Episode 1 opens with Seóirse Bodley, part of an earlier generation of composers who made waves in the 1960s, and traces the evolution of new music in Ireland from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s. The programme will deal with the issues which music faced in a post-colonial Ireland: the lack of an obvious tradition in Irish composition, and a tension between modernity and tradition.
Other contributions in this series will include those from John Kinsella, composer and former Head of Music in RTÉ, Frank Corcoran, who will talk about his emergence from Tipperary and his discovery of the European contemporary music scene through recordings and performances of the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra, and Raymond Deane on his early career as a young composer in Dublin. Some of the key developments for new music during this time will be covered, such as the establishment of the Association of Irish Composers, and the Dublin Festival of Twentieth Century Music, and John Buckley will talk about how these developments were instrumental in the compositional path which he followed.
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
Seóirse Bodley - Configurations
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Zsolt Nagy
RTÉ archives
John Kinsella - Two Pieces for String Orchestra
Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, conductor Van Remoortel
RTÉ archives
Seóirse Bodley - The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Isabelle O'Connell
Reservoir. Diatribe Recordings DIACDSOL001
Frank Corcoran - Three pieces for orchestra
RTE Symphony Orchestra, conductor Richard Pittman
RTÉ archives
Sean O Riada - Hercules Dux Ferrariae
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Robert Houlihan
Séan Ó Riada: Orchestral Works. RTÉ lyric fm. CD136
John Kinsella - A Selected Life
Frank Patterson (T-solo), RTÉ Symphony Orchestra, A. Grennell (speaker), conductor Colman Pearce
RTÉ archives
The Byrds - Turn Turn Turn
Seóirse Bodley - Sonata
Mary Gallagher (vn), Veronica McSwiney (pf)
RTÉ archives
Pierre Boulez - Piano Sonata No. 1
Idil Biret
BOULEZ: Piano Sonatas Nos 1-3. Naxos. 8.553353
Raymond Deane - Linoi
RTÉ archives
John Buckley - Taller Than Roman Spears
RTE National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colman Pearce
RTÉ archives
Gerald Barry - All The Dead Voices
Violet Twomey (S-solo), Anne Woodworth (A-solo), RTÉ Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colman Pearce
RTÉ archives
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte
The Beatles - Revolution No 9
Pierre Henry - Psyche Rock
Roger Doyle - Obstinato
Oizzo No. DOMBW03 / Artware 05
Raymond Deane - Sphinxes
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colman Pearce
RTÉ archives
Frank Corcoran - Nine Medieval Irish Epigrams
RTE Singers, conductor Hans Waldemar Rosen
RTÉ archives
Milton Babbitt - String Quartet No 4
Juilliard Quartet
Jane O’Leary - Begin
RTÉ Singers, Patricia Dunkerley (fl), conductor Proinnsías Ó Duinn
RTÉ archives
Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
Eighth Blackbird
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Hymnen
Roger Doyle - Thalia
Roger Doyle (tape), Anneliese Konings (voice), Karen Smoor (voice)
Thalia / Oizzo No. Silverdoor. SIDO 012CD
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Stimmung
Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier
Stimmung. Harmonia Mundi
Mauricio Kagel - musik fuer renaissance-instruments
"1898" / Music For Renaissance Instruments. Deutsche Grammophon 459 570-2
Gerald Barry - Things that Gain
Kevin Volans (pf).
Things that gain. Black Box. BBM1011
Raymond Deane - Embers
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gavin Moloney
RTÉ archives
Gerald Barry - The Intelligence Park
Opera Factory
Barry: The Intelligence Park. NMC Recordings. NMC D122
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
Raymond Deane - Enchaînement
RTÉ Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colman Pearce
RTÉ archives
Roger Doyle - Chalant
Chalant - Memento Mori. Heresy Records. 28065