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

• Slow Recognition, 13–16 July 2022
• Unit 44 (Kirkos Ensemble)
• Beál
• David Bremner
  • davidbremner.net
  • CMC Composer Page
• Naomi Louisa O’Connell
• Rory Musgrave
• Elizabeth Hilliard

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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

• Ulysses Journey 2022
  • Concert at Budapest Music Center
  • Ulysses Journey 2022 Film Screenings at FUGA
  • Ulysses Journey 2022 - Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
• Katalin Koltai
• Benjamin Dwyer
• Budapest Music Center
• FUGA
• Elizabeth Hilliard
• Greg Caffrey
• Centre Culturel Irlandais
• Daragh Black Hynes

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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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

• New Music Dublin
• Creative Lab
• Amanda Feery
  • CMC Composer Page
• Sam Perkin
  • CMC Composer Page
  • Crash Ensemble - Putting it into music

Music

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

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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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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

• New Music Dubin
• Music for 5 Silent Poems
• George Higgs
  • georgehiggs.com
  • CMC Composer Page
• Watch the live performance on Instagram (from 15 mins onwards)

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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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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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

• John Kinsella
• Irish Times Obituary
• Seamás de Barra - The Symphonies of John Kinsella, doctoral thesis
• Cross Currents radio series

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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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

• Sempiternam
  • Purchase via CMC Shop
• Rhona Clarke
  • www.rhonaclarke.com
  • CMC composer page
• State Choir Latvija
• Subscribe to amplify podcast

Music

• Rhona Clarke - Requiem: In Paradisum (State Choir Latvija, conductor Māris Sirmais)
• Rhona Clarke - Regina Caeli (State Choir Latvija, conductor Māris Sirmais)
• Rhona Clarke - The Kiss (State Choir Latvija, conductor Māris Sirmais)
• Rhona Clarke - Requiem: Pie Jesu (State Choir Latvija, conductor Māris Sirmais)
• Rhona Clarke - Rorate Caeli (State Choir Latvija, conductor Māris Sirmais)
• Bizet - The Pearl Fishers Duet
• Rhona Clarke - O Vis Aeternitatis (State Choir Latvija, conductor Māris Sirmais)
• Rhona Clarke - The Kiss (State Choir Latvija, conductor Māris Sirmais)
• Rhona Clarke - Salve Regina (State Choir Latvija, conductor Māris Sirmais)
• Rhona Clarke - Ave Atque Vale (State Choir Latvija, conductor Māris Sirmais)
• Rhona Clarke - Requiem: Introit (State Choir Latvija, conductor Māris Sirmais)
• Rhona Clarke - O Vis Aeternitatis (State Choir Latvija, conductor Māris Sirmais)

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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

• Aileen Cahill - CMC Scholar-in-Residence 2022
• Listen to the full playlist

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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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

• Barbara Dignam
  • Creative Impulses, Cultural Accents: Brian Boydell's Music, Advocacy, Painting and Legacy
• Roger Doyle
  • CMC Composer Page
  • rogerdoyle.com
  • Bandcamp page
• Babel

Music

• Pagoda Charm from Babel - Temple Music
• Why Is Kilkenny So Good from Rapid Eye Movements
• Thalia
• Rapid Eye Movements (Part 1)
• The Entertainment and Leisure Pursuits Show
• Seresa III from Fairlight Memories
• The Morning Show Part 2 - Earth at Full-Moon
• Lettuce Is My Hair Well Watered
• Pagoda Charm from Babel - Temple Music
• The Morning Show Part 1
• The Stairwell Part 1
• Vertical Fissures in Stone
• Mr. Brady's Room
• Back in Time from Time Machine
• The Morning Show Part 1
• Farewell to Bray

Editing and production: Keith Fennell

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