101. Aileen Sweeney

In the first of two special episodes linked to the Cheltenham festival, this week’s guest is composer Aileen Sweeney. Aileen has written a piece which forms part of the site specific work ‘Byrdwatching’ which premieres on sat 8 July. Even by TIAB’s usual standards this is a brilliantly bonkers episode which careers around a whole host of subjects - with a smattering of music chat thrown in for good measure! Aileen talks about taking an extended break from composing, getting the rage at Ceilidhs, her opinions on Beethoven & Byrd, writing for recorder consort - not something she’d naturally have chosen but has embraced with open arms. She also discusses a close call with a writing deadline and a fail safe compositional tool… Seb and Verity both recount near death experiences had that week and give Aileen some words of warning about upcoming plans! Thanks to Aileen for her patience with extreme tech issues at the start and to the criminal justice system for releasing her from Jury Duty before the interview! You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinabarpod https://www.instagram.com/threeinabarpod/ We are on Twitter @threeinabarpod https://www.twitter.com/threeinabarpod Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at [email protected] SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.