Chronic Identity Crisis of Pamplemousse (Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble)
Raymond Deane - Vagbones (Opera Collective Ireland)
Piers Hellawell - Ground Truthing: I (Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble)
Greg Caffrey - Garden of Earthly Delights (Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble)

amplify podcast highlights

Amanda Feery - Vulture (Crash Ensemble)
Jennifer Walshe - TIME TIME TIME
Donnacha Dennehy - The Hunger: Black Potatoes (Crash Ensemble and Iarla O Lionaird)
Linda Buckley and Jonathan Nangle - Helen Street from Moog Residency

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amplify #23 - Judith Ring and Roger Doyle

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 16:17:38 GMT

Episode 23 of CMC’s podcast features conversations with Judith Ring on her work and dealing with a creative slump during lockdown, and Roger Doyle on his second electronic opera, ‘iGirl’. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.

Show Notes

Music

Roger Doyle - Blood on Their Hands

Judith Ring

My one’s bigger than yours (Kate Ellis, Malachy Robinson)
Wildwood: Invisible Scampers (Martin Johnson) [live recording]
Mouthpiece (Michelle O’Rourke, Natasha Lohan)
Up to my f-holes (Kate Ellis)
Accumulation
A Breath of Fresh Air (Lina Andonovska)
Swelt belly at dawn (Concorde),
Solo set at Valentia Island (2018)
Swelt belly at dawn

Roger Doyle

Roger Doyle on Bandcamp

Overture to iGirl
I Girl of the Cursed Breasts
I Oedipus
I Joanne D’arc

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amplify #21 - Ian Wilson, Jonathan Nangle, Deirdre O'Leary and Ultan O'Brien

Fri, 29 May 2020 16:35:15 GMT

Episode 21 of CMC's podcast features conversations with Ian Wilson on taking inspiration from the environment and politics, and his composing career up to this point, Jonathan Nangle and clarinettist Deirdre O'Leary on their recent collaboration for Music Network's Butterfly Sessions, and a profile of CMC Emerging Composer, Ultan O'Brien.

Show Notes

Music

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Music

Please consider supporting these and other Irish composers and musicians by purchasing their music

Scott Mc Laughlin - a particular constellation of openings and closures, 0:02, 36:44
Amanda Feery - The Scolds (Lina Andonovska)
Scott Mc Laughlin - Repetitions and Variations Transform One Another
Scott Mc Laughlin - Abrash (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra)
Scott Mc Laughlin - Duet (Heather Roche, Jonathan Sage)
Scott Mc Laughlin - Threads of the Social
Scott Mc Laughlin - The whole is encountered (Christopher Williams)
Áine Mallon - Flotsam (Piatti Quartet), 39:12, 49:24
Áine Mallon - Dum Transisset Sabbatum (ORA Singers)

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amplify #19 - Dave Flynn on his current musical focus and Karen Power on performing over the Internet

Fri, 08 May 2020 12:12:35 GMT

Episode 19 features conversations with Dave Flynn about his current musical focus and the future for Irish composers and musicians after the Covid–19 Pandemic, and Karen Power on performing live with other musicians over the Internet. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.
Show Notes
In Focus album (featuring Gráinne Mulvey)
Dave Flynn
Dave Flynn on Soundcloud
Mel Bay
Irish Memory Orchestra
Niwel Tsumbu
Karen Power
Karen Power on Soundcloud
Earth Day Telematic Festival
Music
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Gráinne Mulvey - Interstices (Ensemble MISE-EN)
Dave Flynn
daveflynn.bandcamp.com
Dave Flynn - String Quartet No. 3 ‘The Keening' III (ConTempo Quartet), 4:30, 32:34
Dave Flynn - Tar Éis an Caoineadh ' (Irina Muresanu)
Dave Flynn - Winter Snowflakes
Dave Flynn - Elegy for Joan
Dave Flynn - The Corncrake
Dave Flynn - String Quartet No. 2 ‘The Cranning' - Slip (ConTempo Quartet
Dave Flynn - Joy (Niwel Tsumbu, Crash Ensemble) [live recording]
Benjamin Dwyer - Etude No. 1 from Twelve Etudes
Eric Sweeney - Figurations (John Feeley)
Jane O'Leary - Four Pieces for Guitar (John Feeley)
Dave Flynn - Paddy Fahey's Reels No. 20 & 6
Dave Flynn - The Minimalist Reel (from the Clare Concerto) (Irish Memory Orchestra) [live recording]
Karen Power
veiled border quartet (Thomas Ciufo, John Godfrey, Karen Power, Jane Rigler)
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Benjamin Dwyer on composing, free improvisation and Beckett / Nick Roth on Diatribe Records

Fri, 01 May 2020 06:00:00 GMT

Episode 18 features conversations with composer and guitarist Benjamin Dwyer on composing, free improvisation and his Beckett-inspired album, ‘What is the Word'; and composer, saxophonist and Diatribe Records co-director Nick Roth on the label. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.
Show Notes
Benjamin Dwyer
Nick Roth
Diatribe Records
New Music Dublin Diatribe Stage
Blue Shroud Band
Barry Guy
Maya Homburger
What is the Word album
Patrick Pye
Music
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Nick Roth - Clarinet Quintet for Klezmer Clarinet, Bass Clarinet and String Quartet
Benjamin Dwyer - six residua (after Beckett) i
Barry Guy and the Blue Shroud Band , 8:12, 10:24, 12:54, 15:36, 18:53
Barry Guy - Five Fizzles, 13:56
Benjamin Dwyer - six residua (after Beckett) iv
Benjamin Dwyer - what is the word - i. neither, 24:50, 27:03-Benjamin Dwyer - what is the word - interlude i
Benjamin Dwyer - what is the word - interlude ii
Benjamin Dwyer - five disjecta (after Beckett) iii
Nick Roth - Bátá (live recording from New Music Dublin 2020, 35:23, 47:06
Nick Roth - A Loved A Long
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Linda Buckley on the challenge of composing during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Fri, 24 Apr 2020 06:00:00 GMT

Episode 17 features Glasgow-based Irish composer Linda Buckley in conversation with Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson. The episode includes an introduction to a playlist of pieces by Irish composers, specially selected for the podcast by Linda Buckley.
Show Notes

Linda Buckley

CMC Covid–19 policy initiatives

CMC Covid–19 Survey

CMC Through the Digital Door series: Trombone / horn; Clarinet; Violin
Music

Linda Buckley - Chiyo

Linda Buckley - Torann, 4:02, 36:02

Linda Buckley - Revelavit, 10:23, 29:19

Linda Buckley - Oscillate

Linda Buckley / Jonathan Nangle - Helen Street

Seán Clancy - and then you smiled

Crevice - Anita’s Altar

Linda Buckley - Vespers

Maria Somerville - Undoing

Slow Moving Clouds - Os

Linda Buckley - O Iochtar Mara

Linda Buckley - White Light

MMOTHS - Verbena

Andrew Hamilton - In airde High up
Linda Buckley’s Playlist
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Linda Buckley and Jonathan Nangle - Helen Street
Seán Clancy - and then you smiled
Linda Buckley - Vespers
Maria Somerville - Undoing
MMOTHS - Verbena
Sorcha de Róiste - Aisling Gheal
Crevice - Anita's Altar
Andrew Hamilton - In airde / High up
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Dealing with Covid-19: pianist Isabelle O'Connell, composer Frank Corcoran, and soprano Elizabeth Hilliard

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:17:53 GMT

Episode 16 of CMC's podcast features conversations about dealing with the Covid–19 Pandemic with pianist Isabelle O'Connell, composer Frank Corcoran, and soprano Elizabeth Hilliard. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.
Show Notes
Isabelle O'Connell
Frank Corcoran
Elizabeth Hilliard
National Campaign for the Arts
Artist Emergency Relief Fund
Arts Council COVID–19 Crisis Response Award
CMC COVID–19 Composer Survey
Finding a Voice
Music
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Amanda Feery - Two Steps on the Water
Donnacha Dennehy - Resevoir
Linda Buckley - Fridur, 16:38, 20:42
Siobhán Cleary - Ondine
Frank Corcoran - Symphony No. 2 (opening)
Frank Corcoran - Eight Haiku (archive recording)
Gráinne Mulvey - Eternity is Now
Gráinne Mulvey - The Seafarer
David Bremner - Logic Ballad #2: The guarded tourist makes the guide the test
Siobhán Cleary - Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoire
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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'

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 08:33:08 GMT

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.
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Please get in touch - amplify@cmc.ie
Show Notes

Matthew Whiteside

www.matthewwhiteside.co.uk/

Twitter

The Night With

Classical Next

Scottish New Music Awards

Ensemble Offspring concert

Úna Monaghan

Aonaracht I
Music
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Úna Monaghan - Réalta

Matthew Whiteside - Response One

David Fennessy - Hirta Rounds

Matthew Whiteside - Quartet No. 6

Linda Buckley - Oscillate

Úna Monaghan - Aonaracht I (rehearsal recording)
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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

Fri, 27 Mar 2020 06:00:00 GMT

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.
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Show Notes
John McLachlan Soundcloud
Covid–19 update from CMC
Covid–19 survey
Ed Devane
Plastic
Brian Irvine
Ed Devane Instagram
Helmholtz Challenge
Izumi Kimura
Cora Venus Lunny
Field Recording Project
Farpoint Recordings
Totally Made Up Orchestra
Music
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John McLachlan - Segue 1
Devane / Parmar ISSTA Cork 2019
Ed Devane - The Strolling Zither
Izumi Kimura - Storm Emma, Above and Below
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amplify #13

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:06:51 GMT

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.
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Please get in touch - amplify@cmc.ie
Show Notes
cmc.ie/Covid–19
Fee guidelines for music commissions
Ed Bennett
Linda Buckley
Roger Doyle
Gráinne Mulvey
Ailís Ní Ríain
Garrett Sholdice
Music
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Ed Bennett - Togetherness (excerpt), Decibel
Gráinne Mulvey - Awakening
Ailís Ní Ríain - Highfalutin (excerpt), Iwona Glinka (flutes)
Roger Doyle - Second Oak
Linda Buckley - Númarímur (excerpt), Elizabeth Hilliard (voice)
Garrett Sholdice - Weihnachtliche Musik / 2013, Garrett Sholdice (piano)
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Live from New Music Dublin - amplify #12

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 07:00:00 GMT

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.
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Production, editing and recording - Keith Fennell
Show Notes

Kevin O’Connell

Kevin O’Connell portrait concert at New Music Dublin

Dreamcatchr - opera by Kevin O’Connell and Lily Akerman

Amanda Feery

Eve O’Donnell

National Sawdust

David Pay

Music on Main

John Harris

New Music Dublin
Music

Kevin O’Connell - Aves de Paso III, Elizabeth Hilliard, Paul Roe, David Bremner.
See www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-12-NMD-Live for full details
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Music by Jennifer Walshe, Anna Murray and Jenn Kirby for International Women's Day 2020 - amplify #11

Sun, 08 Mar 2020 07:00:00 GMT

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

Jennifer Walshe - Hildegard von Bingen: In Principio Omnes, from Ordo Virtutum

Anna Murray - Rndr7 (Moon) (extract)

Jenn Kirby - Smart Music
Featured albums
Jennifer Walshe - A Late Anthology of Early Music Vol. 1
Anna Murray - Rndr II
Jenn Kirby - Machine Being
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Sounding the Feminists - Ann Cleare, Karen Power, Laura Watson and Ciara Murphy - amplify #10

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 08:00:00 GMT

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.
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Show Notes

Sounding the Feminists

Ann Cleare

Karen Power

Laura Watson

Ciara Murphy

Sounding the Feminists and Contemporary Music Centre Announce Gender Balance Review Project 2019
Music

Ann Cleare - fiáin, Crash Ensemble from the Album Crashlands - 00:02

Karen Power - Invitation to Wander, Quiet Music Ensemble, Ute Wassermann, Michelle O’ Rourke, Sound Choir led by Karen Power - 17:13
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amplify #9 - International Conference on Live Coding

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 07:00:00 GMT

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.
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Show Notes

International Conference on Live Coding 2020 Emma Cocker

Alex McLean

Nora O’ Murchú

Neil O’Connor

Giuseppe Torre

International Conference on Live Coding YouTube channel

CMC Live Amplify podcast recording at New Music Dublin - 1 March 2020
Music

Ordinance Survey - Chrome - 00:02, 26:18

Kate Sicchio, Marissa Forbes and Zeshan Wang- Terpiscode - 02:09

Alex McLean - Prototype - 05:34

Char Stiles - eCosystem - 09:34

Alex McLean - Bionic March - 17:25
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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

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 08:00:00 GMT

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.
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Show Notes

Toner Quinn

Journal of Music

Jane O’Leary

ConTempo Quartet

Adrian Mantu

Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble
Music

Dave Flynn - Slip from String Quartet No. 2, ConTempo Quartet - 00:02

Benedict Schlepper-Connolly - The weathered stone, Anita Vedres, Kate Ellis, Saskia Lankhoorn (Ergodos) - 04:51

Donnacha Dennehy - Streetwalker, Crash Ensemble (NMC Recordings) - 09:19

Seán Mac Erlaine - Horse-Drawn Thoughts (Ergodos) - 17:33

Ina Boyle - String Quartet, live recording on 4 February 2020, St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Galway. ConTempo Quartet - 20:33

Jane O’Leary - forever begin… (Fanfare for a New Year), live recording on 4 February 2020, St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Galway. ConTempo Quartet - 20:33–24:32

Jane O’Leary - Beneath the Dark Blue Waves, live recording on 31 January 2020, SARC, Queens University, Belfast. Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble, - 25:34-28:58

Jane O’Leary - Mystic Play of Shadows - 31:48–34:24

Linda Buckley - Haza, ConTempo Quartet - 36:20

Jennifer Walshe - Minard/Nithsdale, ConTempo Quartet - 41:00

Deirdre McKay - Snowline, ConTempo Quartet - 44:28
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amplify #7 - John Harris, Festival Director of New Music Dublin

Thu, 30 Jan 2020 09:00:00 GMT

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

John Harris

New Music Dublin

Diatribe Records

Red Note Ensemble

Traverse Theatre

Ann Cleare

Úna Monaghan

New Music Dublin 2018 cancelled

New Music Dublin Defrosted

Juliet Fraser
Music

Barry O’Halpin - Hox, from A Way A Lone A Last, Lina Andonovska, Matthew Jacobson - 00:01

Gerald Barry - Viola Concerto, Lawrence Power, Britten Sinfonia, conductor Thomas Ades - 07:34, 09:58

Nick Roth - Bátá, from A Way A Lone A Last, Lina Andonovska, Matthew Jacobson - 13:14

Kevin O’Connell - Aves de Paso III, from new music::new Ireland 3, Elizabeth Hilliard (voice), Paul Roe (clarinet), David Bremner (piano) - 16:41

Judith Ring - A Breath of Fresh Air, from A Way A Lone A Last, Lina Andonovska - 20:33

Kevin Volans -Gol Na mBan San Ár for Uilleann Pipes and Orchestra, David Power, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra - 25:05

Úna Monaghan - Reálta - 29:24

Siobhán Cleary - Leda and the Swan, from new music::new Ireland 3, Therese Fahy - 37:19

Benjamin Dwyer - five disjecta (after Beckett), from What is the Word (for release by Diatribe Records), Benjamin Dwyer - 39:33
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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 #

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:00:00 GMT

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, Fidelio Trio - 00:32, 15:27, 43.17

Jonathan Nangle - where distant city lights flicker on half-frozen ponds, Darragh Morgan - 03:51

Brian Irvine - A mon seul desir, Darragh Morgan, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gavin Maloney - 05:37, 06:29

Paul Wilson - Trapped in Ice, Darragh Morgan - 07:36

Michael Finnissy - Mississippi Hornpipes , Darragh Morgan - 08:47

John Buckley - Piano Trio: II Kaleidoscope, Fidelio Trio - 11:18

Donnacha Dennehy - Elastic Harmonic, Darragh Morgan, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gavin Maloney - 17:42

Linda Buckley - Exploding Stars, Darragh Morgan - 22:08

Piers Hellawell - Jan Palach and the Flaming Skier, Darragh Morgan, Mary Dullea - 25:00

Kevin Volans - Piano Trio, Fidelio Trio - 27:04

Deirdre Gribbin - Venus Blazing, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Bradley Creswick - 34.23

Deirdre Gribbin - Hearing Your Genes Evolve, Isenberg Quartet- 38.03
Further information: https://www.cmc.ie/features/amplify-6

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Jennifer Walshe on her opera with Timothy Morton 'TIME TIME TIME' and Kevin Volans on reaching 70 - amplify #5

Thu, 19 Dec 2019 13:00:00 GMT

Episode 5 of CMC's podcast features interviews with Jennifer Walshe's about her opera TIME TIME TIME and Kevin Volans on reaching 70.
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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 Contemporary Music Festival
Aedín Cosgrove
Úna Monaghan
Timothy Morton
MC Schmidt
Lee Patterson
Áine O'Dwyer
Cafe Oto
Aosdána
Open Ear Festival
Áine O'Dwyer - Accompaniment for Captives
Eoin Murray - The Quietus
Music
Kevin Volans - String Quartet No. 9, Signum Quartett - 00:02
Jennifer Walshe & Timothy Morton - TIME TIME TIME; Berlin, March 2019 - 02:57, 04:27, 6:10, 9:38, 11:46, 18:45, 20:19
Jennifer Walshe & Timothy Morton - TIME TIME TIME; London, December 2019 (rehearsal) - 14:48, 28:01, 32:02, 33:10
Jennifer Walshe - The Site of an Investigation, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra - 23:21, 34:44
Áine O'Dwyer - Alter Boy - 26:20
Kevin Volans - String Quartet No. 12, Signum Quartett - 37:55, 51:48
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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

Thu, 21 Nov 2019 12:41:59 GMT

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 Cleare
https://www.cmc.ie/composers/ann-cleare
Riot Ensemble
http://riotensemble.com/
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
https://hcmf.co.uk/
CMC at HCMF
https://www.cmc.ie/news/11202019–2125/cmc–2019-huddersfield-contemporary-music-festival
Irish Language Art Song Project
https://www.cmc.ie/AmhrainEalaineGhaeilge
Joan Trimble
https://www.cmc.ie/composers/joan-trimble
Ina Boyle
http://www.inaboyle.org/
Music
Ann Cleare - Glór / Voice, Gavan Ring (voice), Louise Thomas (piano) - 00:02
Ann Cleare - Eyam V, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra - 3:25, 12:04
Andrew Hamilton - An dóigh leat? Do you think?, Rachel Kelly (voice), John Hess (piano) - 14:22, 16:06
Jennifer Walshe - 12 Amhrán Faoi Athrú Aeráide / 12 Climate Change Songs, Anna Devin (voice), John Hess (piano) - 19:04
John Kinsella - Bóithre Bána / White Roads, Gavan Ring (voice), Louise Thomas (piano) - 22:11
Ryan Molloy - Ceoltóir na nÉan / Bird Singer, Rachel Kelly (voice), John Hess (piano) - 23:20, 24:28
Linda Buckley - Sólás / Solace, Rachel Kelly (voice), John Hess (piano) - 28:21, 30:02
Joan Trimble - Green Rain, Carolyn Dobbin (voice), Iain Burnside (piano) - 32:22
Ina Boyle - Symphony No. 1 ‘Glencree' (second movement), RTÉ Concert Orchestra, conductor Kenneth Montgomery - 34:46, 45:56
Ina Boyle - Sleep Song, Aylish Kerrigan (voice), Dearbhla Collins (piano) - 41:02
Joan Trimble - Girl's Song, Carolyn Dobbin (voice), Iain Burnside (piano) - 43:27
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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)

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 17:00:00 GMT

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.
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Recording and production - Keith Fennell
Editing - Jonathan Grimes / Jürgen Simpson
Show Notes
Jürgen Simpson
https://www.cmc.ie/composers/jurgen-simpson
Music

John Kinsella - Symphony No. 6, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, John Kinsella Orchestral Works - 00:31

Jürgen Simpson - Air India [redacted] - 03:44

Jürgen Simpson - Air India [redacted] - 06:41

Jürgen Simpson - Sigilum - 16:22

Jürgen Simpson - Air India [redacted] - 25:15

Gráinne Mulvey - Aeolus - 27:45

Roger Doyle - Orange Moonlamp - 31:22
journalofmusic.com/focus/lyric-fm-needs-new-vision-not-more-cuts
www.cmc.ie/news/10242019–1037/john-kinsella-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-national-concert-hall
crosscurrents.ie
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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)

Tue, 22 Oct 2019 16:17:29 GMT

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
cmc.ie
Amanda Feery
https://www.cmc.ie/composers/amanda-feery
https://soundcloud.com/amandafeery
Music

Squarepushers, Quince Ensemble - 3:25
https://www.cmc.ie/music/squarepushers

Give Us The Night, Third Coast Percussion - 15:05

This is the House Of, Mizzou New Music Initiative - 34:10

Vultures, Crash Ensemble - 40:08
Nine Weeks
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/nine-weeks-review-extraordinary-performance-which-gives-voice-to-the-inexpressible–1.4016197
Ball State Symphony Band
https://www.bsu.edu/academics/collegesanddepartments/music/ensembles/bands/symphony-band
Heartworm (clip)
https://twitter.com/amandafeery/status/1175037921767886849
Irish National Opera Studio
https://www.irishnationalopera.ie/
Evangelia Rigaki - This Hostel Life
https://www.irishnationalopera.ie/whats-on/current-upcoming-productions/this-hostel-life
Stephen McNeff - Banished
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/stephen-mcneffs-banished-at-kilmainham-gaol-museum-tickets–50368700138
Donnacha Dennehy - Second Violinist
https://thesecondviolinist.ie/
New Music Dublin
https://www.cmc.ie/content/new-music-dublin–2019
CrashLands
https://www.crashensemble.com/crashlands
Recording and production - Keith Fennell
Editing - Jonathan Grimes
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amplify #130 — Paul Scully tries for a 'Personal Best' with Nadar Ensemble

Show Notes

Episode Credits

amplify #129 - Danny McCarthy

amplify #128 - InTERRActions

amplify #127 - RAMP Festival 2025

amplify #126 — Jonathan Nangle

amplify #125 – John Godfrey and Quiet Music Ensemble

amplify #124 - Music Current 2025: Ownership of Music Material and Communities

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amplify #123 - Musici Ireland's Earthrise album launch

amplify #122 - Robert Finegan performs Jenn Kirby's 'Tripping' at CMC's New Music Exchange

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

amplify #121 - Tadhg Kinsella performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange

amplify #120 - Cora Venus Lunny and Izumi Kimura perform at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange

amplify #119 - Paul Hillier

amplify #118 - new music for harpsichord: Yonit Kosovske, Evangelia Rigaki, Janet Oates, Fiona Linnane and Meadhbh Hayes

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Music

amplify #117 - CMC's Spring Gathering featuring music by Cathy Purcell

amplify #116 - Ian Wilson in conversation with Tim Rutherford-Johnson live from CMC

amplify #115 - Caterina Schembri on her new album 'Sea Salt & Turpentine'

amplify #114 - Larissa O'Grady on her new album, Six New Works for Violin

amplify #113 - Live from West Cork Chamber Music Festival

amplify #112 - Composer Lab 2024

amplify #111 - Rhona Clarke and Eric Skytterholm Egan at the ISCM World New Music Days 2024

Show Notes

Music

amplify #110 - TERRAIN

amplify #109 - Topographies mini festival of Experimental music in Berlin

amplify #108 - Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea on Gerald Barry's violin and piano music

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

amplify #107 - Linda Buckley on her new work, Tuile agus Trá for Iarla Ó Lionáird and the National Symphony Orchestra

amplify #106 - Brian Irvine on his new work for Stone Drawn Circles, 'A Call to Arms'

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

amplify #105 - Brian Bridges performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange

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amplify #104 - Bianca Gannon performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange

amplify #103 - Ultan O'Brien performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange

amplify #102 - Future Music Panel Live @ Music Current Festival 2024

amplify #101 - Anselm McDonnell on his new release, Kraina

amplify #100 - We Only Want the Earth

Bonus Episode - Brian Bridges on his work Ramp Waves at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

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.

Show Notes

Music

amplify #99 - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

amplify #98 - Live from the James Wilson Centenary Celebration at the Irish Summer School

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.

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Further Notes

amplify #97 - RAMP

amplify #96 - John McLachlan

amplify #95 - Sinead Hayes on Composer Lab

amplify #94 - Culture Night at CMC, Timescapes soundwalk at IMMA, and INO’s Breathwork

amplify #93 - Raymond Deane at 70

amplify #92 - Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble's Greg Caffrey and Aisling Agnew

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.

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Music

amplify #91 - Sylvia O'Brien on Seóirse Bodley at 90

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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Music

amplify #90 - Andrew Hamilton and Yue Song on their works premiered at New Music Dublin 2023

amplify #89 - Eliza McCarthy, Ryan McAdams and Donnacha Dennehy on his new piano concerto, Limina

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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Music

amplify #88 - Garrett Sholdice on his new album 'The Blue Light'

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.

Show Notes

Music

amplify #87 - New Music Dublin 2023: Choral Sketches, Áine Mallon, Ailís Ní Ríain, and Elizabeth Hilliard

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.