Interview with Jeannie Lewis and Fiona HillListen to the Interview here. MBElectroacoustic experimentation is composer Fiona Hill’s specialty. Her collaborations with filmmakers, choreographers and instrumentalists such as recorder player Alicia Crossley have balanced high-tech production with emotive and organic evocations of the natural world. As she prepares a new score for Sydney Dance Company’s New Breed season with choreographer Lilian Steiner, Fiona stops by the music show to explain how she uses gestural controllers and a “blob tracker” to make music. Jeannie Lewis has a career spanning over fifty years and probably as many genres. Perhaps best known for her 1970s protest-music infused album releases, she has worked with Peter Sculthorpe, Tully, and many great musicians of Central and South America, turning her considerable and distinctive vocal talents to jazz, cabaret, and tango. In her first interview for The Music Show, she shares her philosophy of music, the voice, and collaboration. For our AusMusic Month series Postcards, some of our great musical émigrés are sending notes home and today James Cuddeford’s dispatch from Hong Kong hits The Music Show’s doorstep. Duration: 54min 6sec Broadcast: Sun 21 Nov 2021, 11:05am Music played at the start of the show: Title: Leaking Light Artist: Lachlan R. Dale Album: Eclipsing // Orbs (with Joseph Rabjohns) Label: Art As Catharsis In the Fiona Hill interview: Title: Imago Composer: Fiona Hill Artist: Lamorna Nightingale (flute), Jane Sheldon (voice), Fiona Hill (live electronics) Album: Other Voices Digital release Title: Lost In The Darkness Composer: Fiona Hill Artist: Alicia Crossley (bass recorder) Fiona Hill (electronics) Album: Bass Instincts Label: Move MCD 624 Title: Circumstance 2020 (excerpt) Composer: Fiona Hill Artist: Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Fellows, Fiona Hill (piano, electronics) From Circumstance 2020, by Sue Healey In the interview with Jeannie Lewis: Title: The Stars Turn from Love 200 Composer: Peter Sculthorpe Artist: Jeannie Lewis, Tully Album: Live at Sydney Town Hall 1969-70 Label: Chapter Music Title: Whose Hand? Composer: Margaret Kitamura Artist: Jeannie Lewis Recorded at the University of Sydney in 1967 Title: Fasten Your Wings With Love Composer: Jamie McKinley/Jeannie Lewis Artist: Jeannie Lewis Album: Free Fall Through Featherless Flight Label: EMI EMC 2505 Title: Pilgrimages Composer: Jim Cotter/Jeannie Lewis Artist: Jeannie Lewis Album: Journeys: Australian Women in Mexico Title: Motherless Child Composer: Harry Burleigh Artist: Jeannie Lewis Album: Free Fall Through Featherless Flight Label: EMI EMC 2505 Music in James’s Postcard: Title: Triptych Composer: James Cuddeford Artist: Hong Kong Sinfonietta Supplied by James Cuddeford & the Hong Kong Sinfonietta Title: Sonata No. 3 Composer: George Enescu Artist: James Cuddeford and Daniel Herscovitch Supplied by James Cuddeford & the Hong Kong Sinfonietta Producers: C Benedict and Ellie Parnell Engineers: Simon Branthwaite, John Jacobs, and Jennifer Parsonage Listen to the Interview here.See the Full Original ABC page here:
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I'm appearing on The Music Show with Andrew Ford today at 11am; Sunday 21st November. Andrew Ford interviews me about my works Imago, Lost in the Darkness and the new work Springtime Again with choreographer Lilian Steiner for Sydney Dance Company New Breed which opens Thursday 25th November.
ABOUT THE MUSIC SHOW A mix of conversation and music hosted by Andrew Ford. Gregorian chant or hip hop, kd lang or a rookie conductor — all get the rapt attention they deserve. Andrew Ford is a composer, writer and broadcaster and has won awards in all three capacities. A former academic, Andrew wields a versatile pen and writes books and radio features as well as music. Listen for free on your mobile device on the ABC Listen app, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app. Sue Healey's film Circumstance 2020 is included in the Inspired Dance Film Festival. I wrote the score for this film for Sue.
You can still watch it online until November 21st where it screens in Program 3: Australian. Come and watch my new work with choreographer Lilian Steiner Springtime Again for Sydney Dance Company New Breed. This work features motion tracking of the dancers to trigger the soundscape.
New Breed: In 2021 Sydney Dance Company, Carriageworks and The Balnaves Foundation continue their commitment to emerging choreographers and present the eighth edition of New Breed. Don’t miss this limited season of raw talent and fresh ideas from some of Australia’s most exciting dance creators. Springtime Again Choreographer: Lilian Steiner with the dancers Composer: Fiona Hill, played live by Fiona and the dancers Costume Designer: Aleisa Jelbart Lighting Designer: Alexander Berlage Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellowship: Emily Newham, French Horn Miles Mullin-Chivers, Cello Audio mix: Bob Scott Recording Engineer: Sean Carey Max MSP programming: Fiona Hill Additional software programming and support: Benjamin Carey Four Choreographers, Four World Premieres 25 November — 11 December 2021 |
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