The South African Composers Archive

17. Meryl van Noie

This week I sit down with Meryl van Noie and we discuss sculpting with sound, experiences in Reality TV, and composing with pencils & planets. Featured music: "Eine Kleine Dubstep" (Matthijs van Dijk, performed by the Signum Quartet: Florian Donderer (violin 1), Annette Walther (violin 2), Xandi van Dijk (viola) & Thomas Schmitz (cello)) "Melting Truth" (written & performed by Meryl van Noie) "Ek Sê Vir Jou Goodbye" (words: Meryl van Noie & M van Zyl, music: Meryl van Noie, performed by Laurika Rauch) "Tabadol/The Watering Hole" (written & performed by Meryl van Noie) "Scratch Study 02" (written & performed by Meryl van Noie) "Autho(r)ise" (Music & Sound Design by Meryl van Noie, performed by Nkemiseng Khena, Tamsyn Spannenberg, Kirsten De Kock, Thabisa Dinga & Meryl van Noie (Voice Artists) & Thabisa Dinga (nyungwe, uhadi & mrhubhe)) "GW150914" (written & performed by Meryl van Noie) "Tuning Out The Noise" (written & performed by Meryl van Noie)

16. Arthur Feder (live)

This week I sit down with Arthur Feder (in front of an audience at Africa Open - Institute for Music, Research and Innovation) and we discuss creating catalogues, letting a piece do the work for you (and the mystery that is SoundCloud), and take some questions from those in the room! Featured music: "Eine Kleine Dubstep" (Matthijs van Dijk, performed by the Signum Quartet: Florian Donderer (violin 1), Annette Walther (violin 2), Xandi van Dijk (viola) & Thomas Schmitz (cello)) "Perpetual Motion" & "Rest" from "Movement" for wind quintet (Arthur Feder, performed by the KOMPOS Wind Quintet) "Theme & Variation" for piano (Arthur Feder, performed by Lourens Fick) "It Was Without" (Arthur Feder, performed by the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet: Mathias Karlsen Björnstad (soprano saxophone), Jörgen Pettersson (alto saxophone), Leif Karlborg (tenor saxophone), & Linn Persson (baritone saxophone)) "Between" (Arthur Feder, performed by the Odeion String Quartet: Samson Diamond (violin 1), Sharon de Kock (violin 2), Jeanne-Louise Moolman (viola) & Anmari van der Westhuizen Joubert (cello)) "Scherzophrenia" for saxophone & piano (Arthur Feder, performed by Liam Burden (alto saxophone) & Megan-Geoffrey Prins (piano))

15. Reza Khota

This week I sit down with Reza Khota and we discuss approaching jazz from a classical angle, a brief history of the Cape Town jazz scene, and learning to listen backwards. Featured music: "Eine Kleine Dubstep" (Matthijs van Dijk, performed by the Signum Quartet: Florian Donderer (violin 1), Annette Walther (violin 2), Xandi van Dijk (viola) & Thomas Schmitz (cello)) "Up Roots" (Reza Khota, performed by Babu: Reza Khota (guitar), Kesivan Naidoo (kit), Shane Cooper (bass) & Ronan Skillen (tabla, percussion & didgeridoo)) "Close Encounter" (parts 1 & 2) (Reza Khota, performed by Babu: Reza Khota (guitar), Kesivan Naidoo (kit), Shane Cooper (bass) & Ronan Skillen (tabla, percussion & didgeridoo)) "Lost Is A Place" (Reza Khota, performed by The Reza Khota Quartet: Reza Khota (guitar), Shane Cooper (bass), Buddy Wells (saxophone) & Jonno Sweetman (kit)) "Event Horizon" (Reza Khota, performed by The Reza Khota Quartet: Reza Khota (guitar), Shane Cooper (bass), Buddy Wells (saxophone) & Jonno Sweetman (kit)) "Last Life In The Universe" (Reza Khota, performed by The Reza Khota Quartet: Reza Khota (guitar), Shane Cooper (bass), Buddy Wells (saxophone) & Jonno Sweetman (kit))

14. Larissa Johnson

This week I sit down with Larissa Johnson and we discuss musicians creating theatre works, reclassifying "music", and being critical in a generative way. Featured music: "Eine Kleine Dubstep" (Matthijs van Dijk, performed by the Signum Quartet: Florian Donderer (violin 1), Annette Walther (violin 2), Xandi van Dijk (viola) & Thomas Schmitz -(cello) "Improv 1" (written and performed by Warra Warras: Garth Erasmus (braced bow), Jethro Louw (uhadi) & Larissa Johnson (viola) "Umhrubhe Improv" (written and performed by Larissa Johnson) "Yaka Yaka" (written and performed by Larissa Johnson and the Khoi Khonnexion/Warra Warras (Glen Arendse, Garth Erasmus & Jethro Louw) "Out Our Blue Heaven" (written and performed by Larissa Johnson (vocals and bow), with Warra Warras/Khoi Khonnexion (Glen Arendse, Garth Erasmus & Jethro Louw) & Adrian van Wyk) "Phambili" (written and performed by Lungiswa Plaatjies (vocals/djembe), Larissa Johnson (umhrubhe) and The Night Light Collective (Matthijs van Dijk (violin), Sarah Evans (viola) & Nicola du Toit (cello)) "Improv 2" (written and performed by Warra Warras: Larissa Johnson (viola), Jethro Louw (uhadi), Garth Erasmus (bamboo fluit), ft. Adrian van Wyk (scats)) "Windmeule" (written and performed by Warra Warras: Larissa Johnson (viola), Garth Erasmus (bamboo fluit) Jethro Louw (vocals))

13. Laura Stevens

This week I sit down with Laura Stevens and we discuss learning from your contemporaries, The Intensity Graph, and the importance of always carrying a business card. Featured music: "Eine Kleine Dubstep" (Matthijs van Dijk, performed by the Signum Quartet: Florian Donderer (violin 1), Annette Walther (violin 2), Xandi van Dijk (viola) & Thomas Schmitz -(cello) "Theme from 'Pierrot'" (Laura Stevens, performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ewan Clark) "Bara I Nghafi" (Laura Stevens, performed by Liesl Stolz (flute), Eddie McLean (cello) & David West (marimba)) "Perfect Landing" & "The Pogrom" from "Albert Baechtolds Phantastische Reise" (Laura Stevens, performed by The Michael Kamen Film Orchestra, conducted by Pablo Urbina) "Unsilenced" (Laura Stevens) "The Way We Go" (Text: Kathy Towers, Music: Laura Stevens, performed by Linköping University Male Voice Choir) Title Cue from "Elephant Refugees" (Composed and performed by Laura Stevens) "Long Walk" (Laura Stevens, performed by the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, performed by Yasuo Shinozaki)