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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.
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Frederick Viner on abstract music, Ligeti, new audiences and YouTube
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May 09, 2026 |
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Sally Beamish on Mozart, violas, imposter syndrome and the elements
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May 02, 2026 |
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Gavin Higgins on orchestral brass, opera, poetry and ballet
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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Sophie Daniels on songs, human connection, misogyny in music and AI
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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Zygmund de Somogyi on collaboration, performance directions and quarter life crises
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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An Easter message
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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Melanie Spanswick on composing for beginners, compiling anthologies, music education and musical titles
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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Thomas James Owen on thinking fingers, emotional connotations, Luddites and being yourself
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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Dawn Walters on Shakespeare, painting pictures, university and composing a playground.
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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David Lowe on TV, AI, the 'skip intro' button and finding words to describe music
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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Crystalla Serghiou on genre-blending, Chaka Khan, yodelling and jazz
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Jacob Fitzgerald on piano exams, programming, pens and provoking online comments
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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Frankie Archer on electrofolk, tragic stories, MIDI controllers and the North East
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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David Lancaster on ideas, influences and being a Birtwistle fanboy
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Sharneisha Joyner on screen music, marching bands, Trump and teacakes
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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Paul Mealor on royalty, poetry, productivity and doing your thing
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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Anna Appleby on creative process, alter-egos, scrambled eggs and soup
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Welcome to Remain Composed
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Jan 11, 2026 |