9:30
Leonie Holmes - SOUNZ Contemporary Award finalist
Eva Radich talks to Leonie Holmes about her new work Dance of the Wintersmith, a finalist for the 2018 SOUNZ Contemporary Award, where satire, fantasy and the story of a young witch collide.
LEONIE HOLMES: Dance of the Wintersmith (excerpt)
Friction Quartet
Private
LEONIE HOLMES: Three Landscapes (I)
New Zealand SO/Alexander Shelley
RNZ
Ligeti's early pieces for piano
In this early masterwork from 1976, Ligeti explores polyrhythms and tips his hat to the American Minimalist composers.
LIGETI: Early Pieces for two Pianos
Fredrik Ullén (pno)
BIS CD 983
Lou Harrison's fusion of gamelan & Western instruments
LOU HARRISON: Suite for Violin and American Gamelan
David Abel (vln), American Gamelan
New Albion NA 015
Rhian Sheehan's new album A Quiet Divide
Loop Recordings has kindly given Sound Lounge exclusive rights to play two tracks from Rhian Sheehan's new album A Quiet Divide ahead of its release on 5 October.
RHIAN SHEEHAN: Last Time We Spoke; Atlas
Rhian Sheehan (pno, electronics)
Loop Recordings
Nicolas Bernier - Audio Arts Aotearoa
Audio Arts Aotearoa, a three day festival of electronic music, sound art, and audiovisual artwork, is on in Wellington from 28-29 September. We take a listen to music by one of the featured artists - California -based Nicolas Bernier. His Transfert, draws on science fiction to create an organic yet synthesizer-heavy vision of a hypothetical future.
NICOLAS BERNIER: Transfert
Nicolas Bernier (electronics)
ACTE
11:05 Relevant Tones: Composer Spotlight: Joan Tower
Grammy-winning composer, pianist and conductor, Joan Tower, has been said to be “one of the most successful woman composers of all time" by The New Yorker. She’s celebrating her 80th with us by choosing her most memorable works and stories. Will Grammy award-winning Made in America make the cut?
