The final episode compares and contrasts the period with today, with contributions from a number of the composers featured in the previous programmes as well as a selection of younger composers who are active today. Roger Doyle talks about the legacy which he helped create in the field of electronic music and how a whole generation of younger composers have embraced music technology in their work. Jennifer Walshe discusses her unique path which she has traveled in composition, and will reflect on the theme of experimentalism in new Irish music today and the parallels between it and the earlier period.
Dave Flynn focuses on the use of traditional music in composition and how it has become the focus again for Irish composers in new and exciting ways. While Garrett Sholdice talks about his life as a young Irish composer living in Berlin and how it is important for him as a composer to maintain a certain creative distance from Ireland while at the same time continuing to be actively involved in Ireland through the music production company, Ergodos, which he co-directs with Benedict Schlepper-Connolly.
The shifting boundaries between musical genres are also be explored with Linda Buckley, who will talk about her own diverse musical interests and how this approach is now characteristic of many younger Irish composers today. The programme finishes with contributions from some of the younger generation of composers and where they see themselves fitting in as Irish composers.
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