For this episode of Soundmaking we spoke with London based composer Tim Parkinson about "They've Got a Good View of the Shard". This track features on his 2020 album Here Comes a Monster, released on Cafe Oto's Takuroko label.

LP available here:
https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/tim-parkinson-here-comes-a-monster/
https://www.untitledwebsite.com

Soundmaking, Ep20: Tim Parkinson, They've Got a Good View of the Shard

For this episode of Soundmaking we spoke with London based pianist Mark Knoop about his recording of Matthew Shlomowitz's "Explorations in Polytonality and other Musical Wonders, Volume 1", which was released in May 2021. The episode features two of the seven pieces: Parlour Nancarrow and Variations in Octaves.

Available for purchase here:
https://markknoop.bandcamp.com/album/explorations-in-polytonality-and-other-musical-wonders-volume-1
https://markknoop.com

Soundmaking Ep30: Mark Knoop, Explorations in Polytonality (Shlomowitz)

For this episode of Soundmaking we spoke with UK based lute player Elizabeth Kenny and composer Ben Oliver about "Extending from the inside", a piece Ben wrote for solo theorbo in 2014. Liz included the piece on her album "Ars longa: Old and new music for theorbo", which was released on Linn Records.

LP available for purchase here:
https://www.linnrecords.com/recording-ars-longa-old-and-new-music-theorbo-digital-deluxe-version
https://elizabethkenny.co.uk
https://www.benolivermusic.com

Soundmaking Ep31: Elizabeth Kenny & Ben Oliver, Extending from the inside

For this episode of Soundmaking we spoke with Swedish composer and sound-artist Hanna Hartman about "Rainbirds", a piece she wrote in 2010. The live performance you'll hear at the end was performed by Eric Drescher (flute) and Linda Jankowska (taps)at the 2019 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. The recording was made by the BBC Radio 3 New Music Show.

Soundmaking Ep32: Hanna Hartman, Rainbirds (performed by Eric Drescher & Linda Jankowska)

For this episode of Soundmaking we spoke with London composer Alex Hills about "Alles", a piece he wrote in 2013. The work features on Alex's CD The Music of Making Strange on Carrier Records.

https://carrierrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-of-making-strange
https://alexhills.com

Violin: Mayah Kadish 
Cello: Lucy Railton 
Percussion: Serge Vuille 
Piano: Roderick Chadwick 
Recording Engineer: Erik Nystrom

Soundmaking Ep33: Alex Hills, Alles

In this episode we spoke to composer Seán Clancy about his album Inventions & Canons released in November 2021.
https://seanlclancy.wordpress.com
https://seanclancy.bandcamp.com/album/inventions-canons

Soundmaking ep.48: Seán Clancy – Inventions & Canons

In this episode pianist Yshani Perinpanayagam talks about her recording of Cheryl Frances-Hoad's "Game On" for solo piano and Commodore 64 computer.
https://yshani.co.uk
https://www.cherylfranceshoad.co.uk/magic-lantern-tales-copy

Soundmaking ep.52:  Yshani Perinpanayagam – Game On (Frances-Hoad)

Performed by Manchester Collective in December 2021 as part of their 'Heavy Metal' tour: https://manchestercollective.co.uk/metal.

Video: https://youtu.be/8t4RuT36v8A
Score Follower: https://youtu.be/ufGRThgUtIQ

Beibei Wang - Percussion
Rakhi Singh - Violin
Julian Azkoul - Violin
Ruth Gibson - Viola
Stephanie Tress - Cello
Joe Reiser - Electronics

Read about the piece here: https://bennobuto.com/serenity-20

SERENITY 2.0

Composer Bryn Harrison presents his work Repetitions in Extended Time, performed by Ensemble Plus Minus. This recording was released on the album Time Becoming in 2021 on Neu Records alongside another track by Bryn performed by Ensemble Contrechamps.

https://www.neurecords.com/timebecoming/
http://brynharrison.com
https://www.plusminusensemble.com

Soundmaking ep. 73: Bryn Harrison – Repetitions in Extended Time

THINGS AS... (2023) for eight voices (SSAATTBB) was created as part of Cheltenham Music Festival Composer Academy 2023. Performed by The Carice Singers, directed by George Parris.

The text comes from a phrase that recurred obsessively in my mind for several days, often with the words ‘are’ and ‘were’ being interchanged; drifting over one another arbitrarily. The rest of the phrase remained rigid in its structure. This is reflected in the music through economic use of musical materials which are interchanged, and overlapping layers of contrasting textures that are incessant and largely static. – RC

THINGS AS... (2023)

~~~ pendulum explores the registral extremes of two pianos in dialogue with one another, and the poetic title of the work is derived from the audible and visible exchange of material between the performers

a single chord is shared between the hands and undergoes a series of subtle rhythmic transformations and dynamic gestures, resulting in seemingly endless waves of sound ~~~

with special thanks to Brian Low & Yucong Huang x

pendulum

Robert Crehan is a British composer from Luton, Bedfordshire.

His recent work explores abrupt cuts and interruptions, combined with sharply contrasting materials to create abstracted and broken narratives; evocative of editing techniques used in visual art and media. Most recently, he has completed a trilogy of orchestral pieces inspired by the art styles of three 20th Century Abstract Expressionists.

Early on, Robert took a unique path to achieve his musical aspirations and left education prematurely to concentrate on his artistic and musical development. Over the following years, he self-taught the basics of composition and notation, eventually producing enough music to earn him a place at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where he began his studies in 2013. In 2018, he began his postgraduate studies at Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he was awarded a Junior Fellowship following his graduation in 2020 while being generously supported by scholarships awarded by the Leverhulme Trust and the Guildhall School Trust.

His music has been performed around the UK and internationally by ensembles including EXAUDI vocal ensemble, Plus-Minus ensemble, Quatour Bozzini, Psappha Ensemble, London Chamber Orhcestra, London Symphony Orchestra, and Orkest de Ereprijs. His work has also been heard on BBC Radio 3 and Birmingham Scratch Radio.

Robert is passionate about music education and is currently employed as a composer on the Listen Imagine Compose – Primary project.

While at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire for his undergraduate studies, he studied with Ed Bennett, Seán Clancy, Joe Cutler, Andrew Hamilton, Howard Skempton, Andrew Toovey, and Errollyn Wallen among others. He is currently at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London as a postgraduate student of composition where he studies with Hollie Harding and Paul Newland, and is generously supported by scholarships awarded by the Leverhulme Trust and the Guildhall School Trust.

THINGS AS... (2023)

Robert Crehan

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