amplify #32 - Gerald Barry, Seán Clancy, Raymond Deane, Eric Egan and Jane O'Leary on Beethoven amplify

To mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, this week’s amplify podcast features composers Gerald Barry, Seán Clancy, Raymond Deane, Eric Egan and Jane O’Leary on Beethoven’s influence and inspiration behind some of their works. The episode also features extracts from Beethoven’s letters read by Bernard Clarke.

Show Notes


Gerald Barry


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Seán Clancy


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Raymond Deane


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Eric Egan
Jane O’Leary


Music


Beethoven - Emperor Concerto (Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Firkusny)
Gerald Barry - Beethoven (Stephen Richardson, Crash Ensemble)
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (Daniel Barenboim)
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 26 (Emil Gilels)
Raymond Deane - Noctuary: Minerva’s Owl (Hugh Tinney)
Jane O’Leary - The Passing of Sound Forever (ConTempo Quartet)
Beethoven - String Quartet No. 11 (Emerson String Quartet)
Gerald Barry - Schott and Sons, Mainz (Stephen Richardson, Chamber Choir Ireland)
Gerald Barry - Mrs Streicher (Gavan Ring, Stephen Irvine)
Gerald Barry - Stockhausen (1928–2007) (Barbara Hannigan, Juoko Laivuori)
Beethoven - String Quartet No. 15 in a minor, Op 132 (Alban Berg Quartet
Eric Egan - … a thing glimpsed … (Trondheim Sinfonietta)
Seán Clancy - Neue Kraft Fühlend (Bozzini Quartet)
Raymond Deane - Noctuary: Minerva’s Owl (Hugh Tinney)
Gerald Barry - Beethoven (Stephen Richardson, Crash Ensemble)


Production and editing - Jonathan Grimes, Keith Fennell


Thanks to Bernard Clarke for reading the letters, to Jane O’Leary for her help in selecting and sourcing the letters, CMC Library Coordinator Susan Brodigan for her research into