Latest Composer Podcast Episodes
Iva Ljubicic Lukic introduces me to Glazbene staze
Harmonious World - April 27, 2024 16:00 - 21 minutesThe latest episode of Harmonious World takes me (virtually) to Croatia. Thanks to an introduction from previous guest William Susman, I chatted with Iva Ljubicic Lukic from the band Glazbene staze. The band's new album is Pierrot Project Op 1 and brings a real introduction to the rare pierrot e...
CSO Program Notes: Sheherazade
CSO Audio Program Notes - April 26, 2024 21:25 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsElim Chan leads Rimsky-Korsakov’s sumptuous symphonic suite Sheherazade, inspired by the legendary heroine and tales of One Thousand and One Nights. Paul Jacobs, “a virtuoso of dazzling technical acumen” (The New York Times), performs Barber’s Toccata festiva, an exuberant showcase for organ cont...
31: Rumbi Katedza & Moreangels Mbizah on Zimbabwe's Landscapes
IN HER LENS - April 23, 2024 13:53 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsRumbi Katedza (she/her) is a filmmaker and writer living in Zimbabwe. She produces corporate and independent narrative and documentary content through her production company, Mai Jai Films. A company focused on pioneering a new generation of Zimbabwean films & filmmakers through creative co-prod...
The Sideshow Theme Show #5 – I Am The Night
Sideshow Sound Radio - April 23, 2024 11:01 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsWelcome back to The Sideshow Theme Show! In today’s episode, Will and Lasse delve into the iconic main theme of Batman: The Animated Series, also known as Gotham City Overture, composed by Shirley Walker. Explore the dark and atmospheric soundscape crafted by Walker, reminiscent of classic film n...
Director Whitney White on Depth and the Magic of Theater
Helga - April 23, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsWhitney White is an actor, singer, Obie Award winner, and winner of the Lilly Award, which recognizes extraordinary women in theater. White has directed productions of James Baldwin’s The Amen Corner; Aleshea Harris’ What to Send Up When It Goes Down, a work about the victims of racialized viole...
Finding out about Gypsy Jazz Festival of London 2024
Harmonious World - April 22, 2024 18:00 - 19 minutesIt's all about the jazz festivals at the moment - so much great live music around. This week, I chat with Tobie Medland, who has curated the Gypsy Jazz Festival of London. There are some great acts announced for 6-12 May 2024. Thanks to Tobie for providing some excellent tracks to hear alongsid...
CSO Program Notes: CSO x Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
CSO Audio Program Notes - April 19, 2024 20:14 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsTwo mighty orchestras present a rousing, jazz-meets-classical event. Discover selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, alternating between the original orchestral version performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and imaginative new jazz arrangements presented by the Jazz at Lincoln Center...
30: Dr. Judith Keilbach on Greening Dutch Film & Social Sustainability
IN HER LENS - April 16, 2024 13:39 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsDr. Judith Keilbach (she/her) is Associate Professor in the Media and Culture Studies Department at Utrecht University in The Netherlands. She received her Ph.D. in Film Studies from the Freie Universität Berlin. Her interests include media infrastructures, television history and theory, the rel...
Singer Brittany Howard on Creative Rebirth and Spirituality
Helga - April 16, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsSinger-songwriter Brittany Howard, former lead singer and guitarist of the Grammy Award-winning Alabama Shakes, is now a spectacular and charismatic solo artist. Brittany joins Helga in the studio following the release of her second solo album, What Now, to offer a deep-dive into her personal an...
CSO Program Notes: Chopin & Tchaikovsky
CSO Audio Program Notes - April 15, 2024 15:54 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsTugan Sokhiev conducts Tchaikovsky’s youthful First Symphony, nicknamed Winter Dreams for its cozy evocation of Russian winters. Chopin’s exuberant Piano Concerto No. 1 features Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, described by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as “a one-woman powerhouse” who “stole the s...
Kevin Mayse, Part 1: Trumpet Instructor, Ensembles Director, and Department Chair of the exciting program at Riverside City College
Anthony Plog on Music - April 14, 2024 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsKevin Mayse is the wind ensemble conductor, trumpet teacher, and chair of the Department of Music at Riverside City College. Even though RCC is a two year college, what Kevin has been able to accomplish has been exceptional. His wind ensemble not only performs major works but also has a vibrant ...
CHRISTINE COLLISTER - Child of the Sea!
Manx Radio Live Lounge - April 13, 2024 17:49 - 31 minutesChristy was joined by Christine Collister in the Live Lounge this evening, talking about her new release: the book, art project and album 'Children of the Sea'. You can get your hands on copies of the book/album at ChristineCollister.com and at her launch gig, at the Peel Centenary Centre on Apri...
An intriguing and informative chat with Chris Newstead from Watford Jazz Festival
Harmonious World - April 12, 2024 16:00 - 17 minutesIf you like jazz, you should get along to Watford Jazz Festival, 12-19 May 2024. If you don't know much about jazz (yet), do the same. I had a chat with founder and festival director Chris Newstead, who ran through all the delights on offer this year, so if you can, you should pop along to see...
Score Guide – Chicken Run (2000)
Sideshow Sound Radio - April 09, 2024 12:30 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsWelcome to Hut 41 of Sideshow’s soundtrack farm for the next Score Guide. Will & Wend return to Dreamworks to count their chickens and guide you through the memorable score to the 2000 stop-motion claymation, Chicken Run by John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams. Your regular armchair musicologis...
Helga Returns For A Sixth Season!
Helga - April 09, 2024 08:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 158 ratingsGet ready for a new season of fearless conversations that reveal the extraordinary in all of us. Critically acclaimed actress, singer, writer and composer Helga Davis returns for a new season of soulful conversations with artists and thinkers from a variety of disciplines, including Brittany Ho...
Ep. 228 - NICKEL CREEK ("Celebrants")
Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters - April 09, 2024 00:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 207 ratingsGrammy winners and astonishingly fabulous musicians Chris Thile, Sean Watkins, and Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek join us to chat about their fresh approach to songwriting on their most recent album, Celebrants. PART ONE Paul and Scott chat about musical virtuosity, Beyonce, Ricky Skaggs, and th...
FRANCESCA MAY, and a tribute to SARAH PUZZAR
Manx Radio Live Lounge - April 08, 2024 10:03 - 22 minutesAs well as speaking with young rapper Seb Garood in the Live Lounge this week (which you'll find as a separate podcast), Christy also caught up with singer songwriter Francesca May ahead of her returning to London to further her career and we paid tribute to extraordinary talent Sarah Puzzar, who...
SEB GARROOD
Manx Radio Live Lounge - April 06, 2024 17:12 - 18 minutes15 yr old Seb Garrood found UK rap and realised it helped him deal with his emotions in a really powerful way. Christy chats to him about his music and learns about the complicated current rap scene along the way.
NMNM - Robert Pritchard
New Musings on New Music - April 06, 2024 12:00 - 49 minutesRobert Pritchard's webpage. Keith Hamel one of Bob's teachers and a prof at UBC Megumi Masaki, one of Bob's collaborators An article about Bob's work with Vancouver's Turning Point ensemble. There is a great video link here. Bob's students: Kiran Bhumber there is beautiful video work here....
Kaya Inan - Swiss Film Editor - Above and Below, African Notebook, Hausen, In The Aisles, My Wonderful Wanda, and Stand Up My Beauty
Spoiler Alert Radio - April 05, 2024 16:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsKaya's documentary work includes: Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open, Above and Below, African Notebook, and Stand Up My Beauty. Kaya's narrative feature editing work includes: In The Aisles, Zone Rouge, My Wonderful Wanda, Borga, Dark Satellites, and Haunted Under The Ferris Wheel.
CSO Program Notes: Mendelssohn Elijah
CSO Audio Program Notes - April 04, 2024 19:04 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsThe 19th century’s most enduring oratorio, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, sung here in English, depicts the story of the biblical prophet Elijah, complete with his ascent to heaven on a flaming chariot. James Conlon leads the assembled forces, including Chicago favorite Lucas Meachem in the mighty title r...
In live conversation with Mark Wade
Harmonious World - April 04, 2024 17:00 - 22 minutesWe start season 16 of Harmonious World with another in-person conversation, This one was with bassist Mark Wade, who first appeared on the podcast in 2020, at the height of the pandemic. It was great to chat with Mark in the wonderful setting of Benslow Music. Thank you to Mark for chatting wi...
CSO Program Notes: Klaus Mäkelä & Sol Gabetta
CSO Audio Program Notes - April 02, 2024 16:24 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsSol Gabetta, whose “enthusiastic music-making and animated style are completely infectious” (Classical Voice), makes her CSO debut in Shostakovich’s captivating Cello Concerto No. 1 — a riveting journey through themes of defiance, sorrow and triumph. Electrifying conductor Klaus Mäkelä frames the...
29: Tembisa Jordaan on Marine Science & "Ulwandle Lushile"
IN HER LENS - April 02, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTembisa Jordaan (she/her) is a South African marine scientist and filmmaker, living in in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Tembisa is the Biodiversity Stewardship & Biodiversity Economy senior manager at Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife. She is also the coordinator for the Biodiversity Economy Initiative (BEI) in th...
Track Swap #27 – What a Bunch of A-Holes
Sideshow Sound Radio - April 02, 2024 10:43 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsSynopsis:Ready for something Marvelous? Natalie is back on Track Swap! Her and Lasse talk about two scores from two successful, but also kind of divisive sequels within the MCU. And be warned: It’s getting quite emotional!
Season 16 trailer
Harmonious World - April 01, 2024 13:00 - 2 minutesWelcome to season 16 of Harmonious World. I hope that 2024 is a happy and healthy year for you all so far. Some of my guests and listeners are in parts of the world where that probably seems impossible, and I really hope that we see some progress in seeing a return to sanity and kindness everyw...
Home, Belonging, "Heimat" with Valentina-Katharina Georgoulopoulos
Between The Bars - March 30, 2024 08:48 - 39 minutesIn this episode, MCO's Outreach and Education Manager, Valentina-Katharina Georgoulopoulos, joins host Yannick Dondelinger to explore the concept of "Heimat" (home and belonging). With members originating from 27 diverse countries, "Heimat" holds much significance for the MCO. Valentina s...
Episode 54 - Finally
Classical Guitar Composers Podcast - March 29, 2024 23:53 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode I talk about the unfortunate passing of the great Armand Coeck, and my encounter with a new way of playing guitar. The show ends with a great suite by Javier Contreras.
Jon Armstrong, Part 1: The Highly-Creative and Innovative Jazz Saxophonist, former LA Freelancer, Bandleader, Composer and current Professor of Jazz Studies and Commercial Music at Idaho State University
Anthony Plog on Music - March 29, 2024 21:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsJon Armstrong is an amazingly versatile performer, composer, educator and thinker. Perhaps that should come as no surprise, since as a young man in his home town in Oregon, Jon not only played in a Buddhist marching band but also worked 12 hour shifts in a diaper factory! After a highly successf...
Milena Fessmann - German Music Supervisor - Pina, In The Aisles, I'm Your Man, Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything, Perfect Days, and Club Zero
Spoiler Alert Radio - March 29, 2024 16:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMilena's recent television work includes: Oh Hell, The Empress, The Swarm, and One Trillion Dollars. Milena's film work includes: In The Aisles, Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything, I'm Your Man, All Quiet On The Western Front, and Club Zero, and Wim Wenders' Pina, Anselm, and Perfect D...
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