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

    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

    • CMC Culture Night
      • Paul Scully
    • Timescapes soundwalk
      • Robert Coleman
        • CMC Composer Page
      • Seán Ronayne
    • Breathwork
      • Ena Brennan
        • CMC Composer Page

    Recording and editing: Keith Fennell, Jonathan GrimesProduction: Jonathan Grimes

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    45 min
  • amplify #93 - Raymond Deane at 70
    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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    44 min
  • 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.Show Notes
    • Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble
    • Greg Caffrey
      • CMC web site
    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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    20 min
  • 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.Show Notes
    • Seóirse Bodley
    • Sylvia O'Brien
    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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    37 min
  • amplify #90 - Andrew Hamilton and Yue Song on their works premiered at New Music Dublin 2023

    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

    • New Music Dublin - Can music be kind?
    • Andrew Hamilton
    • New Music Dublin - You Heard It First
    • Ryan McAdams
    • Yue Song

    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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    20 min
  • 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.Show Notes
    • New Music Dublin - Limina
    • Donnacha Dennehy
    • Eliza McCarthy
    • Ryan McAdams
    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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    13 min
  • 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
    • Garrett Sholdice: The Blue Light (Ergodos)
    • Garrett Sholdice
    Music
    • Garrett Sholdice - Das blaue Licht: I (Crash Ensemble)
    • Garrett Sholdice - Das blaue Licht: I (Crash Ensemble)
    • Garrett Sholdice - Gymel (Crash Ensemble: Ed Creedon, Kate Ellis)
    • Garrett Sholdice - Prelude No. 12 (Michael McHale)
    • Garrett Sholdice - Das blaue Licht: II (Crash Ensemble)
    • Garrett Sholdice - Und weinen, und l​ä​cheln (Michael McHale)
    • Garrett Sholdice - St Dunstan​-​in​-​the​-​East (Michael McHale, Crash Ensemble)

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    31 min
  • amplify #87 - New Music Dublin 2023: Choral Sketches, Áine Mallon, Ailís Ní Ríain, and Elizabeth Hilliard
    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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    25 min
  • amplify #86 - Stephen Graham on Contemporary Music and the economy
    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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    45 min
  • 'Sounding the Alarm' - new music and the climate emergency: amplify LIVE at New Music Dublin 2023
    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
    • New Music Dublin
    • We Only Want the Earth radio series
    • Robert Curgenven
      • Dublin Open Form Pavilion of Air
    • Karen Power
    • Judith Ring
    • Jurgen Simpson

    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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    36 min

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