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Today we unearth a hidden corner of London as we creep around the frozen docks and inky darkness of Limehouse.In the 16th to the 18th century the area of Limehouse became synonymous as a melting pot of folklore and people as the docks brought stories, superstitions and strange new cultures. It had its own Golem wandering the abandoned warehouses and dockyards, it had the sensational tales of Thomas Burke who wrote of opium dens and backstreet murders even Blur's Damon Albarn invoked the spirit of Dr John Dee in its ancient streets.We explore it all with the help of the incredible musician, composer and writer Sarah Angliss.Expect haunted puppets, winter spirits and bell foundries.And the brilliant Maggie Service reads from The Dark Courtyard by Thomas BurkeEnjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sarah Angliss – britų kompozitorė, atlikėja ir garso dizainerė, muzikos atlikimo robotų gamintoja, grojanti tereminu, fleitomis, klavišiniais ir pačios sukurtu robotiniu kariljonu. Ją domina efemeriški reiškiniai – šešėliai, dulkės, vos pastebimos užuominos, itin žemo dažnio garsai, kurių žmogus negirdi, bet junta nerimą. Angliss muzikoje daug balsų, tekstų, sapniškumo, senų ir naujausių instrumentų kombinacijų.Jennifer Walshe (g. 1974) – garsi airių kompozitorė, vokalistė ir menininkė, dažniausiai atliekanti savo kūrinių solines, specifiškai virtuozines ir teatrališkas partijas. Ji bendradarbiauja su įvairių krypčių muzikantais, todėl kompozicijose gan ryškus kolektyviškumo ir improvizacijos pradas. Muzikoje daug keistumo, kerų, humoro, ekscentrikos ir pirmapradiškumo.Laidos autoriai Mindaugas Urbaitis ir Šarūnas Nakas
For Artists, AI offers an exciting toolkit - particularly tools for performance synthesis. But alongside the creative opportunities looms a potential threat to their creative futures. Annette, Mathilde and Marcus talk with composer, musician and technologist, Sarah Angliss, about her integration of technology and music and her experiences of working with AI. Sarah considers some of the ethical dilemmas presented by AI and also tells us why we've been here before. Surprisingly, the answer involves clog dancing...
Welcome to CultureLab, from New Scientist podcasts. In this episode, culture and comment editor Alison Flood speaks with composer Sarah Angliss. Sarah has written a new opera called Giant, which is based on the true story of the 18th-century “Irish giant” Charles Byrne, who had an undiagnosed benign tumour of his pituitary gland which caused him to grow to be 2.31m tall. Byrne's corpse was stolen and later put on public display by the surgeon John Hunter, despite his explicit wishes to be buried at sea. Giant premieres in June at the Aldeburgh Festival, 240 years since Byrne's death.To read about subjects like this and much more, you can subscribe to New Scientist magazine at newscientist.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Charles Byrne was an 18th-century “Irish giant” whose skeleton was stolen and put on display against his wishes. 240 years after his death, he is being remembered in a new electro acoustic opera rather than as a museum-piece curiosity. Dawn Kemp of the Hunterian Museum discusses removing the famous skeleton from their collection, and composer, musician, and robotic artist Sarah Angliss tells us about her new opera, Giant, which celebrates Byrne on stage, and is opening the Aldeburgh Festival. The Irish writer Maggie O'Farrell's last novel “Hamnet” is now playing on stage at the Globe Theatre and won the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction. Her latest “The Marriage Portrait” has made it onto the 2023 shortlist, and was an instant Sunday Times Bestseller. Both focus on the lives of women hidden in history behind men of influence. In the next of our series meeting the Women's Prize finalists, we'll be finding out what it is about these stories that inspire her, and how it feels to make the shortlist for a second time. It is commonly accepted, including here at Front Row, that creativity is a good thing. But two new books: Samuel. W. Franklin's The Cult of Creativity and Against Creativity by Oli Mould, challenge that view, arguing that creativity is a recent invention and that the artistic impulse has been co-opted by the capitalist military industrial complex. Both authors discuss their ideas with Tom Sutcliffe. Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Julian May
With his new memoir ‘Formation - Building a Personal Canon, Part I' hitting bookshops, and a new collaborative album with the tenor Ian Bostridge released this week, the American Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau joins Kate Molleson to discuss his childhood in small town New England, his forays into the New York Jazz scene of the 1990s, his encounters with kind musical heroes and future collaborators, and what it means to be a musician. Telling the story the 18th-century “Irish giant” Charles Byrne, whose corpse was stolen to order and put on public display, Kate speaks to composer Sarah Angliss about the World Premiere of her new opera Giant at this year's Aldeburgh Festival. She explains how she's treating this surprisingly tender tale of grave robbing and dissection. As Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month gets under way, Music Matters learns about a new project to highlight the invaluable recorded collection of gypsy and traveller voices archived within the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. We speak to the University of East Anglia's Dr. Hazel Marsh about the impetus to make collections, housed at the English Folk Dance and Song Society, more accessible to Gypsy and Traveller people seeking engagement with their cultural heritage, and hear from the Scottish Traveller Ian McGregor. Celebrating two decades of music making with Les Siècles, Kate hears from conductor François-Xavier Roth as he prepares to tour with the orchestra to the Barbican, Edinburgh International Festival and BBC Proms. With new albums of works by Ravel and Ligeti about to be released this month, too, he tells Kate about the energy of discovery which drives the ensemble's prolific recording activity, and why performance needs to be dangerous.
Ian McMillan explores the monsters that haunt our imagination, the monstrous labels that have historically been imposed upon 'the Other', and the modern day monstrosities that provoke our fears and threaten to make monsters of us all. With Prof Roger Luckhurst who specialises in classic 19th-century Gothic, literature, film, and cultural history; his new book 'Gothic' traces our fascination and representations of the Gothic through history to its place at the very heart of popular culture today, Poet Tom Juniper whose Monstrous poems are a collection from the point of view of sundry folkloric creatures, conceptual poet and artist Ira Lightman who has written a specially commissioned poem on the theme of the Monstrous, and composer Sarah Angliss whose new opera 'Giant' tells the story of the 18th century “Irish giant” Charles Byrne, a man whose corpse was stolen to order and put on public display. Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Cecile Wright
Chapters00:00 - Introduction01:30 - Classical And Folk Beginnings00:00 - Discovering Electronic Music07:52 - Studying Infrasound12:26 - The Brown Note14:40 - Augmenting Acoustic Sounds17:46 - Using The Theremin As A Controller19:28 - The Bela Board20:48 - Using Robotics In Performances 26:20 - The Science Museum and Daphne Oram30:05 - Radio 4 And Echo 33:58 - Current Projects35:28 - Working With SynthesizersSarah Angliss BiogSarah Angliss is an Ivor Novello Award winning composer, performer and robotic artist working in television, film, on the live concert stage and in theatres across Europe and North America. Her recent work includes the music for Romola Garai's feature film Amulet - a terse, electroacoustic score which explores the sonorities of voices and ancient instruments, revealing and augmenting them with Sarah's distinctive digital and electronic techniques. Sarah's music draws on her lifelong interest in European folksong, cybernetics and esoteric sound culture. These inspire her progressive and strikingly original music. Her work reflects an eclectic musical background. A classically-trained composer who specialised in baroque and renaissance music, Sarah cut her teeth performing on the UK folk scene. Her desire to get inside notes and finely manipulate sound then build her own automatic music machines led her to study electroacoustic engineering, then robotics, alongside music – fields that continue to inform her unique compositional style. Sarah received the Visionary Award from the Ivors Academy in 2021 and a Paul Hamlyn Award for Composers in 2018.Website: www.sarahangliss.comSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/sarahanglissTwitter: @sarah_anglissInstagram: @sarah_anglissCaro C BiogCaro C is an artist, engineer and teacher specialising in electronic music. Her self-produced fourth album "Electric Mountain" is out now. Described as a "one-woman electronic avalanche" (BBC), Caro started making music thanks to being laid up whilst living in a double decker bus and listening to the likes of Warp Records in the late 1990's. This "sonic enchantress" (BBC Radio 3) has now played in most of the cultural hotspots of her current hometown of Manchester, UK. Caro is also the instigator and project manager of electronic music charity Delia Derbyshire Day.URL: http://carocsound.com/Twitter: @carocsoundInst: @carocsoundFB: https://www.facebook.com/carocsound/
Matthew Sweet focuses on the theme of motherhood with a selection of music for the screen that's inspried by the release of Pedro Aldomovar's latest film 'Parallel Mothers' featuring an acclaimed score by his regular collaborator, Alberto Iglesias. The programme includes music from 'Mommie Dearest', 'La Ciociara' ('Two Women') and from several more recent films including 'Power Of The Dog', 'Lady Bird', 'Philomena', 'Arrival', 'Tully', 'The Lost Daughter', 'Goodnight Mommy' - all of which explore contrasting thoughts and ideas about motherhood. The Classic Score of the Week is Krzsztof Komeda's music for 'Rosemary's Baby'. And there's also a chance to hear music by Sarah Angliss for Romala Garai's new film 'Amulet'.
Natalie Haynes tells stories of Eurydice, whose rescue from the Underworld was bungled by her lover Orpheus. How has her story been uncovered from sources that no longer exist? Eurydice is chased by a sex-pest at her wedding, trips on a snake and is killed by its venom. Orpheus charms Persephone with his music into allowing him to attempt a rescue from Hades, but on the journey back he must promise not to look behind him, to check Eurydice is following. Just as they are about to step into the light, he looks back, and his gaze is what kills Eurydice the second time. With Professor Llewelyn Morgan and music from Sarah Gabriel and Sarah Angliss. Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery
Sarah Angliss defies conventional definition. A multitalented creator of musical scores and an expert performer, she describes herself as a composer. With degrees in electroacoustics and robotics and a fascination with musical automata, Sarah’s interests cut across orthodox categories.
A cura di Gigi Longo. Brani di: Nicole Mitchell & Haki Madhubuti, Andrea Belfi, Gyda Valtysdottir, Lino Capra Vaccina, Annie Barbazza & Max Repetti, Sarah Angliss, Sarah Angliss, UMFANG, Zazou/Bikaye/CY1, Soccer93 e una selezione di artisti che hanno partecipato all'edizione 2017 di Terraforma.
A cura di Gigi Longo. Brani di: Nicole Mitchell & Haki Madhubuti, Andrea Belfi, Gyda Valtysdottir, Lino Capra Vaccina, Annie Barbazza & Max Repetti, Sarah Angliss, Sarah Angliss, UMFANG, Zazou/Bikaye/CY1, Soccer93 e una selezione di artisti che hanno partecipato all'edizione 2017 di Terraforma. (seconda parte)
A cura di Gigi Longo. Brani di: Nicole Mitchell & Haki Madhubuti, Andrea Belfi, Gyda Valtysdottir, Lino Capra Vaccina, Annie Barbazza & Max Repetti, Sarah Angliss, Sarah Angliss, UMFANG, Zazou/Bikaye/CY1, Soccer93 e una selezione di artisti che hanno partecipato all'edizione 2017 di Terraforma. (seconda parte)
New music from Glasgow-based songwriter Richard Youngs, NY saxophonist/composer Lea Bertucci, London sound artist Sarah Angliss, and Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen. A discussion on the music of Moondog, Robert Wilson's play The Life & Death of Marina Abramovic, plus film music from Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone. Original air date: March 9, 2018
Tom Service talks to the composer and conductor Thomas Adès and composer Gerald Barry about the 'explosive' music of Beethoven. Adès is embarking on a three-year concert project combining Gerald Barry's music with Beethoven's great works - and the two musicians chat with Tom about how the two composer's 'volcanic' music can shed light on each other. Tom celebrates the Beatles' seminal album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 50 years after its release. He looks at classical music's influence on the Beatles, and how, in turn, other music has been inspired. He talks to composer Nigel Osborne, who has orchestrated the album for a performance in Liverpool, and composer Kerry Andrew on its inspiration. Plus he hears from Erich Gruenberg - one of the original musicians on the album, and archive from Paul McCartney himself. A new opera by composer Guto Puw - Y Twr (The Tower) - is a rare occurence, an opera sung solely in the Welsh language. Tom talks to Guto about writing the piece and discusses the wider use of Welsh in music with Deborah Keyser director of Tŷ Cerdd - Music Centre Wales. And Tom talks to musician and writer Damon Krukowski and composer Sarah Angliss about Damon's new book, The New Analog, and how digital technology has affected what we hear.
In the second episode of Kings Place's exciting 'Strong Women, Strong Voices' series, composer and robotic artist Sarah Angliss talks about her much-anticipated debut album as well as the human and non-human performers who will join the launch gig. Thu 20 Apr, 8.15pm kingsplace.co.uk/SarahAngliss
The third episode in our 'Strong Women, Strong Voices' podcast series features writer and comedian Amy Annette who celebrates the Kings Place premiere of her comedy talk show 'What Women Want' with special guests Jessie Cave, Lolly Adefope and Tom Allen. They’ll be talking misconceptions, misadventures, misogyny, and mystique (the feminine one). Mon 24 Apr, 7.30pm kingsplace.co.uk/WhatWomenWant
School of Advanced Study Bloomsbury Festival 2013: Sarah Angliss: Sound Artist Institute of Philosophy event for the 2013 Bloomsbury Festival. Sarah Angliss is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, roboticist and sound historian. In collaboratio...
School of Advanced Study Bloomsbury Festival 2013: Sarah Angliss: Sound Artist Institute of Philosophy event for the 2013 Bloomsbury Festival. Sarah Angliss is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, roboticist and sound historian. In collaboratio...
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Musician David Bramwell delves into the world of Victorian psychic phenomena, modern witchcraft and mind altering states in the search for the story behind an inherited moustache. "In the early summer of 1991 I inherited a moustache from my Great Aunt Sylvia. She made it to the over-ripe age of 96 before sailing out of this world, fag in hand, leaving behind an unfinished jigsaw of the Eiffel Tower and a forlorn cat..." Obsessed with finding out the identity of the moustache's owner - an unlikely inheritance from his Great Aunt Sylvia - musician David Bramwell sets off on a quest to record séances and psychics, the effects of mind altering Amazonian plants, hippies and phantom orchestras - a soundtrack pulling the audience into the world of a Victorian deceased freak show host - Ambrose Oddfellow. The Haunted Moustache is a meditation on one man's obsession with freak shows, synchronicity, the occult and the existence or not of a spirit world. Drawing on the tales of Victorian spiritualist fakery from magician Paul Zenon, the gothic charms of The Last Tuesday Society, the magical early electronica of musician Sarah Angliss, not to mention a cup of tea shared with a Wiccan Priest in suburban Shoreham, Bramwell travels from the wilds of Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire, where the moustache's owner is recalled on the stage of the magical 1920's Kinema in the Woods, before ending in a Brighton council flat, with Dali muse Drako Oho Zarhazar, sharing the messages concealed in his tattoo.
This week we were really honoured to talk to two fantastically clever artists who make use of technology in their work. Artist/performer Sarah Angliss has been researching the Uncanny Valley, and we hear about some of the eerie musical experiences she has created, for the Adam Curtis "It Felt Like A Kiss" piece and elsewhere. [...]