American pianist <a href="http://www.richardvalitutto.net" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Richard Valitutto </a>presents his solo album <a href="https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/richard-valitutto-nocturnes-lullabies/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nocturnes &amp; Lullabies </a>out on <a href="https://www.newfocusrecordings.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Focus Recordings</a>

Ep. 100: Richard Valitutto – Nocturnes & Lullabies 

<a href="https://jessebroekman.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jesse Broekman</a> (electronics) and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/christian-s-smith" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Christian Smith</a> (Drums) in Contrafacta present their debut album <a href="https://moonvillainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-place-to-sing-at-night" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"a place to sing at night" </a>released on<a href="https://moonvillainrecords.bandcamp.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Moon Villain.</a>

Ep.101: Contrafacta – a place to sing at night

<a href="https://www.xeniarubinos.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Xenia Rubinos </a>talks about tracks off her album Una Rosa, released on <a href="https://www.anti.com/artists/xenia-rubinos/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ANTI. </a>

Ep.99: Xenia Rubinos – Una Rosa 

Sound artist Lasse Marhaug discusses the making of "<a href="https://marhaug.bandcamp.com/album/context" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Context"</a>, released on<a href="https://www.smalltownsupersound.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Smalltown Supersound. </a>Check out more releases by Lasse <a href="https://marhaug.bandcamp.com/music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here. </a>

Ep.98: Lasse Marhaug – Context

Composer and Percussionist John Lane presents the album <a href="https://www.albanyrecords.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&amp;Store_Code=AR&amp;Product_Code=TROY1900&amp;Category_Code=a-NR" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trigger –&nbsp;Artists respond to gun violence</a>. Also check out a <a href=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&amp;v=PyYSohg-FpI&amp;feature=emb_logo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">video on The Innocents </a>https://www.the-innocents.com

Ep. 97: Trigger – John Lane, Allen Otte,  Torch Quartet 

San Francisco based composer and electronic musician Jon Leidecker&nbsp;(AKA Wobbly) discusses his new album Popular Monitress, released on Hausu Mountain Records. Read more and purchase the album here: <a href="https://w0bbly.bandcamp.com/album/popular-monitress" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://w0bbly.bandcamp.com/album/popular-monitress</a>

Ep.96: Wobbly - Popular Monitress

Australian pianist <a href="http://lisamoore.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lisa Moore</a> talk about her album No Place to Go But Around&nbsp;with pieces by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Rzewski" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frederic Rzewski </a>.The album was released by Cantaloupe Music in June 2022, and may be purchased <a href="https://lisamoore.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> Watch the album trailer:<a href="https://youtu.be/RVNGR_FDgUw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/RVNGR_FDgUw</a>…and the video made for the opening track To His Coy Mistress: <a href="https://youtu.be/CcbiJB4sPhE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/CcbiJB4sPhE</a> The New York times wrote about the album:“That inviting quality of Moore’s album extends to her latest performance of “Coming Together,” one of Rzewski’s most well-known contributions to the modern repertoire… Moore’s solo voice-and-piano approach takes dramatic notice of references to lovers’ “emotions in times of crisis” that are present in the literary source material…Just as striking is her take on the rarely heard “To His Coy Mistress,” a setting of Andrew Marvell’s poem from the 17th century. Moore’s playing is meticulous when it comes to the compact three-act structure of the music (and its text); she hits the gas with a controlled force" ... “The lushness of some of its (Amoramaro) chords, though, is what strikes me most forcefully on repeat listens. And that’s thanks in part to Moore’s overall approach to Rzewski, which often allows for a greater range of emotion than other interpreters permit, including the composer." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/arts/music/lisa-moore-rzewski.html

Ep. 95: Lisa Moore – No Place to Go But Around (works by  Frederic Rzewski )

London-based composer <a href="https://www.wmarsey.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WIlliam Marsey</a> and pianist <a href="https://www.josephhavlat.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joseph Havlat </a> present their album<a href="https://www.wmarsey.com/music/dutch-indoor-subjects" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Dutch Indoor Subjects. </a><a href="https://wmarsey.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The album and sheet music can be bought here</a><a href="https://linktr.ee/wmarsey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Streaming links are here</a>Dutch Indoor Subjects is inspired by&nbsp;the Dutch paintings of painting, everyday scenes from the 15- and 1600s.Track 7, Belmont Chill, was nominated for BASCA British Composer Award 2018

Ep.94: William Marsey – Dutch Indoor Subjects (with Joseph Havlat, piano)

For this episode of Soundmaking we spoke with Swedish composer&nbsp;<a href=" https://www.lisastreich.se/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lisa&nbsp;Streich</a> about her orchestral work Segel, which was completed in 2017. This recording is the first track of a profile CD of&nbsp;Lisa's work released in 2018 on <a href="https://www.podium-gegenwart.de/foerderprojekte/komponieren/edition-zeitgenoessische-musik/alle-cds/lisa-streich" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wergo</a>.&nbsp;The work is performed by LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY, conducted by Gregor A. Mayrhofer This episode is released a few days before the 2022 edition of the <a href="https://hcmf.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival</a> where Lisa is Composer in Residence -

Ep.93 Lisa Streich - Segel

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