6 episodes

Composer and violinist Nathaniel Otley interviews composers, sound artists and other music creatives from Aotearoa.

Sonic Speculations Nathaniel Otley

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Composer and violinist Nathaniel Otley interviews composers, sound artists and other music creatives from Aotearoa.

    Episode 4: Celeste Oram

    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



    For more information on the Sonic Speculations podcast visit https://nathanielotley.com/sonic-speculations/

    • 48 min
    Episode 3: Leonie Holmes

    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

    Frond: https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/musicalive/audio/201856636/leonie-holmes-frond-from-three-landscapes-for-orchestra

    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

    • 39 min
    Bonus: John Psathas on Freelancing

    Bonus: John Psathas on Freelancing

    A short bonus episode from my interview with John Psathas where he discusses freelancing, managing commissions and more.

    • 9 min
    Episode 2: John Psathas

    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

    • 48 min
    Episode 1: Eve de Castro-Robinson

    Episode 1: Eve de Castro-Robinson

    In the very first episode of the Sonic Speculations Podcast Nathaniel Otley talks to composer Eve de Castro Robinson at her home in Tāmaki Makaurau during Aotearoa’s August 2021 lockdown about her career, notation, politics, Len Lye and much more.

    For more information on the Sonic Speculations Podcast visit https://nathanielotley.com/sonic-speculations/

    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

    Talks and other interviews:

    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

    • 59 min
    Preview: Sonic Speculations

    Preview: Sonic Speculations

    A brief introduction to the Sonic Speculations podcast series hosted by Nathaniel Otley.



    For more information on the Sonic Speculations Podcast visit https://nathanielotley.com/sonic-speculations/

    • 5 min

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