29 Sep 2018

Sound Lounge: Two exclusive tracks from Rhian Sheehan's new album; Leonie Holmes talks about her witch-inspired new work; Joan Tower picks her own favourite works

From Sound Lounge, 9:30 pm on 29 September 2018

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?