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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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