20. Shane Cullinan - a podcast by Seb Philpott and Verity Simmons

As Three In A Bar hits it’s twenties now seemed like a good time to try out a spot of blind dating. Introduced to us by the fabulous Michelle Taylor-Cohen (see episode 8), this week’s guest is composer, arranger and lyricist Shane Cullinan.

Shane chats about his ensembleTonic Foldand some of their early gigs, including the first Nottingham Pride - entitledPink Lace,a show following a naked man covered in ultraviolet baby teats and a vomiting flautist. Since then the gigs have got rather more glamorous and have led to collaborations with the likes of David McAlmont, Rachel Tucker and Kathy Burke.

They discuss Shane’s critically acclaimed oratorio,The Pieta,a beautiful piece set in Manchester and depicting a mother’s devastation at the loss of her son to street crime. Shane talks about some of the techniques he employed in the process of writing and scoring this as well as writing the libretto.

Seb and Verity ask Shane about working with Kathy Burke again, writing the music for her West End production ofLady Windermere’s Fan.Included in the score are fan breakbeats and funk bassoon...words you never thought you’d hear together.

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Show notes

Twitter:@musofunk

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