Climate: Emergency (Daniel Kidane, Clarice Assad, Lei Liang, Evelien van den Broek) | Ep.9
Release Date: 09/29/2021
Climate: Activism (Blythe Pepino, Rocky Dawuni, Emily Hall) | Ep.11
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Composers Blythe Pepino, Rocky Dawuni and Emily Hall share their music and thoughts exploring activism in the climate crisis. What is the place of music in climate activism, and how do composers take action in their music?
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Climate: Place (Hanna Tuulikki, Colin Riley, Dai Fujikura) | Ep.10
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Composers Hanna Tuulikki, Colin Riley and Dai Fujikura share their music and thoughts exploring the importance of place in music. How does the more-than-human manifest itself in the composers’ music, and what does it mean to be composing music in times of the climate crisis?
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Climate: Emergency (Daniel Kidane, Clarice Assad, Lei Liang, Evelien van den Broek) | Ep.9
The Sound and Music Podcast
Composers Daniel Kidane, Clarice Assad, Lei Liang and Evelien van den Broek share their music and thoughts exploring the climate emergency in music. What does it mean to be a composer in times of a climate crisis? How does our awareness of the crisis enter our work, and how do we find meaning in our work in these times?
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Queerness (Reeta Loi, Michael Wolters, Maya-Leigh Rosenwasser) | Ep.8
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Composers Reeta Loi, Michael Wolters and Maya-Leigh Rosenwasser share their music and thoughts exploring queerness in music. What does it mean to be a queer composer today, and is there such a thing as queer music?
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Distractions (Neil Luck, India Jordan, David Austin Grey) | Ep.7
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Composers Neil Luck, India Jordan and David Austin Grey join Susanna Eastburn MBE and Will Eaves to share their music and thoughts exploring the place of distractions in the creative process.
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Offerings (Errollyn Wallen, Richard Ayres, Hannah Catherine Jones) | Ep.6
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Composers Richard Ayres, Hannah Catherine Jones and Errollyn Wallen join Susanna Eastburn MBE and Des Oliver to share their music and thoughts exploring the gift of making music with and for other people.
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Invitations (Shabaka Hutchings, Alwynne Pritchard, Oliver Leith) | Ep.5
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Composers Shabaka Hutchings, Alwynne Pritchard and Oliver Leith share their music and thoughts exploring the nature of the human relationships which shape the music they make.
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Portals (Anthony R. Green, Nathan Riki Thomson, Amble Skuse) | Ep.4
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Composers Anthony R. Green, Nathan Riki Thomson and Amble Skuse share their music and thoughts on what music might mean beyond just sounds, and how we connect to each other and the world around us through the act of making music.
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Taste (Gerald Barry, Matthew Shlomowitz, Joanna Ward) | Ep.3
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Composers Gerald Barry, Matthew Shlomowitz, and Joanna Ward share their music and thoughts exploring the theme of Taste.
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Inspiration (Richard Rijnvos, Cassandra Miller, Supriya Nagarajan) | Ep.2
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Composers Richard Rijnvos, Cassandra Miller, and Supriya Nagarajan share their music and thoughts exploring the theme of Inspiration.
info_outlineComposers Daniel Kidane, Clarice Assad, Lei Liang and Evelien van den Broek share their music and thoughts exploring the climate emergency in music. What does it mean to be a composer in times of a climate crisis? How does our awareness of the crisis enter our work, and how do we find meaning in our work in these times?
From exploring cultural belonging and understanding our place on this planet through myth to the imperative of artists to be good storytellers, we listen to field recordings of extinct species and vanishing rainforests and music that reflects and inspires. Join our CEO Susanna Eastburn MBE and composer Des Oliver for a unique insight into composing.
This episode features a reading of John Agard’s poem Inheritance (© John Agard 2015 and reproduced by kind permission of John Agard c/o Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency Ltd)
Our recommendation at the end is for Music Declares Emergency (https://musicdeclares.net/)
In this episode, you listened to the following music and sounds:
Daniel Kidane
- Ruin (2020), the second movement from Song of the Prophets, a commission and collaboration between Christian Aid UK and Chineke! Orchestra
Clarice Assad
- Lemuria (2018), commissioned and performed by Left Coast Chamber Ensemble as part of The Sound of Nature (2018-19 season)
Lei Liang
- Lake (1999/2013), performed by The Awea Duo and available on Bridge Records
- A Thousand Mountains, A Million Streams (2018), performed by Boston Modern Orchestra Project and available on BMOP/sound. Published by Schott Music, and winner of the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition in 2020
Evelien van den Broek
- Endlings (2020), the album version of Biophonica, a stage work exploring biodiversity loss with Mark Nieuwenhuis, available on Bandcamp
- Ecognosis (2021), created for an installation by BetweenTwoHands
This podcast was produced by Michael Umney (Resonance FM) and mixed by Chris Bartholomew, with the theme tune composed by Rob Bentall.
Our heartfelt thanks to the record labels, performers, composers and organisations who allowed us to include excerpts of these recordings on the podcast.