
amplify
By Contemporary Music Centre
A podcast from the Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland on new music and composers from Ireland.
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amplify #80 - Roger Doyle and Linda Buckley
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
Roger Doyle
CMC Composer Page
Roger Doyle - Bandcamp
Finnegans Wake - Suite of Affections Volume 2
New Music::New Ireland 4
Linda Buckley
CMC Composer Page
Ficino Quartet - Triskel
National String Quartet Foundation
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)
36:54
February 03, 2023

amplify #79 - Sebastian Adams
Recorded this September, Sebastian Adams talks to Jonathan Grimes about his experiences on the Cursus programme at IRCAM in Paris.
Show Notes
Sebastian Adams
CMC Composer Page
Cursus Programme
stolenmusic.org
Music
All Music by Sebastian Adams
27:31
December 20, 2022

amplify #78 - Kate Ellis and Donnacha Dennehy on Crash Ensemble at 25
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 Notes
Crash Ensemble
[reactions]
Donnacha Dennehy
Music
Barry O’Halpin - Lethargarian
Éna Brennan - Runaway
David Fennessy - Jack
Barry O’Halpin - Wingform
Sam Perkin - Children in the Universe
Barry O’Halpin - Wingform
28:37
December 14, 2022

amplify #77 - Neil O'Connor, Ruth McGinley and Neil Martin
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
Neil Martin
CMC Composer Page
Ruth McGinley
Neil O’Connor
CMC Composer Page
20:31 - Spectrogram of a violin playing a note and then a perfect fifth above it with the shared partials highlighted by the white dashes (harmonic spectra)
Music
Neil O’Connor - Bog Braon
Aura - Ruth McGinley and Neil Martin
Nomos: Ó Riada Reimagined - Neil O’Connor
Production and editing - Keith Fennell
37:30
December 06, 2022

amplify #76 - new music::new Ireland Four launch
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
new music::new Ireland four
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival - hcmf
Ulysses Journey 2022 at hcmf
Stephen Graham
Anselm McDonnell
Lina Andonovska
Rhona Clarke
Ian Wilson
Music
Nick Roth - A Loved A Long (Lina Andonovska)
Anselm McDonnell - Engines of Babel (Crash Ensemble)
Judith Ring - A Breath of Fresh Air (Lina Andonovska)
Rhona Clarke - Seen from Above (Adam Walker (fl), Hélène Clément (viola), Agnès Clément (harp)
Ian Wilson - Wild is the Wind (Gareth Davis (bass clarinet)
36:02
November 24, 2022

amplify #75 - Jane O'Leary, David Fennessy and Matthew Whiteside
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
The Night With
Robinson Panoramic Quartet - Belfast
David Fennessy
CMC Composer Page
Robinson Panoramic Quartet
Matthew Whiteside
CMC Composer Page
Jane O’Leary
CMC Composer Page
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
39:38
November 14, 2022

amplify #74 - Anne-Marie O'Farrell's 'Who'd Ever Think it Would Come to This?'
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 Vulliamy
Music
All 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.
34:49
October 31, 2022

amplify #73 - Timothy Cape, Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble, and Ryan Molloy
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
Timothy Cape
CMC composer page
Angela Wai-Nok Hui
labiennale.org
Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble
Musicahora Festival
ISCM
Ryan Molloy
CMC composer page
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)
49:08
October 15, 2022

amplify #72 - 'Future Music?', a discussion from Music Current 2022
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
FUTURE MUSIC? event details
musiccurrent.ie
Fergal Dowling
Journal of Music
Natacha Diels
19:52
July 28, 2022

amplify #71 - David Bremner's new opera, 'Slow Recognition'
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
24:25
July 12, 2022

amplify #70 - Ulysses Journey 2022 in Budapest and Paris
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
47:33
July 01, 2022

amplify #69 - New Music Dublin 2022: Amanda Feery on Creative Lab and Sam Perkin on his work for Crash Ensemble 'Children in the Universe'
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)
23:18
June 14, 2022

amplify #68 - New Music Dublin 2022: Choral Sketches, Crash Works and Ergodos Records
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 Sholdice
Music
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
41:45
June 03, 2022

amplify #67 - amplify live at New Music Dublin: George Higgs, Music for 5 Silent Poems
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 Fennell
Editing: Keith Fennell, Jonathan Grimes
51:38
May 13, 2022

amplify #66 - amplify live at New Music Dublin - Joyce and new music
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 Fennell
Editing: Keith Fennell, Jonathan Grimes
44:59
May 06, 2022

amplify #65 - John Kinsella (1932-1921)
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
55:60
April 12, 2022

amplify #64 - Rhona Clarke on her new choral album 'Sempiternam'
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)
33:16
March 28, 2022

amplify #63 - CMC Scholar-in-Residence pianist Aileen Cahill introduces a playlist selected to mark this year's International Women's Day
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
08:00
March 22, 2022

amplify #62 - Barbara Dignam on Roger Doyle's 'Babel'
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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42:49
March 17, 2022

amplify #61 - Ailís Ní Ríain and Yonit Kosovske
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
29:16
March 08, 2022

amplify #60 - Raymond Deane on his recent work for piano quartet 'Vayu Vata'
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
Raymond Deane - Violin Concerto (Christine Pryn, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gerhard Markson
Raymond Deane - Vayu Vata (Rudersdal Chamber Players)
Raymond Deane - Oboe Concerto (Matthew Manning, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colman Pearce)
Shostakovich - Piano Trio No. 2
30:11
February 24, 2022

amplify #59 - Ulysses Journey 2022
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
Ulysses Journey 2022
Watch the specially commissioned music films on YouTube (available for a limited time only)
Darragh Kelly
darragh-kelly.com
CMC Composer Page
Penelope
Rioghnach Ní Ghrioghair
Ailís Ní Ríain
ailis.info
CMC Composer Page
I will see if I can see
Jim Henry
Katalin Koltai
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
44:56
February 11, 2022

amplify #58 - 2021 highlights and reflections: Greg Caffrey
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
11:02
December 27, 2021

amplify #57 - 2021 highlights and reflections: Mary Dullea
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)
12:23
December 26, 2021

amplify #56 - 2021 highlights and reflections: Toner Quinn, Journal of Music
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 Notes
Toner Quinn
Alice’s Adventures Under Ground - Irish National Opera
Review in Journal of Music
Jane Deasy
Dave Flynn
Anne-Marie O’Farrell
Music
Gerald Barry - Alice’s Adventures Under Ground - Signum Classics
Jane Deasy - Thawing
Dave Flynn - String Quartet No. 3: The Keening from the album ‘Irish Minimalism’
Anne-Marie O’Farrell - AirDance from the album ‘Embrace’
18:36
December 24, 2021

amplify #55 - 2021 highlights and reflections: Elizabeth Hilliard
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
Elizabeth Hilliard
Great Women - Gráinne Mulvey
Dublin International Chamber Music Festival
Sundays@Noon concert - Elizabeth Hilliard, Paul Roe
How the World Begins Again
Music
Gráinne Mulvey - Great Women
Gráinne Mulvey - Within - Without (Elizabeth Hilliard, Paul Roe)
11:37
December 23, 2021

amplify #54 - 2021 highlights and reflections: Linda Buckley
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
Linda Buckley
lindabuckley.org
CMC Composer Page
West Wicklow Festival
Performance of ‘The Finite Air’ at the West Wicklow Festival by Rachel Kelly and Fiachra Garvey
Nordic Viola
Ghost in the Throat live show
Roisin Imagined
Linda Buckley elected to Aosdána
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
10:50
December 22, 2021

amplify #53: Music Current 2021
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
Ordnance Survey - Field Work
CMC composer page
neiloconnor.org
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
43:11
December 08, 2021

amplify #52: Garth Knox
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
Choral Sketches
Malachy Robinson - The Irish Double Bass
John Kinsella RIP
Garth Knox
garthknox.org
CMC composer page
Finding the source exhibition at Centre Culturel Irlandais
September Me festival
Quartet for One for Lawrence Power
Lockdown Blues
Viola Spaces
Music
Viola Spaces Duo no. 5 (Melia Watras and Garth Knox)
D’amore vespers (Garth Knox)
Quartet for One (Lawrence Power)
Lockdown Blues (Ragazze Quartet)
Viola Spaces Duo no. 1 (Melia Watras and Garth Knox)
Viola Spaces Duo no. 4 (Melia Watras and Garth Knox)
Air and Ground (Garth Knox, Concorde)
29:01
November 19, 2021

amplify #51 - Michael Gallen, Tom Creed, Daire Halpin and Fiona Monbet on the opera 'Elsewhere'
Show notes
Michael Gallen
CMC composer page
michaeljgallen.com
Straymaker
Elsewhere at the Abbey Theatre (15–20 November 2021)
Tom Creed
Daire Halpin
Fiona Monbet
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.
26:43
November 08, 2021

amplify #50 - interviews with Elaine Agnew and Eoghan Desmond for City of Derry International Choir Festival
Episode 50 of CMC's podcast 'amplify' features a special episode produced for the 2021 City of Derry International Choir Festival. Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson speak to Elaine Agnew and Eoghan Desmond, two of the Irish composers whose work is programmed in this year's festival.
Show notes
City of Derry International Choir Festival
2021 programme
2021 podcast programme
Eoghan Desmond
eoghandesmond.com
CMC composer page
Elaine Agnew
elaineagnew.com
CMC composer page
Remarkable Project
Music
Eoghan Desmond
Oxen of the Sun (UCD Choral Scholars, Desmond Earley)
Thomas Morley - Nolo mortem peccatoris
Bach - Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 140 No.1
The Morningstar (Chamber Choir Ireland, Paul Hillier)
This is My Prayer to Thee (Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Ian Keatley)
Mother Goose’s Melodies (Chamber Choir Ireland, Paul Hillier)
Amra Choluim Chille – A Dheascabháil agus a Shaol (Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Ian Keatley)
Elaine Agnew
I am a Miracle (European Union Chamber Orchestra, St Colman’s College Choir, conductor Elaine Agnew)
The God of Rain (RTÉ Cór na nÓg, Mary Amond O’Brien)
Remarkable (Remarkable Voices, Codetta, Ulster Orchestra, Donal Doherty)
Child Within (Cantairí Óga Átha Cliath, Bernie Sherlock)
Turnabout (Belfast Philharmonic Youth Choir and Belfast Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Lynsey Callaghan)
48:27
October 20, 2021

amplify #49 - Hormoz Farhat (1928-2021)
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
Hormoz Farhat
CMC Composer Page
Wikipedia Page
Irish Times Obituary
Amir Tafreshipour
Donnacha Dennehy
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)
25:03
October 15, 2021

amplify #48 - composers David Coonan, Finola Merivale and Centre Culturel Irlandais director Nora Hickey M'Sichili on the centre's composer residency in Paris
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
David Coonan
Residency annoucement
Centre Culturel Irlandais
Finola Merivale
CMC Composer Page
Residency annoucement
2022 composer residency annoucement
Music
David Coonan
Verballing - Irish National Opera
Vain Prayer - BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre-André Valade
Requiescat - Choir of the Chapels Royal, HM Tower of London, Colm Carey
Butterfly Songlines - ConTempo Quartet
Nora Hickey M'Sichili - Centre Culturel Irlandais
Greg Caffrey - Garden Of Earthly Delights (Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble)
Michael Gallen - Barricades (from Elsewhere)
Finola Merivale
The Language of Mountains is Rain (Adrianne Pope (vn), Min Park (vn), Gabriel Taubman (va), Doublas Machiz (vc))
des os (Catherine Sikora)
Do You Hear Me Now? (Desdemona Ensemble)
49:47
October 07, 2021

amplify #47 - audio reflections from Roger Doyle, Judith Ring, Isabelle O’Connell, John McLachlan, Frank Corcoran, Anne Marie O’Farrell and Jenn Kirby
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
38:25
July 16, 2021

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
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
West Cork Chamber Music Festival
Festival progamme
Pacifica Quartet concert featuring Deirdre Gribbin world online premiere
Citizens of Everywhere concert featuring Finola Merivale ‘The silent sweep as you stand still’
Deirdre Gribbin
deirdregribbin.com/
CMC composer page
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)
39:60
June 25, 2021

amplify #45 - Mark Fitzgerald on Gerald Barry's 'Triumph of Beauty and Deceit'
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 notes
Mark Fitzgerald
Gerald Barry
CMC composer page
Schott Music page
Triumph of Beauty and Deceit
CMC Catalogue page
Schott Music page
Music
Gerald 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)
19:14
June 18, 2021

amplify #44 - Benjamin Dwyer on concertos by Raymond Deane, Jane O'Leary and Kevin Volans
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
CMC Composer Page
benjamindwyer.com/
amplify 18
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)
32:21
May 28, 2021

amplify #43 - New Music Dublin Part 4
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
New Music Dublin
Rhona Clarke
CMC composer page
Kirkos Ensemble
Sebastian Adams
CMC composer page
Susan Geaney
Robert Coleman
Music
Rhona Clarke - A Bit of Nonsense (Chamber Choir Ireland, conductor Andrew Synnott)
Kirkos - For Private Use
Robert Coleman - 100 Metres (Crash Ensemble)
Ellen King - Images and Sensations (Crash Ensemble, conductor Ryan McAdams)
34:41
May 07, 2021

amplify #42 - New Music Dublin Part 3
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
New Music Dublin
Kate Ellis
Crash Ensemble
reactions
Free State 13
Barry O’Halpin
Music
All works performed by Crash Ensemble
Rachael Lavelle - This Is The Space Between Your Hand and Mine
Gemma Doherty - Middle Distance
Seán Ó Dálaigh - Proximity Studies
Darragh Kelly - Deep Model Worker
Amy Rooney - Pendulums and Sundials
Barry O’Halpin - Wingform
21:38
May 06, 2021

amplify #41 - New Music Dublin Part 2
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
New Music Dublin
Natasa Paulberg
Anselm McDonnell
CMC Composer Page
Cormac Ó hAodáin
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Deirdre McKay
Music
Natasa Paulberg - Atomic Hope (RTÉ Concert Orchestra)
Anselm McDonnell - Cross Purposes (Crash Ensemble))
Anselm McDonnell - Rasp (Earlsfort Brass Quintet)
Deirdre McKay Postcards from a Fragile Planet (Laura Bowler - voice, Ruth Morley - flute)
23:41
April 30, 2021

amplify #40 - New Music Dublin Part 1
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
New Music Dublin
Michelle O’Rourke
Judith Ring
CMC Composer Page
Siobhán Cleary
CMC Composer Page
Anne Marie O’Farrell
CMC Composer Page
John McLachlan
Deirdre Gribbin
Music
Irene Buckley - Awakening (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Brophy)
Ed Bennett - Journal Songs 2020 (Michelle O’Rourke, Richard Allen)
Judith Ring - Swelt Belly at Dawn (Paul Roe, Keith Pascoe, Adrian Mantu)
Gráinne Mulvey - Sun of Orient Crimson with Excess of Light (Isabelle O’Connell)
Jane Deasey - Supple Music (Adrian Mantu)
John McLachlan - Headland (Evlana)
John Buckley - Constellations (Bill Dowdall)
Raymond Deane - Tristia (Evlana)
Anne-Marie O’Farrell - Eitilt (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Brophy)
Deirdre Gribbin - Scattered Earth (Michelle O’Rourke, Richard Allen)
John McLachlan - Headland (Evlana)
41:52
April 29, 2021

amplify #39 - pianist Michael McHale
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
Michael McHale
We Sing for the Future Festival
Laurence Crane
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)
26:05
April 12, 2021

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'
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 notes
Norah Walsh
CMC composer page
Norah Walsh wins Seán Ó Riada Composition Competition
Peter Sirr (poet)
Mellow Tonics Choir
Music
Her (Edel Shannon, Sinead Conway, Norah Walsh)
The Shoe Box Coffin (Mellow Tonics)
Ryan Molloy
ryanmolloy.ie
CMC composer page
Bandcamp
Soundcloud
Music
Gealán - 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)
44:32
March 26, 2021

amplify #37 - Ailís Ní Ríain on a year of living through the pandemic
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
CMC Composer page
ailis.info
Music improvised by the composer on an altered piano.
Cover image - Rachel Gadsden.
Happy St Patrick’s Day to all our listeners.
10:26
March 17, 2021

amplify #36 - Anna Murray and Seán Ó Dálaigh
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
CMC Composer page
annamurraymusic.com
Music
It’s Ever Now
Rndr9 (Clouds)
Read the Wall
It’s Ever Now
Electrictown
Seán Ó Dálaigh
CMC Composer page
www.seanodalaigh.com
Field Recordings
Binaural Recordings
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
43:16
March 05, 2021

amplify #35 - Contemporary Artists Network of CMC Colleagues
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
Contemporary Artists Network of CMC Colleagues programme
Robbie Blake - Tonnta
Sineád Hayes
Jenn Kirby
CMC Composer Page
jennkirby.com
Derek Ball
Hannah Miller
Music
Derek Ball - Valediction (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra)
Derek Ball - Marking Out (Hannah Miller)
Derek Ball - Distancing (Hannah Miller)
34:24
February 19, 2021

amplify #34 - composer Donnacha Dennehy and clarinettist Carol McGonnell
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
Composer web site
CMC Composer Page
The Last Hotel
The Second Violinist
Music
Donnacha Dennehy - The Last Hotel: Breathe Deep
Donnacha Dennehy - O (RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gavin Maloney
Donnacha Dennehy - Tessellatum (Nadia Sirota and Liam Byrne)
Ockeghem - Deo Gratias (Huelgas Ensemble)
Donnacha Dennehy - Swift’s Epitaph (Andrew Watts and Owen Gunnell)
Carol McGonnell
Argento Chamber Ensemble
Music
Ann Cleare - eyam v (woven) (Carol McGonnell, Richard Craig, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gavin Maloney)
Irene Buckley - Choral
Ryan Molloy - Cantaireacht (Carol McGonnell)
Ann Cleare - eyam i (it takes an ocean not to)
CMC St. Brigid’s Day/La Fhéile Bríde 2021 event
Gráinne Mulvey - a carlow song cycle: Poem #43 (Elizabeth Hilliard, Anselm McDonnell)
52:54
February 05, 2021

amplify #33 - 2020 wrap up, CMC Salon, and Anne-Marie O'Farrell
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
20:17
December 22, 2020

amplify #32 - Gerald Barry, Seán Clancy, Raymond Deane, Eric Egan and Jane O'Leary on Beethoven
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
33:49
December 18, 2020

amplify #31 - Irish National Opera's 20 Shots of Opera
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.
Subscribe to the podcast here
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)
34:46
December 11, 2020

amplify #30 - Library Ireland Week and Francis Heery on his project 'Animal Faith'
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
Through the Digital Door: Library Ireland Week 2020
Heritage Council/An Chomhairle Oidhreachta Community Heritage grant has been awarded to CMC
Francis Heery
francisheery.com
CMC composer page
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
35:39
December 02, 2020

amplify #29 - Emma Coulthard
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)
35:34
November 20, 2020

amplify #28 - Ed Bennett and Karen Power
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
Subscribe to the podcast here
Ed Bennett: Psychedelia (NMC Records)
Karen Power: Human Nature
Ed Bennett
Composer web site
CMC page
Karen Power
Composer web site
CMC page
CMC Salon - Ian Wilson ‘Wild is the wind’ album launch
Wild is the wind - Diatribe Records
Music
Please consider supporting the artists and labels by purchasing these releases
Opening
Ed Bennett - Psychedelia (RTE National Symphony Orchestra)
Karen Power - train to Machu Picchu
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)
35:25
November 06, 2020

amplify #27 - Seán Doherty on composing for choir and choral conductor Orla Flanagan on her work with the Mornington Singers
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
Subscribe to the podcast here
City of Derry International Choir Festival
2020 Festival podcast series
Séan Doherty
cmc.ie/composers/sean-doherty
seandohertymusic.com
New Dublin Voices
Laetare Vocal Ensemble
Orla Flanagan
Mornington Singers
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
Eoin Mulvany - Is úar Geimred (Mornington Singers)
Caitríona Ní Dhubhghaill - Is naofa thú (Mornington Singers)
Evangelia Rigaki - The Pregnant Box (Mornington Singers)
John Buckley - Lux Aeterna (Mornington Singers)
John Buckley - To the Northeast: Harbour Song (Mornington Singers)
Seán Doherty - Under-Song (Mornington Singers)
Colin Mawby - Alleluia, Christus Resurrexit (Mornington Singers)
Rhona Clarke - Regina Caeli (Mornington Singers)
Frank Corcoran - Caoine (Mornington Singers)
Gráinne Mulvey - Dead Earth (Milltown Chamber Choir)
Eoin Mulvany - Is úar Geimred (Mornington Singers)
41:29
October 23, 2020

amplify #26 - Kirkos Ensemble's Biosphere and Jennifer Walshe's Ireland: A Dataset
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
Subscribe to the podcast here
Biosphere
Featuring contributions from composer Tom Lane, Kirkos Director Sebastian Adams, and horn player Hannah Miller
Tom Lane
Tide
Sebastian Adams
Tide Quartet
Ireland: A Dataset
Audio diary contributions from Robbie Blake, Elizabeth Hilliard, Nick Roth and Jennifer Walshe
Ireland: A Dataset
Tonnta
Nick Roth
CMC page
Elizabeth Hilliard
Jennifer Walshe
CMC page
31:23
October 09, 2020

amplify #25 - Eric Sweeney (1948-2020)
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
Eric Sweeney
CMC Page
ericsweeney.com
David Adams
John Buckley
Hazel Farrell
Ronan Guilfoyle
Grainne Mulvey
Through the Digital Door: works by Eric Sweeney in CMC’s Library
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.
32:50
September 28, 2020

amplify #24 - Crash Ensemble CEO Neva Elliott McGinley and conductor Sineád Hayes
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
Donnacha Dennehy - Canons and Overtones (Crash Ensemble), 5:25, 26:34
Roger Doyle - UX 2 (Crash Ensemble)
Linda Buckley - Seancheann (Caimin Gilmore)
Seán Clancy - Eleven Lines of Music Slow Down and Eventually Stop
Andrew Hamilton - Music for People Who Like Art (Crash Ensemble)
Donnacha Dennehy - As An Nós (Crash Ensemble)
Mango X MathMan - Deep Blue featuring Lisa Hannigan and Crash Ensemble
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
53:23
July 13, 2020

amplify #23 - Judith Ring and Roger Doyle
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
Judith Ring
Roger Doyle
CMC Salon 2 - Andreea Banciu and Adrian Mantu
CMC Salon 3 - Michelle O’Rourke
NCFA launches 13-Point Plan
Clonmel Junction Arts Festival - I Oedipus by Roger Doyle
Marina Carr
Scenes from iGIRL
Trish McAdam
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
51:05
June 26, 2020

amplify #22 - Andrew Hamilton
Episode 22 of CMC’s podcast features an in-depth interview with composer, Andrew Hamilton about his new album 'Joy' on Ergodos Records and highlights of CMC's Salon online event from last week. Show Notes; CMC Salon; Andrew Hamilton's new album 'Joy' released on Ergodos Records.
Music
Jane O'Leary - A Piacere (Paul Roe)
Andrew Hamilton - Joy
Andrew Hamilton - The Spirit of Art
Andrew Hamilton - May
Andrew Hamilton - A
Andrew Hamilton - Product #1
Andrew Hamilton - I and I
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28:03
June 12, 2020

amplify #21 - Ian Wilson, Jonathan Nangle, Deirdre O'Leary and Ultan O'Brien
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
Jonathan Nangle
Deirdre O’Leary
Ian Wilson
Soundcloud
Butterfly Sessions - Jonathan Nangle and Deirdre O’Leary
Ultan O’Brien
Soundcloud
West Cork Chamber Music Festival Composition Competition
Music
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Ultan O’Brien - Na Coillte Istoíche, 0:00, X:XX
Jonathan Nangle - Mandala (Deirdre O’Leary)
Ian Wilson - Lyric Suite (string quartet #7) (Callino Quartet)
Ian Wilson - 1927 for three violins (Wasserfall)
Ian Wilson - Pieces of Elsewhere
Ian Wilson - A Sonata of Solstices and Equinoxes (Matthew Schellhorn), 23:48, 25:02
Ian Wilson - Denier (Fiona Kelly - flute)
Ian Wilson - Denier (Fiona Kelly - flute)
Ian Wilson - The emptiness of the ever-expanding universe cannot compare to the void where your heart should be (Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble)
Ian Wilson - Species Counterpoint (Ties Mellema, Cathal Roche)
Ian Wilson - Rise
Ian Wilson - Limena (Hugh Tinney, Belgrade Strings)
Gráinne Mulvey - Akanos (Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra)
Anselm McDonnell - Hiraeth am Nefoedd
Deirdre McKay - time shining (Andrew Zolinsky)
Quiet Club + CrOw - As the quiet crow flies
Greg Caffrey - Environments I (Finghin Collins, Ulster Orchestra)
Ultan O’Brien - Fiddle Étude 3
59:13
May 29, 2020

Amanda Feery, Lina Andonovska, Scott Mc Laughlin and Áine Mallon - amplify #20
Episode 20 of CMC’s podcast features a conversation with Amanda Feery and Lina Andonovska about their new recording, ‘The Scolds’, Scott Mc Laughlin on his current projects and composing during lockdown, and a profile of CMC Emerging Composer Áine Mallon. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.
Show Notes
Lina Andonovska
Amanda Feery
Scott Mc Laughlin
Lina Andonovska - A Way A Lone A Last
amplify #1 - Amanda Feery
amplify #12 - live from New Music Dublin
Scold’s bridle
Composer Lab 2016 - interview with Scott Mc Laughlin
Tectonics Festival
Garden of Forking Paths
United Bible Studies
Murmansk
CMC Emerging Composer Scheme
CMC Emerging Composer Scheme 2020 announcement
Áine Mallon
Music
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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)
50:22
May 15, 2020

amplify #19 - Dave Flynn on his current musical focus and Karen Power on performing over the Internet
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)
48:24
May 08, 2020

Benjamin Dwyer on composing, free improvisation and Beckett / Nick Roth on Diatribe Records
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
47:57
May 01, 2020

Linda Buckley on the challenge of composing during the Covid-19 Pandemic
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
37:11
April 24, 2020

Dealing with Covid-19: pianist Isabelle O'Connell, composer Frank Corcoran, and soprano Elizabeth Hilliard
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
44:05
April 10, 2020

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'
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)
41:10
April 03, 2020

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
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
42:38
March 27, 2020

amplify #13
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)
26:52
March 19, 2020

Live from New Music Dublin - amplify #12
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
01:03:48
March 12, 2020

Music by Jennifer Walshe, Anna Murray and Jenn Kirby for International Women's Day 2020 - amplify #11
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
16:29
March 08, 2020

Sounding the Feminists - Ann Cleare, Karen Power, Laura Watson and Ciara Murphy - amplify #10
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
26:32
March 05, 2020

amplify #9 - International Conference on Live Coding
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
27:01
February 27, 2020

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
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
46:23
February 13, 2020

amplify #7 - John Harris, Festival Director of New Music Dublin
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
40:51
January 30, 2020

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 #
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
44:30
January 16, 2020

Jennifer Walshe on her opera with Timothy Morton 'TIME TIME TIME' and Kevin Volans on reaching 70 - amplify #5
Episode 5 of CMC’s podcast features interviews with Jennifer Walshe’s about her opera TIME TIME TIME and Kevin Volans on reaching 70.
Subscribe to the Podcast here.
Production - Jonathan Grimes
Recording 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
52:40
December 19, 2019

History as contested ground: Donnacha Dennehy's opera The Hunger, featuring interviews with the composer, Iarla Ó Lionáird and director Tom Creed, and remembering Colin Mawby (1936-2019) - amplify #4
Episode 4 of CMC’s fortnightly podcast features interviews with Donnacha Dennehy, Iarla Ó Lionáird and Tom Creed on Dennehy’s recent opera, ‘The Hunger’, and former RTÉ producer and RTÉ lyric fm station head Seamus Crimmins on composer and choral conductor Colin Mawby, who died recently.
Production - Jonathan Grimes
Recording and editing - Keith Fennell
The feature on Donnacha Dennehy's The Hunger was devised and researched by Maynooth University music lecturer and researcher, Stephanie Ford.
Show Notes
Donnacha Dennehy
www.donnachadennehy.com
Iarla Ó Lionáird
iarla.com
Tom Creed
tomcreed.org
The Hunger - Abbey Theatre
www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/the-hunger
Music
The Hunger
The Hunger: Black Potatoes, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Alarm Will Sound, conductor Alan Pierson - 00:02, 20:28, 23:23, 28:39
The Hunger: I Feared He Would Die, Alarm Will Sound, conductor Alan Pierson - 06:17, 26:18
Grá agus Bás, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Crash Ensemble, conductor Alan Pierson - 09:09, 12:38, 15:55
Stainless Staining, Lisa Moore - 14:52
Grá agus Bás, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Crash Ensemble, conductor Alan Pierson - 15:55
The Hunger: I Have Seen and Handled the Black Bread, Katherine Manley, Alarm Will Sound, conductor Alan Pierson 17:20
The Hunger: The Keening, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Katherine Manley, Alarm Will Sound, conductor Alan Pierson - 31:44
Colin Mawby
Ave verum corpus, Westminster Catherdral Choir, City of London Sinfonia, conductor James O’Donnell - 32:51, 41:16
When David Heard, Chamber Choir Ireland - 36:49
O magnum mysterium, Kölner Kantorei, conductor Volker Hempfling - 38:44
41:58
December 05, 2019

The Golden Age for contemporary music from Ireland? Songs in the Irish language, and rediscovering Irish women composers from the twentieth century - amplify #3
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
47:41
November 21, 2019

New music and public broadcasting with composer Jürgen Simpson, and a Lifetime Achievement Award for John Kinsella - amplify #2 (7 November 2019)
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.
Subscribe to the Podcast here.
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
42:42
November 07, 2019

Making a living as a composer - Amanda Feery on the worsening economic conditions for artists living in Dublin: amplify #1 (22 October 2019)
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
44:01
October 22, 2019