Freya Waley-Cohen's guest appearances

Freya Waley-Cohen

This Classical Life

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The Longborough podcast

Bridget Kibbey

Justin Brown

Anna Meredith

Sam Amidon

Alison Balsom

Maya Youssef

Jess Gillam

Judith Weir

Tom Donald

Eric Whitacre

Charlotte Harding

Miloš Karadaglić

Bartosz Glowacki

Soraya Mafi

Alexia Sloane

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In July 2022, Longborough Festival Opera features an exciting double bill performed by our Emerging Artists: Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero, paired with Freya Waley-Cohen's contemporary song cycle Spell Book. In this episode, Longborough's artistic director Polly Graham speaks to the production's director Jenny Ogilvie about her plans, with musical extracts from pianist Clíodna Shanahan and countertenor Keith Pun. This talk was recorded at an event for Longborough members. Thanks to Stuart Essenhigh on trumpet in the introduction. Find out more about Longborough Festival Opera at lfo.org.uk

In July 2022, Longborough Festival Opera features an exciting double bill performed by our Emerging Artists: Francesca Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero, paired with Freya Waley-Cohen's contemporary song cycle Spell Book. In this episode, Longborough's artistic director Polly Graham speaks to the production's director Jenny Ogilvie about her plans, with musical extracts from pianist Clíodna Shanahan and countertenor Keith Pun. This talk was recorded at an event for Longborough members. Thanks to Stuart Essenhigh on trumpet in the introduction. Find out more about Longborough Festival Opera at <a href="https://lfo.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lfo.org.uk</a>

EP7. La liberazione di Ruggiero and Freya Waley-Cohen's Spell Book. With Polly Graham, Jenny Ogilvie, Keith Pun and Clíodna Shanahan

Jess Gillam and composer Freya Waley-Cohen swap Messiaen's frenetic Joy of the Blood of the Stars from Turangalîla,  a Procol Harum classic performed by King Curtis, Ravel, Janacek and Shostakovich.This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.Here's what we listened to today...Olivier Messiaen - Turangalîla-Symphonie; V. Joie Du Sang Des Étoiles Vif, Passionné Avec JoieWilliam Byrd - Miserere Mei, Deus arr. Nico MuhlyJenna Moynihan and Mairi Chaimbeul - Steaph’s Red ShoesMaurice Ravel - Piano concerto in G major - Adagio AssaiGabriella Smith - Carrot RevolutionKing Curtis - A Whiter Shade of PaleLeoš Janáček - Violin Sonata, JW VII/7: 2nd mvt: Ballada con motoDmitri Shostakovich - Symphony no. 11, 4th movement “Alarm”

Jess Gillam and composer Freya Waley-Cohen swap Messiaen's frenetic Joy of the Blood of the Stars from Turangalîla, a Procol Harum classic performed by King Curtis, Ravel, Janacek and Shostakovich. This Classical Life is also available as a podcast on BBC Sounds. Here's what we listened to today... Olivier Messiaen - Turangalîla-Symphonie; V. Joie Du Sang Des Étoiles Vif, Passionné Avec Joie William Byrd - Miserere Mei, Deus arr. Nico Muhly Jenna Moynihan and Mairi Chaimbeul - Steaph’s Red Shoes Maurice Ravel - Piano concerto in G major - Adagio Assai Gabriella Smith - Carrot Revolution King Curtis - A Whiter Shade of Pale Leoš Janáček - Violin Sonata, JW VII/7: 2nd mvt: Ballada con moto Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony no. 11, 4th movement “Alarm”

Jess Gillam with... Freya Waley-Cohen

In this final introduction to world premieres at the BBC Proms, I’m talking to the composer Freya Waley-Cohen. Her work Naiad was premiered and broadcast on the 9th September, performed by the Knussen Chamber Orchestra conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth. The performance is now available via BBC Sounds. https://notesonnotespodcastdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/16-an-introduction-with-freya-waley-cohen.mp3  Freya Waley-Cohen © William Marsey‘At once intimate and visionary’ (BBC Music Magazine), Freya’s music has been commissioned and performed by ensembles and institutions such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic,  the BBC Proms, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Wigmore Hall, the Aldeburgh, Sainte-Mere, Santa Fe, Cheltenham and Ryedale Festivals, CHROMA Ensemble, the Hermes Experiment, and Nonclassical, and released on Signum, Nimbus, Nonclassical and NMC. Winner of a 2017 RPS Composition Prize, Freya was associate composer of NonClassical 2016-18 and is associate composer of St. David’s Hall’s Nightmusic. Freya held an Open Space Residency at Snape Maltings from 2015-2017 during which she collaborated with architectural designers Finbarr O’Dempsey and Andrew Skulina &amp; her sister, violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen, to create Permutations, an architectural performance artwork launched at the 2017 Aldeburgh Festival. Permutations has since toured to the Dartington Festival, Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Institute of British Architecture North, and been released as a CD on Signum Classics. In the 2019/20 season Freya will be the Wigmore Hall’s associate composer and her upcoming commissions include works for the Wigmore Hall, The King’s Singers and the Britten Sinfonia. Since founding it in 2012 with fellow composers William Marsey and Josephine Stephenson, Freya has been artistic director of Listenpony, a concert series and record label that has commissioned over 30 new works from early-career composers. To find out more about Freya and her work, please visit her website. The theme tune is ‘Dusty Rag’ by May Aufderheide. Performed by Joanna Goldstein for Centaur. This podcast is licensed by PRS for Music (www.prsformusic.com).

In this final introduction to world premieres at the BBC Proms, I’m talking to the composer Freya Waley-Cohen. Her work Naiad was premiered and broadcast on the 9th September, performed by the Knussen Chamber Orchestra conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth. The performance is now available via BBC Sounds. <a href="https://notesonnotespodcastdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/16-an-introduction-with-freya-waley-cohen.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://notesonnotespodcastdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/16-an-introduction-with-freya-waley-cohen.mp3</a>  Freya Waley-Cohen © William Marsey ‘At once intimate and visionary’ (BBC Music Magazine), Freya’s music has been commissioned and performed by ensembles and institutions such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic,  the BBC Proms, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Wigmore Hall, the Aldeburgh, Sainte-Mere, Santa Fe, Cheltenham and Ryedale Festivals, CHROMA Ensemble, the Hermes Experiment, and Nonclassical, and released on Signum, Nimbus, Nonclassical and NMC. Winner of a 2017 RPS Composition Prize, Freya was associate composer of NonClassical 2016-18 and is associate composer of St. David’s Hall’s Nightmusic. Freya held an Open Space Residency at Snape Maltings from 2015-2017 during which she collaborated with architectural designers Finbarr O’Dempsey and Andrew Skulina &amp; her sister, violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen, to create Permutations, an architectural performance artwork launched at the 2017 Aldeburgh Festival. Permutations has since toured to the Dartington Festival, Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Institute of British Architecture North, and been released as a CD on Signum Classics. In the 2019/20 season Freya will be the Wigmore Hall’s associate composer and her upcoming commissions include works for the Wigmore Hall, The King’s Singers and the Britten Sinfonia. Since founding it in 2012 with fellow composers William Marsey and Josephine Stephenson, Freya has been artistic director of Listenpony, a concert series and record label that has commissioned over 30 new works from early-career composers. To find out more about Freya and her work, please visit her <a href="http://freyawaleycohen.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>. The theme tune is ‘Dusty Rag’ by May Aufderheide. Performed by Joanna Goldstein for Centaur. This podcast is licensed by PRS for Music (<a href="http://www.prsformusic.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.prsformusic.com</a>).

#16: An Introduction with Freya Waley-Cohen