Melbourne-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Claire Deak talks about her debut solo album, Sotto Voce, and the two women composers of the Baroque whose music she recovered and reimagined – Francesca Caccini (1587-c. 1645) and Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677). Some of their compositions are intuitively sensed and worked into new neoclassical compositions by Claire using a range of Baroque and modern instruments, as well as innovative modern and analogue recording techniques that bend our concept of time. Claire delves into her compositions and musical practice as we hear some of her atmospheric and imaginative new works throughout the interview. Claire has kindly given us permission to feature her music in the podcast for your listening enjoyment. Sotto Voce is out via Lost Tribe Sound. To listen to her album, visit Claire Deak's Bandcamp page here: https://clairedeak.bandcamp.com/album/sotto-voceTracklist (in order) as aired in the interview:Claire Deak - Prefigured (Ritornello)Claire Deak - Dolce TormentoClaire Deak - Liberated SighsClaire Deak - A Million Cloaked Ghosts

Broadcast on 17 October 2023.