Series 1: Episode 5

Joe Bates & Anthony Friend | co-founders of Filthy Lucre

Filthy Lucre is a series of music nights described as 'diverse and daring' by The Tab newspaper. For the next instalment on January 11, the Bussey Building in Peckham will provide the setting for an eclectic ritual of music principally inspired by the themes of cults and premonitions of death. The evening will begin with abstract concert music by Scelsi, before morphing into a full-on night club with dance music until 5am! In the last show of 2013, co-founders Joe and Anthony preview their event with Lloyd. 

As usual, we round the show off with the news from the past fortnight. 

Show outline:
00.26   Interview with Joe Bates and Anthony Friend, with music featured in Filthy Lucre 3: Cults
33.16   News:

1   British Composer Awards 2013 winners announced
2   Rattle and Berlin Phil return to London in 2015
3   Conductor tackles audience coughing head-on
4   British politician Ed Balls tinkling the ivories
5   Chailly confirmed for La Scala role

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Title Music 'Yentas Five' from A Proper Grown Up, by the Spike Orchestra

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Series 1: Episode 4

Jonathan Freeman-Attwood | Principal, Royal Academy of Music

We know many of you will be preparing for auditions at the various conservatoires around the U.K this winter. Jonathan Freeman-Attwood - highly renowned as a trumpeter, writer, record producer and Principal of the Royal Academy of Music - joins Lloyd to give his invaluable advice to those facing an audition. They discuss everything from practical matters such as programming and dress, to the more psychological aspects of preparing for such an event. If you do have an audition of any sort coming up, then we think you'd do well to listen to their conversation!

Anna Hashimoto | clarinettist

Having made her concerto debut with the English Chamber Orchestra at the age of fifteen, Anna Hashimoto has continued to impress critics and audiences across the globe on the path to becoming one of the leading young musicians of today. She joins Lloyd to talk about her debut album, A Touch of France, recorded with pianist Daniel King-Smith which explores the repertoire for clarinet and piano from across the channel. We hear two movements from sonatas by Saint-Saëns and Poulenc, and an extract from a (slightly unusual) third piece. Anna also reflects on her studies with Michael Collins, the musical culture in her birthplace, Japan, and other areas of her musical life such as her work with the leading Atéa Wind Quintet. 

Show outline

01.15   Discussion about auditions with Jonathan Freeman-Attwod

24.22   Interview with Anna Hashimoto, plus music from A Touch of France

52.27   News:

1   Tributes paid to the late Sir John Tavener

2   Centenary of Benjamin Britten celebrated in Aldeburgh

3   Mark Elder to stay at Hallé until 2020

4   Peter Maxwell Davies calls music education in UK schools a 'disgrace'

5   Pianist on trial for causing excessive noise pollution

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Title Music 'Yentas Five' from a Proper Grown Up, by the Spike Orchestra

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Series 1: Episode 3

Nicholas McCarthy | one-handed pianist

This week Lloyd talks to Nicholas McCarthy, the one handed pianist who, at the age of 24, has already received considerable attention and praise for his remarkable talent. In 2012, Nicholas became the first left-handed pianist to graduate from the Royal College of Music in its long history. Since then, he has performed in many prestigious venues in the UK and abroad - not only as a soloist, but also as a member of Charles Hazlewood's British Paraorchestra where he met Lloyd. 

As usual, we end the show with the top five music-related stories from the past few weeks. 

Interview outline
02.05   Nicholas' introduction to music - earlier years leading up to his studies at the RCM
11.40   Blumenfeld Etude in A-flat major, op.38 
17.24   The left-hand repertoire - why it exists and which composers write most effectively

27.22   Scriabin Nocturne in D-flat major, op.9 

33.23   British Paraorchestra and future projects

News (from 39.20)
1   Peter Tatchell interrupts LSO concert in protest at Gergiev
2   James Blake wins the Mercury Prize for Overgrown
3   Young composer Alma Deutscher tops the US charts
4   Daniel Barenboim relinquishes post at La Scala
5   Fire at Italian instrument museum

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Title Music 'Yentas Five' from A Proper Grown Up, by the Spike Orchestra

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Series 1: Episode 2

Chloé Vansoeterstède | conductor

My guest this week is Chloé Vansoeterstède, an exceptional violist from the Royal Academy of Music and conductor of the Arch Sinfoina.

The interview covers her developing career as a conductor, including her aspirations for the Arch Sinfonia, a new orchestra made up of the finest students frozm three of London's music colleges: the Royal Academy, Royal College and Guildhall School. We also explore Chloé's performing career on the viola - she frequently performs under the baton of the world's leading conductors as a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra.

Interview outline
03.04   Introduction to viola and conducting to forming the Arch Sinfonia
10.27   Bach Sarabande from Cello Suite No.2 in D Minor, BMV1008
13.43   Repertoire choices for the Arch Sinfonia 
16.23   Lloyd Coleman excerpt from Bass Clarinet Concertino (2013)
19.44   Performing with the EUYO; learning from other conductors; female conductors



News (from 31.52)
1   Rock musician Lou Reed dies
2   Recovered Strad violin to be sold at auction
3   CBSO Music Director to step down 
4   Tickets for Glastonbury 2014 sell out in record time
5   BBC announces more arts coverage

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Title Music 'Yentas Five' from A Proper Grown Up, by the Spike Orchestra

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Series 1: Episode 1

Nikki Franklin | composer and performer

I'm delighted to announce the arrival of a new podcast, Taking Notes. You will be able to find it here on the blog, or alternatively you can subscribe to it on iTunes.

The basic idea is this: once a month, I will be interviewing friends and colleagues from the music world about their lives. The type of guest I talk to will vary considerably, as I want to include musicians working in as many areas of the industry as possible. However, the one thing I suspect many of them will have in common is that they'll be making their first steps into the professional music world, establishing reputations as 'ones to watch' through their first high profile gigs and debut recordings. 

The success of the podcast will mostly depend on listener feedback and interaction. As you know already, you can talk to me through the comments section at the bottom of this post, or on Twitter @LloydRColeman. Whilst I have a few ideas about guests and programme features in the coming months, I want to hear yours too. Do you have a friend or colleague who is making extraordinary music that we should know about? Or perhaps there's a music related issue you want to raise, or a concert or opera you want reviewed? All suggestions are welcome; I will give each one my full consideration.

My first guest is Nikki Franklin, an extraordinarily versatile musician whose work encompasses everything from trad jazz to the most avant-garde of classical music. We discuss the Spike Orchestra, which Nikki set up in 2011 with fellow composer Sam Eastmond, before hearing a track from their debut album, A Proper Grown Up. Afterwards, we look at Nikki's solo career more closely, and talk about future projects in the pipeline.

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