Presented by Bernard Clarke of RTÉ lyric fm, this lively introduction to CMC's latest CD release, Contemporary Music from Ireland, Volume Five includes interviews and audio clips with some of the composers featured on the CD.
Jürgen Simpson, interviewed on video, tells Michael Dungan about his unconventional background, his eclectic musical tastes and his new opera, a 'Rabelasian raft debate' with echoes of Beckett.