Radio 3’s Composers’ Rooms Podcast
1) Chris Watson
For the last Composers’ Rooms in the series, Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits sound recordist Chris Watson in his workspace, not an indoors studio but the acoustically rich environment of the Kielder Forest i...Show More
2) Hector Parra
Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits Hector Parra at IRCAM, the musical research centre in Paris established by Pierre Boulez, where he is composer in residence and teaches. In one of the famous underground studi...Show More
3) Betsy Jolas
In the first of two visits to composers based in Paris, Sara Mohr-Pietsch is in the home of Betsy Jolas. Jolas tells Sara what inspired her to buy the house where she lives and works, what drives her ...Show More
4) Errollyn Wallen
Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, where the composer Errollyn Wallen chooses to do much of her writing. Errollyn tell...Show More
5) Louis Andriessen
Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits the Dutch composer Louis Andriessen in the Amsterdam townhouse he's worked in for over 40 years. In rooms which overlook one of the city's canals, Andriessen tells Sara about ...Show More
6) Jennifer Walshe
Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits the North London workspace of Jennifer Walshe. Jennifer explains how she divides her composing time between her flat in London and a house in Ireland, and how her work explore...Show More
7) Tom Rojo Poller
On the last of her visits to composers based in Berlin, Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits the home workspace of young German composer Tom Rojo Poller. In his quiet, clean room, Tom tells Sara about the conditi...Show More
8) Rebecca Saunders
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to Rebecca Saunders in the apartment she shares with her family in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin. Rebecca tells Sara about experimenting with the instruments and objec...Show More
9) Chris Newman
Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits the apartment of visual artist and composer Chris Newman, in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin. Chris takes Sara on a tour of his home where he works and lives, and talks about...Show More
10) Charlotte Bray
In the first of four visits to composers living and working in Berlin, Sara Mohr-Pietsch is in the apartment of Charlotte Bray, a young British composer who moved to the city a few years ago. Charlott...Show More