Claire Deak

Good morning.

Today we’re listening to Claire Deak, an Australian multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Melbourne. Thanks to

a closer listen

for surfacing her work here. Deak studied composition, lectures on the same, and has scored films and TV.¹ In October, she released her first solo LP, Sotto Voce, whose starting point was fragments from baroque composers Francesca Caccini (1587-1640) and Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677). Deak constructed original works around these “musical traces”² and recorded with string accompanists in a 19th century wooden church, a building which she came to view as a contributing instrument in itself.³ We’re also playing The Old Capital from 2020, a collaboration with her partner, multi-instrumentalist and composer Tony Dupé.

Sotto Voce - Claire Deak (40m, light backing vocals in the second half)
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The Old Capital - Claire Deak & Tony Dupé (30m, no vocals)
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Have a really nice Wednesday.

1. The Slow Music Movement

2. from the Liner Notes

3. Interview with 3RRR