Podcasts about metropolis new music festival

We hear about Monkey Baa's adaptation of Jackie French's Josephine Wants to Dance, Hugo Weaving and Kip Williams give us the lowdown on the STC production of Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, we hear a live performance of Genevieve Lacey's new work Nest, and we meet US comedian Joel Kim Booster.

​Climate change, architecture and the Taliban, these are just some of the complex ideas that composers and musicians explore as part of Metropolis New Music Festival 2018 at Melbourne Recital Centre. In this podcast, host Cat McGauran speaks with Thea Rossen (Penny Quartet), Liza Lim (composer) and Daryl Buckley (ELISION) about the immersive works they're performing in the festival and the contemporary classical listening experience.

In preparation for the first expansion of Resonant Bodies Festival outside of New York City, Festival director Lucy Dhegrae speaks with Jane Sheldon (RBF 2014) and Jessica Aszodi (RBF 2015) about their vision for the first Resonant Bodies Australia, presented by Melbourne Recital Centre as part of the Metropolis New Music Festival 2017. ResBods Oz will feature five vocalists who will come together for the first time on May 5th, 2017.

Virtuoso Australian pianist Michael Kieran Harvey presents a unique program of his own compositions for acoustic and electric keyboards, captured last week in concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre for Metropolis New Music Festival 2016.

Virtuoso Australian pianist Michael Kieran Harvey presents a unique program of his own compositions for acoustic and electric keyboards, captured last week in concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre for Metropolis New Music Festival 2016.

New chamber music for Melbourne's dynamic chamber trio by Andrew Batt-Rawden, James Wade, Jesmond Grixti, Graeme Koehne and John Parker, captured last week in concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre for Metropolis New Music Festival 2016.

New chamber music for Melbourne's dynamic chamber trio by Andrew Batt-Rawden, James Wade, Jesmond Grixti, Graeme Koehne and John Parker, captured last week in concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre for Metropolis New Music Festival 2016.

New music by AAO director Peter Knight, Austin Buckett, and Canadian composer/collaborator Nicole Lizée, recorded this week at the Melbourne Recital Centre for the opening night of the 2016 Metropolis New Music Festival.

New music by AAO director Peter Knight, Austin Buckett, and Canadian composer/collaborator Nicole Lizée, recorded this week at the Melbourne Recital Centre for the opening night of the 2016 Metropolis New Music Festival.