We spoke with Turkish composer Didem Coskunseven about her work "Ext.The Woods.Night", written in 2021. The work is for electric guitar, synthesisers, percussion, saxophone and electronics. It was composed for Ensemble Nikel and this live recording comes from their performance of the work at 2021 November Music. A video recording of the Donaueschingen Musiktage performance is available here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWhdNM5iCwY

https://cnmat.berkeley.edu/people/didem-coskunseven
https://ensemblenikel.com

Soundmaking ep. 57: Didem Coskunseven – Ext.The Woods.Night

Triptych: I. Meaning - signalfire to signified. Performed by Hub New Music at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, 3rd August 2022.

signalfire to signified

We spoke with Stefan Prins about his hour long composition Inhabit Inhibit. The work is for 4 spatialized quartets, 6 feedback soloists & live-electronics. The performance is by soloists of Ensemblekollektiv Berlin & ASKO|Schönberg Ensemble, conducted by Baldur Brönnimann. The episode ends with an except of the opening 13 minutes of the work. We warmly recommend you listen to the rest of the performance here -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkVCB_kq1Lc



http://www.stefanprins.be/eng/index.html

Ep85: Stefan Prins, Inhabit Inhibit

Composer Julia Wolfe and So Percussion talk about their album Forbidden Love, released on Cantaloupe.

https://juliawolfemusic.com/
https://sopercussion.com/
https://juliawolfemusic.bandcamp.com/album/forbidden-love
https://cantaloupemusic.com/

Ep 86: Julia Wolfe & Sō Percussion – Forbidden Love

German soprano Sarah Maria Sun talks about the release Folk Songs, which she made in collaboration with Ensemble SONGS. The album features work by 3 composers. You will extracts of the works by Samuel Blaser, and Oscar Strasnoy, and Luciano Berio's Folk Songs at the end.

http://sarahmariasun.de/
https://samuelblaser.bandcamp.com/album/folk-songs

Ep.87:  Sarah Maria Sun – Folk Songs (with Ensemble SONGS)

Anders Førisdal from asamisimasa talks about the release Spätstil, with music by Trond Reinholdtsen. The albums was released as gatefold vinyl in September 2022, and may be purchased here:https://lawostore.no/lp/asamisimasa-sptstil-24775
https://www.asamisimasa.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/trondreinholdtsen

Ep. 89: Anders Førisdal on Trond Reinholdtsen's Spätstil (asamisimasa)

Composer, singer, and bandleader Ted Hearne talks about his album Place. The episode includes 2 of the 19 parts from this work: "Boundary" and "What about my son?"

Place conceived by Ted Hearne, Saul Williams and Patricia McGregor

http://www.tedhearne.com/
Video version of Place: https://vimeo.com/426800787
Released on New Amsterdam Records (2020)

Taylor Levine, electric guitar
Braylon Lacy, electric bass guitar
RC Williams, keyboards
Ron Wiltrout, drums
Diana Wade, viola
Ashley Bathgate, cello
Christa van Alstine and Eileen Mack, clarinets
Matt Barbier and Weston Olencki, trombones
Jonah Levy, trumpet
Rachel Drehmann, french horn
Clara Warnaar, percussion
Philip White, mixer feedback

Ep91: Ted Hearne – Place

Composer Catherine Lamb and electronic musicians Bryan Eubanks and Xavier Lopez discuss their release Wave/Forming (astrum).

https://allthatdust.bandcamp.com/album/wave-forming-astrum
https://www.sacredrealism.org/artists/catherine-lamb/
https://bryaneubanks.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.sacredrealism.org/artists/xavier-lopez/

Also check out the duo's 2021-release "Natural Realms":
https://bryaneubanks.bandcamp.com/album/natural-realms

ep. 92: Catherine Lamb/Bryan Eubanks/Xavier Lopez – WAVE/FORMING (ASTRUM)

Australian pianist Lisa Moore talk about her album No Place to Go But Around with pieces by Frederic Rzewski .

http://lisamoore.org/
https://lisamoore.bandcamp.com/

The album was released by Cantaloupe Music in June 2022, and may be purchased here

Watch the album trailer:
https://youtu.be/RVNGR_FDgUw

…and the video made for the opening track To His Coy Mistress: 
https://youtu.be/CcbiJB4sPhE


The New York times wrote about the album:
“That inviting quality of Moore’s album extends to her latest performance of “Coming Together,” one of Rzewski’s most well-known contributions to the modern repertoire… Moore’s solo voice-and-piano approach takes dramatic notice of references to lovers’ “emotions in times of crisis” that are present in the literary source material…Just as striking is her take on the rarely heard “To His Coy Mistress,” a setting of Andrew Marvell’s poem from the 17th century. Moore’s playing is meticulous when it comes to the compact three-act structure of the music (and its text); she hits the gas with a controlled force" ...



“The lushness of some of its (Amoramaro) chords, though, is what strikes me most forcefully on repeat listens. And that’s thanks in part to Moore’s overall approach to Rzewski, which often allows for a greater range of emotion than other interpreters permit, including the composer."

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/arts/music/lisa-moore-rzewski.html

Ep. 95: Lisa Moore – No Place to Go But Around (works by  Frederic Rzewski)

Oboe - Christopher Vettraino
Cello - Adrian Brendel
Violin - Magdalena Riedl
Viola - Gordon Cervoni

"Entre-Deux" for oboe and string trio (Live at Wigmore Hall - Nash Ensemble Side by Side)

"Strummers Clash " is my second collaboration with composer Matthew Shlomowitz and guitarist Tom Pauwels. Made after "Greetings from Astridplein", (also available on on this channel) this work takes on similar approach, where Tom & I made long distance recordings of Matthew's 2nd duet for 2 e-guitars, followed by me later remixing and flavoring the piece with all sort of "extras", turning it into a radio piece with a cinematic quality. As for the title it is a rare case where the descriptive - content & spirit - and the concept of a homage line up perfectly together, making it a special favorite of mine. This one is for you J.S.

Deutsch-Pauwels-Shlomowitz: Strummers Clash

Soundmaking is a podcast by Håkon Stene and Matthew Shlomowitz where composers and performers discuss the how and why of music they created.

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