CHORAL CHIHUAHUA

Robert and Nicholas talk about Monteverdi, in a pub garden. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Remembering Bruno Turner. Eamonn talks to Andrew Vanderbeek, Sally Dunkley, Mark Brown and Robert about this pioneering publisher and performer of Renaissance Music who died recently. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert enjoys coffee, doesn't enjoy a sandwich and talks to Fagiolini singers on his way to Worcestershire. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eamonn meets conductor, composer and creator Jonas Rasmussen (aka, @choirconductor on Instagram etc)... and they also gatecrash an I Fagiolini rehearsal. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert talks to Eamonn and tracks down Sammy to reflect on I Fagiolini's series of THREE albums by the 17th century multi-choir master Orazio Benevoli. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert, Eamonn and Catherine, Robert's 'French baroque wife', talk Morales, Charpentier and wildly dramatic Schubert. Performances by De Profundis, Le Concert Spirituel and Concentus Musicus Wien. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How much energy do we all use in rehearsal and concert? Robert & Eamonn talk to dietician/singer Kate Powell - and also meet Instagram's 'choirconductor' Jonas Rasmussen. Music by Jean Francaix, Britten and Benevoli. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Morven McIntyre introduces The National Youth Choir of Scotland with director Christopher Bell while Eamonn, Sammy and Robert remember Berty Rice. Music by James MacMillan, Thea Musgrave and Elizabeth Poston. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spem, Howells and the Tallis googly. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Editor and singer Sally Dunkley joins Robert and Eamonn to understand why composers enjoy 'false relations', the major and minor chord at the same time. Music by Tallis, Shepherd, Byrd, Monteverdi with The Sixteen, The Cardinall's Musick, Gesualdo Six, I Fagiolini, Apollo 5 and more. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Has anyone actually been to more choral concerts than Clare Stevens? Meet a music journalist who was denied the sort of access many of us took for granted because of the Troubles in 1970s Belfast but has been making up for it ever since. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rev Dr Jonathan Arnold takes Eamonn and Robert through the different celebrations this midwinter time, with music by the late Andrew Carter, Orlandus Lassus, J.S.Bach and Joanna Marsh.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eamonn, Robert and Sammy (Nicholas...) with some festive choral chat, Christmas mishaps remembered and fabulous music by Errollyn Wallen, Howells and Giovanni Gabrieli. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert and Eamonn get chatty, and hear from soprano Rebecca Lea (once they've worked out which one) about a new album of Winter Songs. MUSIC LINKS Jamie W. Hall - Dust of Snow / Rebecca Lea / Caroline Jaya-Ratnam; Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/4oYvoOT Richard Rodney Bennett - A Good-Night / Gabrieli Consort / Paul McCreesh; Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/4rmFHxQ The Nineteenth...

A follow-up dispatch from Eamonn’s sojourn to Sydney, Australia. He chats to ex-pat Amy Moore, Co-Artistic Director of The Song Company, along with members of their Developing Artist Programme (includes a good James Bowman story...). Music by Grieg, Guerrero and Bernard Hughes. MUSIC LINKS Monteverdi - Volgea l'anima mia / La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina; Listen on Spotify - https://open.s...

Eamonn, Robert and Sammy meet 'earlier than they'd like it, sir' to enjoy Sansara singing Pärt, a hugely fun piece by Robert Heppener and some Bach. MUSIC LINKS Arvo Pärt - Stabat Mater / SANSARA / Fretwork / Tom Herring; Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/49h8UDy Robert Heppener - Del iubilo del core che esce in voce / Netherlands Chamber Choir JS Bach - Der Gerechte kommt um, BWV dees...

Dr Anita Datta talks to Professor Elaine McGirr about one of Handel's favourite singers, Susannah Maria Cibber... and an extra Patreon-only bit with Roderick and Robert. MUSIC LINKS Handel - Acis and Galatea : Act II "The flocks shall leave the mountains" / Les Arts Florissants / William Christie; Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/46PP3db Handel - Messiah : "He Was Despised" / Dunedin Conso...

Ahead of The Cumnock Tryst, Eamonn is joined by Sir James MacMillan and Taylor Scott Davis to talk composition and community choirs.  MUSIC LINKS Taylor Scott Davis - Magnificat anima mea / VOCES8, Barnaby Smith; Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/4nrSVab Stephen Paulus - The Road Home / Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson; Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/4mGAuNF Alfred Schnittke -...

Autumn season! Robert and I Fagiolini are busy in Scotland with Purcell, Monteverdi and their first 40th anniversary outing. How do you put together three shows at the same time? Contributors: Nicholas Mulroy, Martha McLorinan, Julia Doyle/Donk and plenty more. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Robert and Eamonn talk New Zealand Youth Choir, Genesis 16, Emma Warren and more. Watch NZ Youth Choir at Llangollen International Musical Eisteddffod on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGSCJPlAIjE Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eamonn has been working in Sydney, Australia and managed to grab a chat with Brett Weymark and Elizabeth Scott of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. MUSIC LINKS Ross Edwards - Mountain Chant II - Crooked Mountains / University of New Hampshire Chamber Singers, William Kempster Ralph Vaughan Williams -"A Sea Symphony" / London Synphony Orchestra and Chorus, Richard Hickox; Listen on Apple Music - https://...

Charles meets Adam Hilton and talks VOCES8 early days, being Ken and more - with contributions from colleagues Rachel Parkes, Barney Smith and Emily Dickens. MUSIC LINKS Orlando Gibbons - O Clap Your Hands / VOCES8; Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/4498T0b Edward Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 1 'Proficiscere, anima Christiana' / Gabrieli Consort & Players / Paul McCreesh...

Sammy & Robert talk to Declan Costello, Consultant Laryngologist, and all-round good egg. "Vocal injuries can happen to the people with the very best techniques..." This episode is sponsored by CHORALLY - to find out more visit www.chorally.co MUSIC LINKS Hoyt Curtin, Joseph Barbera & William Hanna arr. Jacob Collier - Flintstones; Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/4kXnQJH Joby...

Robert talks us through a new project being put together, this one - for a recording - involving programming, fundraising, rehearsing, a lot of travelling and a collaboration with I Fagiolini and Bristol University Singers. Lots of guests and music excerpts. MUSIC LINKS To find our more about I Fagiolini's Benevoli project check out: www.ifagiolini.com/benevoli To support the final recording...

As the podcast hits its 5-year anniversary, Robert, Eamonn and Sammy choose a few favourite bits from the 80 episodes. Insight, a few laughs and why 'your inner chihuahua' matters in singing. Also chickens, cornetto jokes and theosophy, obviously. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.