Latest Tall poppies Podcast Episodes
Special: Poetry and Music with Alice Miller & Matthew McDonald
Tall Poppies The Podcast - April 21, 2023 04:00 - 1 hourSend us a Text Message. The poets Matthew McDonald and Alice Miller join Breandáin O'Shea to talk about poetry and ponder music's curious relationship with the spoken word.
Alma Moodie Part I
Tall Poppies The Podcast - January 14, 2023 15:00 - 1 hourSend us a Text Message. This is part I of two podcasts featuring the life and music of Alma Moodie. She was born in 1898 in rural Australia, and moved to Europe early last century. She became a student of the legendary Carl Flesch, who referred to her as his favourite student. The violinist c...
Alma Moodie Part II
Tall Poppies The Podcast - January 14, 2023 15:00 - 1 hourSend us a Text Message. This is the second of two podcasts featuring the life and music of Alma Moodie. Moodie was born in rural Australia, but moved to Europe early last century and eventually became a student of the legendary Carl Flesch, who referred to her as his favourite student. The vi...
Liza Lim, Composer
Tall Poppies The Podcast - November 10, 2021 23:00 - 1 hourSend us a Text Message. On this episode of Tall Poppies, The Podcast Breandáin meets the composer Liza Lim. She is Professor of Composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where she also runs the Composing Women Program. Liza has created compositions for many of the world’s leading orch...
Matthew McDonald, Principal Bass Berlin Philharmonic
Tall Poppies The Podcast - April 30, 2021 07:00 - 1 hourSend us a Text Message. In this edition, Matthew tells Breandáin about his journey from Canberra to becoming a principal player with one the world’s most prestigious music ensembles. He reflects on the effects the current pandemic has had on musicians and shares a hilarious story about taking a...
Matthew Larkum, Neuroscientist
Tall Poppies The Podcast - April 29, 2020 13:26 - 1 hourSend us a Text Message. Away from the challenges the world is facing during this pandemic, we are also living through another one of the greatest of scientific endeavours – that is - the attempt to understand the most complex object in the universe, the brain. Researchers are devoting massive a...
Stanley Dodds - Violinist and Conductor
Tall Poppies The Podcast - March 09, 2020 21:15 - 1 hourSend us a Text Message. Stanley Dodds grew up in Adelaide and has been a violinist with the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra since the early 90s. He is also a conductor and frequently directs ensembles of the Berlin Philharmonic and in 2014 was appointed Principal Conductor of the Berlin Symphony ...
Gail Jones, Author
Tall Poppies The Podcast - January 31, 2020 12:31 - 54 minutesSend us a Text Message. Gail Jones one of Australia's most celebrated writers who has a special place in her heart for Berlin. At home, her work has received several major accolades including the 2019 Australian Prime Minister's prize for literature, while abroad Gail's fiction has been transla...
Tall Poppies, The Podcast Trailer December 2019
Tall Poppies The Podcast - December 19, 2019 21:53 - 1 minuteIntroducing Series II of Tall Poppies the Podcast, commencing in 2020
Tall Poppies Postcard: Remembering Joan Sutherland (1926 -2010)
Tall Poppies The Podcast - September 02, 2019 10:30 - 14 minutesSend us a Text Message. Not many opera singers could match the achievements of the Australian soprano, Joan Sutherland. Her brilliant career stretched over four decades and the legendary singer was celebrated in opera houses and concert halls around the world. Yet, despite her worldwide fame an...
Shannon Barnett, Jazz Trombonist
Tall Poppies The Podcast - August 09, 2019 12:20 - 49 minutesSend us a Text Message. In this podcast, the extraordinary jazz trombonist Shannon Barnett joins Breandáin to talk about her phenomenal career in music, the challenges she continues to face as a female musician and about the inspiration she finds through teaching the next generation of musicians.
Tall Poppies with Shannon Barnett, Jazz Trombonist
Tall Poppies The Podcast - August 09, 2019 12:20 - 49 minutesIn this podcast, the extraordinary jazz trombonist Shannon Barnett joins Breandáin to talk about her phenomenal career in music, the challenges she continues to face as a female musician and about the inspiration she finds through teaching the next generation of musicians.
Tall Poppies Postcard with Adam Elliot, Animation writer, Director and Producer
Tall Poppies The Podcast - August 02, 2019 14:15 - 15 minutesSend us a Text Message. Adam Elliot’s films have been featured at hundreds of festivals and have received numerous awards, including an Academy Award for his film, “Harvie Krumpet”. Adam calls his films “Clayographies,” and by that, he means clay-animated biographies. Their themes are bittersw...
Tall Poppies Postcard with Robert Gray, Poet
Tall Poppies The Podcast - July 26, 2019 17:35 - 17 minutesSend us a Text Message. Tall Poppies Postcard with Poet Robert Gray Over the next few weeks, “Tall Poppies: The Podcast,” will feature a series of 10 minute excerpts from archived interviews with renowned Australians. We are calling these, Tall Poppies Postcards. The first features the Austr...
Tall Poppies with Heather Betts, Painter
Tall Poppies The Podcast - April 15, 2019 08:00 - 1 hourIn this episode Breandáin O'Shea meets the Sydney-born painter Heather Betts, who has been living in Berlin, since 1984. She is a graduate of Sydney’s Fine Arts Institute, she also studied viola at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Heather moved to Berlin with her husband musician, Brett Dean....
Heather Betts, Painter
Tall Poppies The Podcast - April 15, 2019 08:00 - 1 hourSend us a Text Message. In this episode Breandáin O'Shea meets the Sydney-born painter Heather Betts, who has been living in Berlin, since 1984. She is a graduate of Sydney’s Fine Arts Institute, she also studied viola at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Heather moved to Berlin with her husb...
Tall Poppies with Siobhan Stagg, Singer
Tall Poppies The Podcast - February 02, 2019 16:07 - 54 minutesSoprano Siobhan Stagg studied at Melbourne University and later at the Wales International Academy of Voice in Cardiff. Her many accolades include first prize at the 2014 International Mozart Competition. She is a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and frequently been a guest at ...
Siobhan Stagg, Soprano
Tall Poppies The Podcast - February 02, 2019 16:07 - 54 minutesSend us a Text Message. Soprano Siobhan Stagg studied at Melbourne University and later at the Wales International Academy of Voice in Cardiff. Her many accolades include first prize at the 2014 International Mozart Competition. She is a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and fr...
Tall Poppies with Cathy Milliken, Musician
Tall Poppies The Podcast - October 11, 2018 09:10 - 1 hourCathy Milliken has been an artist many young Australian musicians have looked up to when they have travelled abroad to continue their studies in Europe. A renowned oboist, composer and music educator, Cathy has held key positions with two of the world’s leading music ensembles, Ensemble Modern a...
Cathy Milliken, Musician
Tall Poppies The Podcast - October 11, 2018 09:10 - 1 hourSend us a Text Message. Cathy Milliken has been an artist many young Australian musicians have looked up to when they have travelled abroad to continue their studies in Europe. A renowned oboist, composer and music educator, Cathy has held key positions with two of the world’s leading music ens...
Peter Singer, Philosopher
Tall Poppies The Podcast - July 06, 2018 23:08 - 51 minutesSend us a Text Message. Breandáin caught up with the renowned Melburnian, Peter Singer, in Berlin at the presentation of the 3rd annual “Peter Singer Award,” an accolade given to those working on strategies to relieve the suffering of animals. Much of Peter Singer’s career has been devoted to ...
Tall Poppies with Peter Singer, Philosopher
Tall Poppies The Podcast - July 06, 2018 23:08 - 51 minutesBreandáin caught up with the renowned Melburnian, Peter Singer, in Berlin at the presentation of the 3rd annual “Peter Singer Award,” an accolade given to those working on strategies to relieve the suffering of animals. Much of Peter Singer’s career has been devoted to social and political caus...
Tall Poppies with Paul Kildea, Conductor and Author
Tall Poppies The Podcast - June 07, 2018 22:00 - 1 hourIn this edition of Tall Poppies, Paul Kildea talks about his latest book, "Chopin's Piano, A Journey Through Romanticism," and rising to the challenge of finding the right words to describe music. He also recalls the time in his life when the adjective – Australian - was not a positive one and s...
Paul Kildea, Author & Musician
Tall Poppies The Podcast - June 07, 2018 22:00 - 1 hourSend us a Text Message. In this edition, Paul Kildea talks about his latest book, "Chopin's Piano, A Journey Through Romanticism," and rising to the challenge of finding the right words to describe music. He also recalls the time in his life when the adjective – Australian - was not a positive ...
Tall Poppies with Rhys Martin, Dancer, Choreographer & Educator
Tall Poppies The Podcast - March 29, 2018 19:01 - 47 minutesThe Tall Poppies podcast this week features dancer and choreographer, Rhys Martin, who hails from Newcastle, New South Wales. A graduate of Sydney University, Rhys initially studied literature and fine arts. He began his career in the theatre with Sydney’s pioneering underground company, “One Ex...
Rhys Martin, Dancer, Choreographer & Educator
Tall Poppies The Podcast - March 29, 2018 19:01 - 47 minutesSend us a Text Message. The Tall Poppies podcast this week features dancer and choreographer, Rhys Martin, who hails from Newcastle, New South Wales. A graduate of Sydney University, Rhys initially studied literature and fine arts. He began his career in the theatre with Sydney’s pioneering und...
Tall Poppies with Kat Frankie, Singer-Songwriter_ Short Edition
Tall Poppies The Podcast - March 06, 2018 09:21 - 8 minutesSend us a Text Message. In this episode, Kat Frankie tells Breandáin about how an idea becomes a wide-ranging musical composition and how she enjoys the creative process a little more than performing. We also sample a little of Kat's latest album, "Bad Behaviour". Find out more at http://ta...
Tall Poppies with Kat Frankie, Singer-Songwriter
Tall Poppies The Podcast - March 06, 2018 09:00 - 42 minutesIn this episode of Tall Poppies Kat Frankie tells Breandáin about how her ideas becomes wide-ranging musical compositions and how she enjoys the creative process a little more than performing. We also get the chance to sample some of the music from her latest album Bad Behaviour. Find out more...
Kat Frankie, Singer-Songwriter
Tall Poppies The Podcast - March 06, 2018 09:00 - 42 minutesSend us a Text Message. In this episode of Tall Poppies Kat Frankie tells Breandáin about how her ideas becomes wide-ranging musical compositions and how she enjoys the creative process a little more than performing. We also get the chance to sample some of the music from her latest album Bad B...
Brett Dean, Composer, Short Edition
Tall Poppies The Podcast - February 19, 2018 11:05 - 7 minutesSend us a Text Message. In two decades, the musician Brett Dean has risen from being an orchestral violist who once wrote music on the side, to one of the world’s most celebrated composers. In fact, Brett Dean’s music is championed internationally by orchestras and leading conductors, includin...
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