Fr. Bruno Clifton, who I interviewed back in March 2009 for Fresh Air about the world premiere of his composition “In the jars, dark liquid,” has a new composition entitled “At sunset, troubled light.” The second of three orchestra pieces inspired by Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy, “At sunset, troubled light” received its world premiere by the New Edinburgh Orchestra in Edinburgh, Scotland on June 12, 2010.

Fr. Bruno’s piece can be listened to at: http://mattswriting.com/At-sunset,-troubled-light.m4a

You can download the audio file by right clicking and selecting “Save link as.”

The orchestra piece is 9:30 minutes and is a 18.3 MB m4a audio file, which will play in iTunes.

Alternatively, a 22MB mp3 file can be downloaded by right clicking and selecting “Save link as” here: http://mattswriting.com/At-sunset,-troubled-light.mp3

DJ Matt Werner’s exclusive interview with modern classical music composer Fr. Bruno Clifton, OP. Originally broadcast on Fresh Air: The Alternative on March 24, 2009.

In the interview and hour-long feature, Matt and Fr. Bruno Clifton discuss Fr. Bruno’s latest compositions for the New Edinburgh Orchestra, including “In the jars, dark liquid,” which is one of the three pieces he’s composing, inspired by Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy. Also discussed and played are Fr. Bruno’s other compositions, including “Letters for string quartet,” “Four Last Things IV,” and his “Stations of the Cross” piece, for which he plays the organ. Fr. Bruno talks about his musical training, having his work performed on BBC4, and how he integrates his passion for music with his vocation of being a Dominican friar.

Click here for a BBC article on Fr. Bruno Clifton.

(Right click and select “Save Link As” to download the large, 143 MB mp3 audio file)

Click on the player to listen to the hour-long interview with Fr. Bruno Clifton.

In the future, this site will host podcasts of DJ Matt Werner’s exclusive interviews on Fresh Air: The Alternative with a great array of artists, ranging from hip hop artists Ise Lyfe and Talib Kweli, to rock artist Dave Smallen, spoken-word artists George Watsky and Dahlak Brathwaite, beatboxer Kid Beyond, and modern symphony composer Fr. Bruno Clifton.