Clarinettist Paul Roe talks to Bernard Clarke about his experiences of performing new music, composers writing for orchestra, and his views on how new music should be presented and performed.
Copyright ©2007 Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland.
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An Interview with Paul Roe
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Episode 1  listen [21.8M; 13:34]
- Keeping up with the demands of new music techniques
- His love of playing new music
- New music for orchestra
- Working with composers
- Consulting recordings for performance research
- Problems with music education for new music
Music excerpts used:
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| 0:10 |
Monster, Ed Bennett (Paul Roe [bcl]) © Ed Bennett |
| 3:34 |
Improvisation IV, Rob Canning (Paul Roe [bcl], Rob Canning [live electronics]) © Galway Arts Festival |
| 6:10 |
It’s the Hole that Kills You Not the Bullet, Stephen Gardner (Paul Roe [bcl]) © Stephen Gardner |
| 10:04 |
Earthloops, Eibhlis Farrell (Paul Roe [cl]) © Eibhlis Farrell |
| 12:44 |
A Piacere, Jane O'Leary (Paul Roe [bcl]) © Jane O’Leary |
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Episode 2 listen [14.5M; 9:03]
- Ideas for getting audiences to listen to contemporary music
- Performing in different spaces
- Commissioning new works
- Moving away from traditional classical music performance practices
Music excerpts used:
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| 0:06 |
Earthloops, Eibhlis Farrell (Paul Roe [cl]) © Eibhlis Farrell |
| 2:22 |
It’s the Hole that Kills You Not the Bullet, Stephen Gardner (Paul Roe [bcl]) © Stephen Gardner |
| 3:59 |
A Piacere, Jane O'Leary (Paul Roe [bcl]) © Jane O’Leary |
| 6:54 |
Improvisation IV, Rob Canning (Paul Roe [bcl], Rob Canning [live electronics]) © Galway Arts Festival |
| 8:35 |
Monster, Ed Bennett (Paul Roe [bcl]) © Ed Bennett |
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Paul Roe was interviewed on video by Bernard Clarke in the Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin, on 2 July 2007.
The views expressed in this interview are those of the persons concerned and are not necessarily those of the Contemporary Music Centre.
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