The final episode compares and contrasts the period with today, with contributions from a number of the composers featured in the previous programmes as well as a selection of younger composers who are active today. Roger Doyle will talk about the legacy which he helped create in the field of electronic music and how a whole generation of younger composers have embraced music technology in their work. Jennifer Walshe will discuss her unique path which she has traveled in composition, and will reflect on the theme of experimentalism in new Irish music today and the parallels between it and the earlier period.
Dave Flynn will focus on the use of traditional music in composition and how it has become the focus again for Irish composers in new and exciting ways. While Garrett Sholdice will talk about his life as a young Irish composer living in Berlin and how it is important for him as a composer to maintain a certain creative distance from Ireland while at the same time continuing to be actively involved in Ireland through the music production company, Ergodos, which he co-directs with Benedict Schlepper-Connolly.
The shifting boundaries between musical genres will also be explored with Linda Buckley, who will talk about her own diverse musical interests and how this approach is now characteristic of many younger Irish composers today. The programme finishes with contributions from some of the younger generation of composers and where they see themselves fitting in as Irish composers.
episode playlist
Seóirse Bodley - A Small White Cloud Drifts over Ireland
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Robert Houlihan
A Small White Cloud Drifts over Ireland. RTÉ lyric fm. CD121
John Kinsella - Symphony No 10
Irish Chamber Orchestra, director Gábor Takács-Nagy.
John Kinsella: Symphonies. Toccata Classics. TOCC0242
Amanda Feery - On Shuffle
Crash Ensemble
Donnacha Dennehy - Bulb
Fidelio Trio
Bulb. NMC Recordings. NMC D147
Gerald Barry - Chevaux-De-Frise
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Robert Houlihan.
Barry: Orchestral Works. Marco Polo. 8.225006.
Roger Doyle - Seresa
Fairlight Memories. Silverdoor. SIDO 009 CD
John Buckley - Symphony No. 1
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colman Pearce.
Buckley: Organ Concerto / Symphony No. 1. Marco Polo. 8.223876
Raymond Deane - Minerva's Owl from Noctuary, Book 1
Hugh Tinney
Raymond Deane: Noctuary for piano. Resonus Limited. RDCD01
Jane O'Leary - Silenzio Della Terra
Concorde: Madeleine Staunton (fl), Richard O'Donnell (perc).
Contemporary Music from Ireland Volume 1. CMC CD01
Morton Feldman - For Samuel Beckett (1987): Part 1
Ensemble Modern, Arturo Tamayo
For Samuel Beckett (1987). hat ART. CD 6107
Donnacha Dennehy - Streetwalker
Crash Ensemble
Donnacha Dennehy: Elastic Harmonic. NMC Records. NMCD133
Miles Davis - Freddie Free Loader
Kind of Blue
Meredith Monk - Our Lady of Late
Monk: Our Lady Of Late. Wergo.
Jennifer Walshe - As Mo Cheann
Jennifer Walshe (voice), David Ryther (vn)
CMC archives
Donnacha Dennehy - Reservoir
Isabelle O’Connell
Reservoir. Diatribe Recordings. DIACDSOL001
Linda Buckley - do you remember the planets?
Karen Dervan
Contemporary Music from Ireland, Volume Six. CMC CD06
Garrett Sholdice - Am Koppenplatz
Michael McHale (pf).
The Irish Piano. RTÉ lyric fm. CD139
Dave Flynn - Slip from The Cranning
ConTempo Quartet
Contemporary Music from Ireland, Volume Seven. CMC CD07
Donnacha Dennehy - Grá Agus Bás
Crash Ensemble
Grá agus Bás. Nonesuch Records Inc. 7559-79772-7
Dave Flynn - Aontacht: Concerto for Traditional Irish Musician and Orchestra
Martin Hayes (fiddle), RTÉ Concert Orchestra, conductor David Brophy
RTE archives
The Gloaming - Song 44
The Gloaming
Linda Buckley - O íoctar Mara
Vanbrugh Quartet
Jennifer Walshe - Historical Documents of the Irish Avant-garde
Jennifer Walshe (voice)
RTÉ archives
Jennifer Walshe - Dordán
Quiet Music Ensemble
Michael Gallen - Tardigrade
RTÉ Concert Orchestra with violin soloist Mia Cooper
Michael Gallen - Shelter
RTÉ Concert Orchestra with violin soloist Mia Cooper
Michael Gallen - Press Closer
RTÉ Concert Orchestra with violin soloist Mia Cooper
Donnacha Dennehy - The Last Hotel
Crash Ensemble
Sky Arts
Gerald Barry - The Importance Of Being Earnest
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, conductor Thomas Adès.
Gerald Barry - The Importance of Being Earnest. NMC Recordings. NMC D197
Seóirse Bodley - A Small White Cloud Drifts over Ireland
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Robert Houlihan
A Small White Cloud Drifts over Ireland. RTÉ lyric fm. CD121