amplify
By Contemporary Music Centre
amplifyJan 30, 2020
amplify #105 - Brian Bridges performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange
Recorded and edited by Keith Fennell.
CMC wishes to thank Culture Ireland for their funding of New Music Dublin Exchange, and IMRO for their support.
amplify #104 - Bianca Gannon performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange
A performance from composer and improviser Bianca Gannon, recorded at IMRO on 25 April during CMC’s New Music Dublin Exchange - a programme which took place during the New Music Dublin festival, to which representatives of some of the most significant international contemporary music festivals, venues, programmers, promoters and broadcasters were invited.
Show Notes
Recorded and edited by Keith Fennell
CMC wishes to thank Culture Ireland for their funding of New Music Dublin Exchange, and IMRO for their support.
amplify #103 - Ultan O'Brien performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange
A performance from composer, fiddle and viola player Ultan O’Brien, recorded at IMRO on 25 April during CMC’s New Music Dublin Exchange - a programme which took place during the New Music Dublin festival, to which representatives of some of the most significant international contemporary music festivals, venues, programmers, promoters and broadcasters were invited.
Show Notes
Recorded and edited by Keith Fennell.
CMC wishes to thank Culture Ireland for its funding of New Music Dublin Exchange, and IMRO for their support.
amplify #102 - Future Music Panel Live @ Music Current Festival 2024
A special live episode of amplify which was recorded at this year's Music Current Festival panel discussion presented in partnership with the Contemporary Music Centre. The panel was chaired by CMC's Director, Evonne Ferguson.
Show Notes
"Here, four composers, academics, researchers and media artists share insights into their personal practices, working methods, compositional techniques, rationale, and the strategies they use to approach compositional problems, and how technology might inform future music developments."
Source: Music Current Festival - Future Music
Panelists:
João Pedro Oliveira (PRT), composer
Amanda Feery (IRL), composer
Lara Gallagher (IRL), composer
Eryk Salvaggio (USA), researcher, new media artist
Music
In order of appearance in the episode:
Daniel McDermott Bezier Lines (2024) - performed by Dublin Sound Lab
Amanda Feery Hireth (2024) - performed by The Black Page Orchestra
Lara Gallagher Leap of Foals (2024) - performed by lovemusic collective
John McLachlan Qualia I (2024) - performed by Dublin Sound Lab
Fergal Dowling Total Harmonic Distortion (2024) - performed by Dublin Sound Lab
All music featured in this episode was recorded live at Music Current 2024 at the Project Arts Centre.
Episode credits
Editing: Keith Fennell
Recording: Garrett Sholdice
amplify #101 - Anselm McDonnell on his new release, Kraina
In this episode, we hear from Anselm McDonnell about his new release, Kraina, an album drawing on the themes of home and displacement.
Show Notes
Anselm McDonnell (CMC Composer Page)
This interview was recorded on location by Evonne Ferguson at Queen's University, Belfast on 22 March 2024. It was recorded before the launch of Kraina which took place on the same date in the Harty Room in Queen's University, presented by CMC in partnership with Moving On Music, Belfast. The launch featured a performance by Cahal Masterson (piano) and Rebecca Murphy (soprano) of works from this new release.
Music
All music featured is taken from the album, Kraina available to purchase on Bandcamp
In order of appearance in the episode:
Anselm McDonnell - Kraina I. Jeżeli Porcelana
Cahal Masterson - piano
Rebecca Murphy - soprano
Jonny McGuinness - recording engineer
Anselm McDonnell - Kraina II. The House on the Interface
Cahal Masterson - piano
Rebecca Murphy - soprano
Jonny McGuinness - recording engineer
Anselm McDonnell - Her Name is Sorrow
Dermot Dunne - accordion
Joshua Ellicott - tenor
Laura Sinnerton - viola
Richard Brown - recording engineer
Episode Credits
Editing: Keith Fennell
Recording: Evonne Ferguson and Keith Fennell
amplify #100 - We Only Want the Earth
Bonus Episode - Brian Bridges on his work Ramp Waves at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
amplify #99 - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
CMC travelled to Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival back in November. Whilst there we had the great pleasure of interviewing some of Ireland's finest exponents of new music who were performing at the festival. This episode features interviews with Kirkos, Stone Drawn Circles, Jennifer Walshe and Andreas Borregaard
Show Notes
Music
Thank you to the composers, performers, BBC and Music Network for permission to use the recordings featured in this episode. In order of appearance in the episode:
- Excerpts from Kirkos - Beginner's Guide to Slow Travel (2023) performed and composed collaboratively by Sebastian Adams, Robert Coleman, Yseult Cooper Stockdale, Jane Hackett, Hannah Miller and Joan Somers Donnelly. Recorded live on 21 November at HCMF 2023 by Jonathan Grimes.
- Excerpt from Karen Power - can you hear me now???? (2019) performed by Stone Drawn Circles. Recorded live on 21 November 2023 at HCMF 2023 by the BBC.
- Excerpt form Úna Monaghan - In Formation (2023) performed by Stone Drawn Circles. Recorded live on 21 November 2023 at HCMF 2023 by the BBC.
- Excerpt from Jennifer Walshe - Oscailt (2023) performed by Jennifer Walshe (vocalist), Elizabeth Hilliard (soprano), Nick Roth (saxophone) and Panos Ghikas (viola/electronics). Recorded live at Riverbank Arts Centre on 20 September 2023 by The Rise Studio.
Interviews recorded on location at HCMF 2023 by Evonne Ferguson and Jonathan Grimes. Editing: Keith Fennell and Jonathan Grimes.
amplify #98 - Live from the James Wilson Centenary Celebration at the Irish Summer School
amplify #97 - RAMP
Recorded during the summer, Evonne Ferguson attended RAMP, the Rathmullan Music Project in Donegal for it's inaugural year. Whilst there Evonne spoke with project directors, Rob Casey and Peter Doherty about the inspiration for launching the project as well as speaking to some of the performers and composers taking part in the project including Una Lee, Xenia Pestova Bennett and Rhodri Davis.
Show Notes
- RAMP is an initiative run by the Northern Lights Project in association with Earagail Arts Festival.
Music
Performers and composers in order of appearance on the episode:
- Rob Casey (piano), Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh (viola), David Lacey (percussion),Aonghus McEvoy (guitar)
- Xenia Pestova Bennett (piano)
- Una Lee (voice) & Aonghus McEvoy (guitar)
- Una Lee & Landless (voices)
- Rhodri Davies (harp)
All music featured in this episode of the podcast was recorded live at RAMP 2023.
Recording: Evonne Ferguson
Editing: Keith Fennell
amplify #96 - John McLachlan
Show Notes
John McLachlan
CMC Composer page
John McLachlan Awarded CMC Residency at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
Reflections on the residency
Drinking the Stars (Farpoint Recordings)
Music
John McLachlan - December (Winter Music), Mary Dullea (piano)
John McLachlan - Le dernier bourgeon de l’avenir
John McLachlan - Ockham’s Razor, Mary Dullea (piano)
John McLachlan - fail ceoil, Mary Dullea (piano)
John McLachlan - Stone Bell and Sandwave - X. Narita, Mary Dullea (piano)
John McLachlan - Stone Bell and Sandwave - XI. Celesta, Mary Dullea (piano)
John McLachlan - Stone Bell and Sandwave - XX. Vita, Mary Dullea (piano)
Editing: Keith Fennell
amplify #95 - Sinead Hayes on Composer Lab
Conductor Sinead Hayes joins Jonathan Grimes to discuss CMC and the National Symphony Orchestra’s recent Composer Lab workshop. Composer Lab is professional development initiative which aims to provide a creative and open environment for composers wishing to deepen their understanding of writing for the forces of a full symphony orchestra.
Show Notes
- Composer Lab
- Composer Lab premiere performance and live broadcast
- Daragh Black Hynes
- Geoff Hannan
- Tom Lane
- Amy Rooney
- Sinead Hayes
- Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble 2023/24 Season
- NSO & CMC Composer Lab workshop 2023 - musings from the stalls
amplify #94 - Culture Night at CMC, Timescapes soundwalk at IMMA, and INO’s Breathwork
CMC’s podcast returns for its fifth season with features on CMC’s Culture Night event, curated by CMC Emerging Composer, Paul Scully, composer Robert Coleman’s Timescapes soundwalk as part of IMMA’s Earth Rising Festival, and Ena Brennan’s new opera Breathwork for Irish National Opera. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson, the episode includes contributions from composers Paul Scully, Robert Coleman and Ena Brennan, ornithologist Seán Ronayne, musician Seán Mac Erlaine, director John McIlduff, and soprano Michelle O’Rourke.
Show Notes
Recording and editing: Keith Fennell, Jonathan Grimes Production: Jonathan Grimes
amplify #93 - Raymond Deane at 70
Show Notes
Raymond Deane
CMC Composer Page
Music
All music used was recorded live in CMC on 30 June
Raymond Deane - Excursus (Robert Finegan - saxophone)
Raymond Deane - Microforms (Emma Coulthard - flutes, David Appleton - piano)
Raymond Deane - 5 Roses in 4 Parts (Bláth Conroy Murphy, Bríd Ní Ghruagáin, Shane Barriscale and Paul McGough)
Recording and editing: Keith Fennell
amplify #92 - Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble's Greg Caffrey and Aisling Agnew
With the exception of the opening music, all music is taken from the Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble’s concert at the Harty Room, Queen’s University Belfast on 16 June 2023
- Jane O’Leary - Beneath the Dark Blue Waves (Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble)
- Rhona Clarke - Non-stop (Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble), Harty Room, Queen’s University, 16 June 2022
- Gráinne Mulvey - LUCA (Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble), Harty Room, Queen’s University, 16 June 2022
- John Buckley - Three Mobiles after Alexander Calder (Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble), Harty Room, Queen’s University, 16 June 2022
amplify #91 - Sylvia O'Brien on Seóirse Bodley at 90
- Seóirse Bodley - St Kevin and the Blackbird from ‘The Hiding Places of Love’ (Sylvia O’Brien, Isabelle O’Connell), Hugh Lane Gallery, April 2023
- Seóirse Bodley - Squall (Sylvia O’Brien, Seóirse Bodley), Hugh Lane Gallery, April 2007
- Seóirse Bodley - The Naked Flame (Sylvia O’Brien, Seóirse Bodley), Hugh Lane Gallery, April 2007
- Seóirse Bodley - At Banagher from ‘The Hiding Places of Love’ (Sylvia O’Brien, Seóirse Bodley), Hugh Lane Gallery, April 2013
- Seóirse Bodley - At Banagher from ‘The Hiding Places of Love’ (Sylvia O’Brien, Isabelle O’Connell), Hugh Lane Gallery, April 2023
- Seóirse Bodley - Postscript from ‘The Hiding Places of Love’ (Sylvia O’Brien, Seóirse Bodley), Hugh Lane Gallery, April 2013
- Seóirse Bodley - Cavafy from ‘The Hiding Places of Love’ (Sylvia O’Brien, Seóirse Bodley), Hugh Lane Gallery, April 2013
amplify #90 - Andrew Hamilton and Yue Song on their works premiered at New Music Dublin 2023
Recorded during New Music Dublin 2023, Jonathan Grimes talks to Andrew Hamilton about his new work ‘Friendly Piece’ which received its premiere at the festival by Crash Ensemble, and Yue Song, one of the composers who participated in the groups’s Crash Works initiative.
Show Notes
- New Music Dublin - Can music be kind?
- Andrew Hamilton
- New Music Dublin - You Heard It First
- Ryan McAdams
- Yue Song
Editing: Keith Fennell.
Thanks to Crash Ensemble for the recordings of Andrew Hamilton’s Friendly Piece and Yue Song’s Senses IV.
amplify #89 - Eliza McCarthy, Ryan McAdams and Donnacha Dennehy on his new piano concerto, Limina
- Donnacha Dennehy - Limina (Eliza McCarthy, Crash Ensemble, conductor Ryan McAdams), 20 April 2023, New Music Dublin. Thanks to Crash Ensemble for the recording.
Editing: Keith Fennell
amplify #88 - Garrett Sholdice on his new album 'The Blue Light'
- Garrett Sholdice - Das blaue Licht: I (Crash Ensemble)
- Garrett Sholdice - Das blaue Licht: I (Crash Ensemble)
- Garrett Sholdice - Gymel (Crash Ensemble: Ed Creedon, Kate Ellis)
- Garrett Sholdice - Prelude No. 12 (Michael McHale)
- Garrett Sholdice - Das blaue Licht: II (Crash Ensemble)
- Garrett Sholdice - Und weinen, und lächeln (Michael McHale)
- Garrett Sholdice - St Dunstan-in-the-East (Michael McHale, Crash Ensemble)
amplify #87 - New Music Dublin 2023: Choral Sketches, Áine Mallon, Ailís Ní Ríain, and Elizabeth Hilliard
Show Notes
Ailís Ní Ríain: The Last Time I Died (NMC Recordings)
New Music Dublin
Choral Sketches 2023
Áine Mallon
CMC Composer Page
Ailís Ní Ríain
CMC Composer Page
Elizabeth Hilliard
Music
Ailís Ní Ríain - Seahorse (Long snouted)
All other music from Choral Sketches workshop and Chamber Choir Ireland Concert at New Music Dublin
Editing: Keith Fennell
amplify #86 - Stephen Graham on Contemporary Music and the economy
A discussion with Stephen Graham, Head of School of Arts and Humanities and Senior Lecturer in Music at Goldsmith’s University of London about new music and its relationship to the economy.
Show Notes
Stephen Graham
Becoming Noise Music
Twentieth-Century Music in the West
Composing Capital
Music
Seán Clancy - Sign
New Music New Ireland four
'Sounding the Alarm' - new music and the climate emergency: amplify LIVE at New Music Dublin 2023
- New Music Dublin
- We Only Want the Earth radio series
- Robert Curgenven
- Karen Power
- Judith Ring
- Jurgen Simpson
Recorded on 21 April 2023 in the Iveagh Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin.
Sound: Keith Fennell
Thanks to New Music Dublin and the National Concert Hall for hosting this event
amplify #84 - amplify LIVE at New Music Dublin 2023
- New Music Dublin
- John Schaefer
- Úna Monaghan
- Kevin Volans
- Susan Geaney
- Quiet Music Ensemble
- David Brophy
Recorded on 22 April 2023 in the Iveagh Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin.
Sound: Keith Fennell
Thanks to New Music Dublin and the National Concert Hall for hosting this event
amplify #83 - amplify LIVE at Finding a Voice
amplify #82 - Deirdre Gribbin on composing for film
- Deirdre Gribbin - Hearing your Genes Evolve (Spero Quartet), live recording from the Hugh Lane Gallery, 26 February 2023
- Deirdre Gribbin - music from the film Stolen (director Margo Harkin)
- Deirdre Gribbin - extract from Embers, a radio drama starring Patrick Stewart adapted and directed by Lou Stein from a BBC Radio 3 Drama production by Lou Stein Associates
- Deirdre Gribbin - How to Make the Water Song (Fidelio Trio), NMC Recordings
amplify #81 - New Music::New Ireland 4 Belfast Launch and Composer Lab
- new music::new Ireland 4 showcase launch
- Amy Rooney
- Karen Power
- Ian Wilson
- John Buckley
- Piers Hellawell
- Judith Ring
- Anselm McDonnell
- Composer Lab 2022
- Seán Ó Dálaigh
- Adam McCartney
All music taken from the New Music::New Ireland 4 Showcase launch on 26 January 2023 and the Composer Lab 2022 premiere performance and broadcast on 9 January 2023
amplify #80 - Roger Doyle and Linda Buckley
- Roger Doyle
- Roger Doyle - Bandcamp
- New Music::New Ireland 4
- Linda Buckley
- Ficino Quartet - Triskel
- National String Quartet Foundation
- 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)
amplify #79 - Sebastian Adams
All Music by Sebastian Adams
amplify #78 - Kate Ellis and Donnacha Dennehy on Crash Ensemble at 25
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
amplify #77 - Neil O'Connor, Ruth McGinley and Neil Martin
- Neil Martin
- Ruth McGinley
- Neil O’Connor
- 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)
- Neil O’Connor - Bog Braon
- Aura - Ruth McGinley and Neil Martin
- Nomos: Ó Riada Reimagined - Neil O’Connor
Production and editing - Keith Fennell
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
- 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)
amplify #75 - Jane O'Leary, David Fennessy and Matthew Whiteside
- 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
amplify #74 - Anne-Marie O'Farrell's 'Who'd Ever Think it Would Come to This?'
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.
amplify #73 - Timothy Cape, Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble, and Ryan Molloy
- 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)
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 Notesamplify #71 - David Bremner's new opera, 'Slow Recognition'
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
- Katalin Koltai
- Benjamin Dwyer
- Budapest Music Center
- FUGA
- Elizabeth Hilliard
- Greg Caffrey
- Centre Culturel Irlandais
- Daragh Black Hynes
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
amplify #69 - New Music Dublin 2022: Amanda Feery on Creative Lab and Sam Perkin on his work for Crash Ensemble 'Children in the Universe'
- Sam Perkin - Flow
- Sam Perkin - Children in the Universe (Crash Ensemble, Diamanda La Berge Dramm, conductor Peter Biloen)
amplify #68 - New Music Dublin 2022: Choral Sketches, Crash Works and Ergodos Records
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
amplify #67 - amplify live at New Music Dublin: George Higgs, Music for 5 Silent Poems
- New Music Dubin
- Music for 5 Silent Poems
- George Higgs
- Watch the live performance on Instagram (from 15 mins onwards)
- 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
amplify #66 - amplify live at New Music Dublin - Joyce and new music
- New Music Dubin
- Benjamin Dwyer
- Frank Corcoran
- Ulysses Journey
Live recording: Keith Fennell Editing: Keith Fennell, Jonathan Grimes
amplify #65 - John Kinsella (1932-1921)
- John Kinsella
- Irish Times Obituary
- Seamás de Barra - The Symphonies of John Kinsella, doctoral thesis
- Cross Currents radio series
- 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
amplify #64 - Rhona Clarke on her new choral album 'Sempiternam'
- Sempiternam
- Rhona Clarke
- State Choir Latvija
- Subscribe to amplify podcast
- 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)
amplify #63 - CMC Scholar-in-Residence pianist Aileen Cahill introduces a playlist selected to mark this year's International Women's Day
- 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
amplify #62 - Barbara Dignam on Roger Doyle's 'Babel'
- Barbara Dignam
- Roger Doyle
- Babel
- 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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amplify #61 - Ailís Ní Ríain and Yonit Kosovske
- Watershed
- Ailís Ní Ríain
- Yonit Kosovske
- Julie Comparini
- Jessica Brown
- amplify episode #60
- amplify episode #59
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
amplify #60 - Raymond Deane on his recent work for piano quartet 'Vayu Vata'
CMCIreland · amplify #60 - Raymond Deane on his recent work for piano quartet 'Vayu Vata'
Show Notes Musicamplify #59 - Ulysses Journey 2022
- Ulysses Journey 2022
- Watch the specially commissioned music films on YouTube (available for a limited time only)
- Darragh Kelly
- Penelope
- Ailís Ní Ríain
- I will see if I can see
- Katalin Koltai
- 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
amplify #58 - 2021 highlights and reflections: Greg Caffrey
- Greg Caffrey
- Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble
All music taken from Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble album A Terrible Beauty
- Grainne Mulvey - Luca
- Amy Rooney - Phosphenes
- Greg Caffrey - A Terrible Beauty
amplify #57 - 2021 highlights and reflections: Mary Dullea
- Mary Dullea
- Hormoz Farhat
- David Fennessy
- Chamber Music on Valentia
- Raymond Deane
- 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)