Episode List:
This is where you can find episodes and links to discussed work, recordings and talks from the 2021 Sonic Speculations podcast.
Episodes:
Episode 4: Celeste Oram
Celeste Oram joins Sonic Speculations to discuss her work, multimedia projects, collaboration, radios and more…
To find out more about Celeste Oram please see http://celesteoram.com/
For more information about Oram’s Vera Wyse Munro project https://verawysemunro.nz/
Works:
TAUTITOTITO: http://celesteoram.com/TAUTITOTITO
Televisionmann: Gulliver’s Travels: https://youtu.be/xaeKRdGJuKw
a loose affiliation of alleluias: http://celesteoram.com/Work/a-loose-affiliation-of-alleluias-2019-a-violin-concerto
The Young People’s Guide to the Orchestra: https://youtu.be/_hXg6jTShOI
Episode 3: Leonie Holmes
Dr Leonie Holmes joins the Sonic Speculations podcast to talk a wide variety of music related things including compositional process, personality in music and her newly written piano concerto for the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and Stephen De Pledge.
For more information on the Sonic Speculations podcast visit https://nathanielotley.com/sonic-speculations/
Links:
SOUNZ Profile: https://sounz.org.nz/contributors/1052
Piano Concerto Premiere:
https://cso.co.nz/events/triumph-over-tragedy
Works:
Dance of the Wintersmith: https://youtu.be/bT8Vxq7fxss
Watershed Time: https://youtu.be/b__liZh__kY
Aquae Sulis: https://youtu.be/3hA0lDYumIU
Other talks/interviews:
Interview with Donald Maurice: https://youtu.be/BqeZcRi2MLU
Talk at 2014 Composers Association of New Zealand Conference https://youtu.be/Ja-4G5ViETw
Episode 2: John Psathas
John Psathas shot to worldwide attention when his music was heard at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympics. Since then the composer has built a wide ranging network of international collaborators, with his music being performed on all seven continents including Antarctica. In this interview, John discusses how he came to composition, his compositional process, percussion, multimedia musical projects and more.
For more information on the Sonic Speculations podcast visit https://nathanielotley.com/sonic-speculations/
For more information about John Psathas please see: https://www.johnpsathas.com/
Links to work discussed:
Waiting for the Aeroplane: https://open.spotify.com/track/5gMDsPzKkU7ducGwREZCrn?si=92b63ed59a23487a
Between Zero and One: https://www.johnpsathas.com/catalogue-1/2018/1/29/between-zero-and-one-2013
Leviathan: https://www.johnpsathas.com/catalogue-1/2020/3/28/leviathan-percussion-concerto-2020?rq=leviathan
Matres Dance: https://open.spotify.com/track/46fTLwbkS9eKBwTvB0Mr3K?si=0dd0264351464883
View From Olympus: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLe6QIpB-jM_Y74doudU4GKIabk7x2B45
Music for the Olympics:
https://www.johnpsathas.com/catalogue-1/2018/4/10/athens-2004-ceremonies-2004?rq=olympics
Abhisheka: https://youtu.be/WAnDpfHcKLQ
No Man’s Land: https://youtu.be/bVQPjdd5JCs
Episode 1: Eve de Castro Robinson
In the very first episode of Sonic Speculations Nathaniel talks to composer Eve de Castro Robinson at her home in Tāmaki Makaurau during Aotearoa’s August 2021 lockdown. In a wide ranging discussion they discuss her career, notation, politics, Len Lye and much more.
Links to work discussed:
Tumbling Strains: https://youtu.be/rexXNuV3IrY
Tipping Point: https://youtu.be/xEIi4qWbXh8
Len Dances: https://open.spotify.com/track/3mdlrOK3ZEPlJTogok3FbF
Len Songs: https://sounz.org.nz/resources/17322?locale=en
Other content of interest:
SOUNZ Moments in Time Podcast: https://news.sounz.org.nz/moments-in-time-003/
2018 Lilburn Lecture: https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/appointment/audio/2018670821/the-lilburn-lecture-2018-eve-de-castro-robinson-on-new-zealand-s-female-composers
Preview
Sonic Speculations is a new podcast in which Nathaniel Otley interviews composers, sound artists and other music and sound creatives from Aotearoa. The podcast aims to both provide insight into the creative lives and processes of these musicians as well as highlight the many different ways in which people both approach their craft and indeed forge careers in the arts.
This preview episode goes into the background surrounding the impetus and motivations of this podcast as well as giving a bit of background on the host.
The podcast can be found here:
About Me
Nathaniel Otley is a composer, conductor and violinist from Ōtepoti. He is currently studying towards a Master of Music in composition at the University of Sydney researching Ecological thinking in compositional practice.
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