amplify

By Contemporary Music Centre

A podcast from the Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland on new music and composers from Ireland.

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June 29, 2023amplify #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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June 23, 2023amplify #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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June 13, 2023amplify #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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June 08, 2023amplify #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 lächeln (Michael McHale)
Garrett Sholdice - St Dunstan-in-the-East (Michael McHale, Crash Ensemble)
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May 31, 2023 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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May 18, 2023 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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May 05, 2023'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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April 28, 2023amplify #84 - amplify LIVE at New Music Dublin 2023
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
New Music Dublin
John Schaefer
Úna Monaghan
Kevin Volans
CMC Composer Page
Susan Geaney
Quiet Music Ensemble
David Brophy
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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March 31, 2023amplify #83 - amplify LIVE at Finding a Voice
A discussion recorded during this year’s Finding a Voice festival in Clonmel featuring composers Jacqueline Fletcher, Áine Mallon and Gráinne Mulvey. This discussion, which took place on 11 March 2023, is introduced and chaired by CMC Director, Evonne Ferguson.Show Notes
Finding a Voice Festival
Áine Mallon
CMC Composer Page
Gráinne Mulvey
Jacqueline Fletcher wins Finding a Voice 2023 Emerging Composer Competition
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March 10, 2023amplify #82 - Deirdre Gribbin on composing for film
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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