New Music from Ireland part 3

This episode continues the series exploring the new music of Ireland. John Schaefer sits down with Jonathan Nangle at the Contemporary Music Centre in Dublin.

Nangle tells how Donnacha Dennehy influenced him to explore more experimental music, and then shares how electronics and silence factor into his compositions.

Listen to how Nangle uses electronics to subtly augment conventional instrumentation on “Where distant city lights flicker on half-frozen ponds”. Hear Nangle explain how his piece “Then Falls by Shadow” takes the inspiration of Irish weather to combine shuffle mode with a choral performance.