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Remain Composed

Remain Composed

Di: William King
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A podcast featuring interviews with people who write music. How do composers start new pieces? How do they take an idea and develop into a work of art? In Remain Composed, we meet people writing different kinds of music, at different stages in their careers, to find out what influences them and how their processes work.

William King 2026
Arte Intrattenimento e arti dello spettacolo Musica
  • Vivek Haria on rivers, collaboration, Jainism and maths
    Jul 18 2026

    Vivek Haria is, broadly speaking, a chartered accountant by day and a composer by night. He tells Remain Composed about what overlap there is between his two fields.

    Vivek tells us about the new song cycle about rivers he's written for the Swaledale Festival which was premiered there recently. He tells us how he immersed himself in the landscape and literature about rivers as part of preparing the piece.

    Vivek tells us he loves collaborating with performers. He says a piece only really begins when he reaches the final double barline.

    We also learn about the influence of his Jain roots on his own philosophy and music.

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    29 min
  • Anna Clyne on visual art, augmented orchestras and contemporary music programming
    Jul 11 2026

    Anna Clyne is a GRAMMY-nominated and Ivor Novello Award-winning composer. She is one of the world's most in-demand living composers.

    Anna tells Remain Composed about the relationship between music and visual arts. She often paints works to alongside her pieces of music, which she says gives her space to reflect.

    Anna tells us about the 'augmented orchestra' she's been developing with her husband and sound engineer Jody Elff. It's a technological development, designed to give more creative options to Anna as a composer.

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    32 min
  • Cameron Biles-Lidell on nature, architecture, harps and community
    Jul 5 2026

    Cameron Biles-Lidell is a composer based in North Wales. He tells Remain Composed he enjoys writing programme music, often based on landscapes or landmarks, and he also writes absolute music. He says he’s always thinking about evoking mood, image or feelings in his music.

    Discussing how he gets his ideas flowing, Cameron says he always starts by going for a walk or at least getting out of his house.

    Cameron says he often relies on tropes to communicate the story behind a piece to the audience quickly, and he likes it when his music is described as filmic. He says he fell in love with orchestral music by listening to great film music. And he says the comparison shows that his music connects with a wide audience.

    Cameron has written several places inspired by the area where he lives. He says music based on places can create a cultural resonance with locals, and transport listeners from other places.

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    32 min
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