CHORAL CHIHUAHUA: Recent Episodes
I Fagiolini / The Sixteen
Choral Chihuahua is a podcast series in which three British choral directors chat about things that matter to them: composers they love, points of choral technique, classic but also niche choral works, other groups and singers they admire. What is a tertiary shift and does it matter to anyone except Robert? Why was Harry first drawn to the music of James Macmillan? Can Eamonn explain why all singers should embrace their internal choral chihuahua? With a light-hearted touch, three stalwarts of the UK's hugely varied choral scene chew the choral cud about how (and why) you do it and what they've learnt along the way.
Choral Chihuahua is brought to you by I Fagiolini and The Sixteen and produced by Percius, The Sixteen and Polyphonic Films. It's supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and I Fagiolini Charitable Trust.
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Robert chats to Sammy about his new album of Monteverdi / Purcell and songs from South America 'De pasión mortal' and learns about the history and music of the Clergy Support Trust's May festival. Also a development with the 'Music & Pregnancy' episode.
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What is new music? And new when? How tricky does it get for singers? Can composers hear what they write? Could they in 1375? Fascinating discussion with composer James Weeks and Lucy Goddard of Exaudi Vocal Ensemble which has attempted the parts other ensembles daren't reach!
TRACKS : (1) Michael Finnissy - Tom Fool's Wooing; Exaudi Vocal Ensemble / James Weeks - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3ysGuq1 (2) Christopher Fox - A spousal verse; Exaudi Vocal Ensemble / James Weeks - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3K71zJ7 (3) James Weeks - ‘lei’ and ‘occhi’ from Libro di fiammelle e ombre (Book of flames and shadows); Exaudi Vocal Ensemble / James Weeks (4) Naomi Pinnock - Landscape; Exaudi Vocal Ensemble / James Weeks (5) Sciarrino - O lodola from 12 Madrigali; Exaudi Vocal Ensemble / James Weeks
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In the third episode about issues facing female singers, Eamonn again talks to Dr Jenevora Williams and Charlotte Mobbs about how physical and mental changes affect singing, with contributions from several female colleagues.
TRACKS : (1) Tomás Luis de Victoria - Ne timeas Maria; The Sixteen / Harry Christophers - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3UWHBHg (2) Hilary Campbell - Ave Maria; The Marian Consort / Rory McCleery - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3UTcJr4 (3) Imogen Holst - I. Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow / VI. Shed no Tear; The Sixteen / Harry Christophers - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/4dCFb7E (4) Henry Purcell, arr. Susanne Blache - Music For A While; Sjaella - Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/8TTjw2tGbtg
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Open your eyes and ears to the US choral scene, and be surprised! Christina Howell and Luthien Brackett tell Sammy and Robert about the wealth of choral music in the US, from schools to spirituals, social change and MONEY...
TRACKS : (1) Trad. Arr. F.M. Christiansen - Beautiful Savior; St. Olaf Choir / Anton Armstrong / Kelly Becker - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3Whv2qS (2) Trad. Arr M.Hogan - My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord; Atlanta Master Chorale / Eric Nelson (3) Caroline Shaw - Partita: II. Sarabande; Roomful of Teeth - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/4aRh57t (4) J.S. Bach - Singet Dem Herrn ein neues Lied: Mvt. III; The Aeolians of Oakwood University / Jason Max Ferdinand
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Eamonn Dougan kicks-off our eighth season, talking choral conducting with guests Patrick Russill, Hilary Campbell and Jack Apperley.
TRACKS : (1) Tomás Luis de Victoria - Tantum Ergo; Choir of the London Oratory / Patrick Russill (2) Judith Weir - Love Bade Me Welcome; Eric Ericson Chamber Choir / Fredrik Malmberg - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3U3H5pg (3) Caroline Shaw - The Isle, III. Caliban; Roomful of Teeth - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/49BcFAm (4) Herbert Howells - Regina caeli; Choir of the London Oratory / Patrick Russill (5) James MacMillan - Tu es Petrus; London Brass / Westminster Cathedral Choir / Martin Baker - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3vWbY6I
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A Christian service performed on only three days of the year: just before Easter, focussing on the darkness of life without Christ. Insightful chat from Sammy, Robert and (finally) Eamonn with brilliant performances from I Fagiolini (Victoria), Tenebrae (Gesualdo), Les Arts Florissants (Couperin), Trinity Cambridge (Poulenc) and Gesualdo Six (Joanna Ward).
TRACKS : (1) Tomás Luis de Victoria - Tenebrae Responsories: Matins Responsories for Holy Saturday, Nocturn III; I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3x2X5zW (2) Carlo Gesualdo - Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday, First Nocturn: Tristis est anima mea; Tenebrae / Nigel Short - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3Tpn3Fb (3) François Couperin - Troisième Leçon de Ténèbres pour le Mercredi Saint; Les Arts Florissants / William Christie - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/4a0L4JO (4) Francis Poulenc - 4 Motets pour un temps de pénitence, FP 97; The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge / Stephen Layton - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3Tmf2kh (5) Joanna Ward - Christus factus est; The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/494d0Lo
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Revd Canon Dr Victoria Johnson - outgoing precentor at York Minster and incoming to St John's College Cambridge - gives Sammy and Robert some context on Lent while they listen to plangent and powerful tracks by Dobrinka Tabakova, Buxtehude, Tallis (natch) and Bairstow. (THIS EPISODE DOES NOT CONTAIN JAMES MACMILLAN'S MISERERE. BUT IT SHOULD.)
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TRACKS : (1) Edward Bairstow - The Lamentations; The Choir of York Minster / Philip Moore - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3TrCyxI (2) Thomas Tallis - Lamentations of Jeremiah; Aperi Animam / Daniel Koplitz (3) Dietrich Buxtehude - Membra Jesu Nostri (excerpt); Ricercar Consort / Philippe Pierlot - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3Peeb4a (4) Dobrinka Tabakova - Turn Our Captivity, O Lord; The Sixteen / Harry Christophers - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3V9JGQs
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Robert tries to understand where singing and music are in schools in 2024 and gets a summary from Tim Burnage on how things have changed. He talks to Thomas Leech, director of the Diocese of Leeds Schools Singing Programme and we also hear from Eamonn in Dublin on a new initiative run by Chamber Choir Ireland.
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TRACKS : (1) John Sheppard - In pace (extract); Leeds Cathedral Girls Choir and Scholars / Thomas Leech (2) Plainchant: Alleluia tollite jugum (extract); Leeds Cathedral Senior Girls' Choir / Thomas Leech (3) Thomas Tallis - Loquebantur variis linguis;Leeds Cathedral Girls Choir and Scholars / Members of The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (4) Fintan O’Carroll - Suantrái ár Slánaitheora; Chamber Choir Ireland / Paul Hillier - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/48xV8s1 (5) Levente Gyöngyösi - Ubi caritas; Pro Musica - Szabó Dénes - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3uMVopp
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Clare Wilkinson, Sammy and Robert chat about what matters when singing or listening to polyphony - mostly in Renaissance music but relevant more widely. Some good tips in this one for singers - and even conductors!
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TRACKS : (1) William Byrd - Mass for Three Voices: V. Agnus Dei; The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/498J41K (2) Jacobus Clemens non Papa - Ego Flos Campi; Henry's Eight - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3waLIp7 (3) Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur - Le cantique des cantiques: II. La voix du bien-aimé; I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth https://apple.co/3HVwDKO
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...or IMPENDING DOOM. Nicholas has an actually very light-hearted chat with Ellie Slorach of Kantos Chamber Choir and Harry Bradford of Recordare about the journey with their young choirs so far, while Robert tries to remember what it felt like back in 1986 with I Fagiolini...
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TRACKS : (1) Gustav Holst - I Love My Love; Recordare / Harry Bradford - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/4baLizc (2) Rebecca Dale - Materna Requiem: 10. In paradisum: If I Should Go; Kantos Chamber Choir / Clark Rundell - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3S82uwf (3) Lisa Robertson - To Tell It Like It Is; NYCGB Fellowship / Ben Parry https://apple.co/3ScwIOG
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We're back! Our spring season ('spring' is a bit 'hopeful' at the moment and also autumn for southern hemisphere listeners) opens with a look at vocal jazz in the cool company of the sextet, STANDARD DEVIATION. Ever tried it yourself and wondered just how it works? Now you can. Robert is joined by Tegan Eldridge, Olivia Hugh-Jones, Nell Norman, Hugh Beckwith, Harry Baker and Tom Lowen.
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TRACK LISTING :
Swingin' Till The Girls Come Home
Oscar Pettiford & Jon Hendricks, arr. Harry Baker
A Red Red Rose
trad./Burns, arr. Edward Randell (ex-Swingle)
I Know You Know
Esperanza Spalding, arr. Aled Walker
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Eamonn, Robert and Sammy finally make it to the same room for mulled wine, mince pies and some intriguing Christmas tracks. Virtual champagne is opened to celebrate 50 episodes of the podcast.
TRACK LISTING :
Trad. Arr. Stephen Sametz - Gaudete
Chanticleer
Peter Warlock - The Rich Cavalcade
Allegri Singers / Louis Halsey
John Rutter - What Sweeter Music
Tenebrae / Nigel Short
Juan Frances de Iribarren - Xacara de Navidad
I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth
Ana Beard-Fernandez - soprano / Nicholas Mulroy - tenor
Joanna Marsh - In Winter’s House
Gesualdo Six
J.S.Bach - Kyrie 2 & Gloria from Lutheran Mass in F BWV
Gabrieli Consort & Players / Paul McCreesh
With thanks to Voces8 and Standard Deviation for etymology and semantic jingles!
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Charlotte Mobbs and Dr. Jenevora Williams are back to talk to Eamonn about how the menopause affects singing. A REALLY USEFUL episode. [See also 3 eps back: ''Everything you wish you’d known about hormones and the voice"]
TRACK LISTING:
Vivaldi - Gloria: Gloria in excelsis
Schola Pietatis Antonio Vivaldi / Richard Vendome
Trio Bulgarka - Nauchil Sai Dobri
Tim Lea Young - Three Wings
Voice Trio
Joni Mitchel - Both Sides Now
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Are we all a teeny weeny bit obsessed with slow-moving choral music? Isn't it fun to sing something fast? Robert and Sammy go for a short ride in a fast choral machine, with the help of Stef Conner, Joanna Marsh, Roderick Williams, Cheryl Frances-Hoade and Bernard Hughes.
TRACK LISTING :
(mostly 'sections from')
Monteverdi - Io mi son giovinetta
Consort of Musicke / Anthony Rooley
Flintstones Theme tune
Arr. & performed / Jacob Collier
Poulenc - Marie
I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth
Britten - Let Nimrod (from 'Rejoice in the Lamb')
Tippett - The Windhover
Finzi Singers / Paul Spicer
Ravel - Ronde
Ensemble Vocal Philippe Caillard
Vaughan-Williams - Over hill, over dale
Swingle II
Daniel-Lesur - Le Songe
I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth
Byrd - Vigilate
Voces8
Machaut - Amen from Gloria (Messe de Notre Dame)
Hilliard Ensemble
Robert Heppener - Del iubilo del core
Netherlands Chamber Choir / Heppener
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Robert and Eamonn finally meet and talk: commissioning, a South African project 25 years on and at the National Youth Girls Choir course introduce Carris Jones (the first female back row singer at St Paul's Cathedral) and Joanna Tomlinson. Also why you should blow bubbles into your drinks after all.
TRACK LISTING :
Monkitsi Seoketsa - uJehova
I Fagiolini / SDASA Chorale
Mendelssohn - Hear my prayer
St.Paul's Cathedral Choir and choristers from over the UK / Andrew Carwood (dir) / Nathaniel Morley (treble)
Patrick Gowers - Viri Galilaei (final section)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Stephen Layton (dir) / Harrison Cole (organ)
Joanna Marsh - A short story of falling
National Youth Girls Choir of GB / Joanna Tomlinson (dir) / Michael Higgins (piano)
David Bednall - Lux orta est iusto
Epiphoni Consort / Tim Reader
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Robert talks to vocal coach / young voice specialists Charlotte Mobbs and Dr Jenevora Williams about physical and mental issues facing young females as they go through puberty and voice development.
TRACK LISTING :
Carole King - (You make me feel like) A Natural Woman
Aretha Franklin
Gustav Holst - Ave Maria
National Youth Training Choir / Greg Beardsall
Vivaldi - Salve Regina
Mhairi Lawson - soprano, La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler
The Blooming Heather Arr. Esther Jones / Rachel Staunton
National Youth Girls' Choir of Great Britain
Lucy Joy Morris (Violin), Dan Moriyama (Piano) Esther Jones (Conductor)
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Nicholas goes to St Paul's Cathedral to talk to master of the choristers Andrew Carwood and Byrd scholar Dr Katie Bank (of Byrd Central) about their passion for William Byrd's music. Is Peter Phillips right? Do audiences like Tallis while singers prefer Byrd?
TRACK LISTING :
Byrd - Fantasia BK62 (excerpt)
Christian Wilson, organ
Byrd - Lord, in they wrath, correct me not
Alamire / David Skinner
Byrd - Magnificat (excerpt) from The Great Service
Odyssean Ensemble / Colm Carey Christian Wilson, organ
Byrd - Infelix Ego (last section)
The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood
Byrd - Ad Dominum cum tribularer (2nd half)
I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth
Byrd - O salutaris hostia a6
Marian Consort / Rory McCleery
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A rather tired Robert and Nicholas chat with Julia Doyle immediately after sessions for a premiere recording of a fabulous four-choir mass from 17th century Rome. [Recorded July 1st]
TRACK LISTING:
Orazio Benevoli – Missa Tu es Petrus (Various sections) - I Fagiolini / Hollingworth
Orazio Benevoli – Missa Si Deus pro nobis (two excerpts) - Le concert spirituel / Hervé Niquet
Bonifazio Graziani – Domine, ne in furore tuo - I Fagiolini: Rebecca Lea, Julia Doyle, Frederick Long
Bonifazio Graziani – Iustus ut palma (excerpt) - I Fagiolini / Hollingworth
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Meet Robert Quinney, director of music at New College, Oxford: also young professional singer Ellie Stamp. Thomas Guthrie, Nicholas Mulroy and Robert Hollingworth continue to muse on creativity and STUFF.
TRACK LISTING:
Howells - Magnificat from New College service
New College Choir, Robert Quinney
Deborah Pritchard - Nunc Dimittis from New College Service
New College Choir, Robert Quinney
Leighton - excerpt from God's Grandeur (I Fagiolini)
Theme tune to Bod
Derek Griffiths
John Blow - Mourn for thy servant
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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An improbable sixth season begins with an oblique response to the recent John Eliot Gardiner incident. Singer/opera director Thomas Guthrie joins Nicholas Mulroy and Robert Hollingworth to mull things over. In New York, Nicholas talks to director Aria Umezawa and singer Isaiah T Bell with an alternative view on hierarchy in the rehearsal room. Also featuring a thrilling new mini-series: 'In the car with Martha McLorinan'.
TRACK LISTING:
Porpora - Come nave in mezzo all'onde
Cecilia Bartoli, Il Giardino armonico, Giovanni Antonini
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Robert drops in on the Sixteen’s Genesis 16 programme for young choral singers and talks to the singers and grumpy old Eamonn, and the ep ends with an interview with Sarah Latto of Echo Vocal Ensemble, former G16 and now running her own choral groups.
TRACK LISTING :
Trad. arr. Gustav Holst - I love my love
Genesis 16 / Eamonn Dougan (in rehearsal)
William Byrd - Ne irascaris, Domine
The Sixteen / Harry Christophers
Samuel Barber - The Coolin’
Genesis 16 / Olivia Shotton (in rehearsal)
Trad. arr. Undine Smith Moore - Daniel, Daniel
Echo Vocal Ensemble / Sarah Latto
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Eamonn is running a singing course in Italy with some older singers who have a post-Covid perspective on singing in choirs. Lots of interesting technical tips in this one plus lovely and unfamiliar late 16th century Italian music.
TRACK LISTING :
Luca Marenzio - Iniquos odio habui
The Sixteen / Eamonn Dougan
Claudio Monteverdi - T'amo, mia vita’
I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth
Luca Marenzio - Magnificat a 8
The Choir of King’s College Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury
Asprillio Pacelli - Christus resurgens
The Sixteen / Eamonn Dougan
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While we all enjoy the musicianship and the inevitably brief treble career of Malakai Bayoh, Nicholas talks to Scott Price, Director of Music at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial [state] School, London, and Anita Morrison, who has taught boys (brilliantly) at London Oratory School, St John's Cambridge, Westminster Cathedral and St George's Chapel Windsor. Fascinating insights throughout the programme and will surely inspire more programmes on similar subjects.
TRACK LISTING :
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Pie Jesu
Malakai Bayoh - treble / Scott Price
Orlandus Lassus - Resonet in laudibus (outer sections)
Schola of London Oratory School / Charles Cole
Owain Park - Cradle Lullaby
Schola of Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School / Scott Price
Zita Silva - harp / Oliver Smith - treble
William Harris - Bring us, O Lord God
St George's Chapel, Windsor / James Vivian
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Robert and Nicholas meet up after a few weeks off to mispronounce Norwegian (twice), talk Monteverdi (again) and to 'get Marian' with Victoria (natch) Song of Songs and Cecilia McDowall.
Te' Jondalen Og Fri
Trad.etter Ivar T.Dahl / Agnes Buen Garnds Arr.Henrik Ødegaard / Grete P.Helgerød
Oslo Chamber Choir / Grete Pedersen
Cecilia McDowall - There is no rose
The Oxford Choir / Ben Parry
Claudio Monteverdi - Vuoi vi doleste (L'Orfeo Act V)
Marc Mauillon (Orfeo), Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall
Tomás Luis de Victoria - Vadam et circuibo
Oxford Camerata - Jeremy Summerly
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Sammy (they've given up calling him Nicholas), Eamonn & Robert blow away the cobwebs to welcome in music for SPRING. Lili Boulanger, Guillaume de Machaut, Caroline Shaw, Peter Warlock and Monteverdi (not Zefiro torna either) - with the Carice Singers, Gabrieli Consort, Gothic Voices, The 24 (Uni of York), Orpheus Vokale Ensemble and Concerto Italiano.
Lili Boulanger - Hymne au soleil
Orpheus Vokale Ensemble / Michael Alber
Antoni Baryshevskyi - piano
Carus
Claudio Monteverdi - O primavera, gioventù de l'anno
Concerto Italiano - Rinaldo Alessandrini
Naive
Herbert Howells - The summer is coming
Gabrieli Consort / Paul McCreesh
Signum
Guillaume de Machaut - Rose, liz, printemps
Gothic Voices / Christopher Page
Hyperion
Caroline Shaw - And the swallow
The 24 / Robert Hollingworth
Concert recording
Peter Warlock - All the flowers of the spring
Carice Singers / George Parris
Naxos
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The second of two programmes in which Eamonn and Nicholas consider J.S.Bach's two Passion settings.
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Emergency ep: Eamonn and Robert dip their toes into the dizzying breadth of repertoire of The BBC Singers. Could be a useful introduction to decision makers that don't know the group that well... Music by Ravel, Boulez, Gabriela Lena Frank, Laura Mvula, Brumel and Bernard Hughes. #WeAreTheBBCSingers
TRACK LISTING:
Pierre Boulez - Le soleil des eaux (part of No.2 La Sorgue) / Phyllis Bryn-Julson, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Antoine Brumel - Sicut lilum / BBC Singers, Robert Hollingworth
Maurice Ravel arr.Clytus Gottwald - Soupir / BBC Singers, Robert Hollingworth
Gabriela Lena Frank - (section from) Jalapeño Blues / BBC Singers, Sofi Jeannin
Bernard Hughes - Precious things (sections) / BBC Singers, Eamonn Dougan
Laura Mvula - Sing to the moon / BBC Singers
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The first of two programmes in which Eamonn and Nicholas consider J.S.Bach's two Passion settings.
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Eamonn, Nicholas and Robert trawl some mostly unusual repertoire for Lent and Holy Week.
Giovanni Croce - Mascarate da Furlani (1590)
I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth
Dawn Walters - Pro dolorosa Eius passione (2021)
Swan Consort / Anita Datta
Poulenc - Vinea mea electa (1938)
Bavarian Radio Chorus / Peter Dijkstra
Rocío Jurado - La Saeta al Cristo de Los Gitanos
Ernst Krenek - from Lamentatio Jeremiæ Prophetæ, Op. 93 (1941)
RIAS Kammerchor, Berlin / Marcus Creed
Cristobal de Morales - Agnus Dei from Missa Mille Regretz (1536)
De Profundis / Robert Hollingworth
Cecila McDowall - The Lord is good (2012)
Sospiri / Christopher Watson
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In a Norway as snowy as 'The Cold Scene' from King Arthur, Robert and new regular presenter Nicholas Mulroy work with friend and violinist, Bjarte Eike - the creative playboy behind Barokksolistene and The Alehouse Boys - and find that play has a serious place in music-making.
Purcell - Curtain Tune (Timon of Athens) - The Alehouse Sessions / Barokksolistene
Purcell - Hole in the wall (Abdelazar) - The Alehouse Sessions / Barokksolistene
Playford - Wallom Green - The Alehouse Sessions / Barokksolistene
Purcell - Ah Belinda - Dido and Aeneas - Catherine Bott / Academy of Ancient Music
Purcell - Urge me no more - Anna Dennis (Stour Music Live)
Monteverdi - Zefiro torna (a 2) - SWEET TORMENT Nicholas Mulroy / Nicholas Hurndall Smith
Monteverdi - Zefiro torna (a 5) - SWEET TORMENT / I Fagiolini
Monteverdi - Volgendo il ciel - FLAMING HEART / I Fagiolini
Anon - Haul away, Jo - The Alehouse Sessions / Barokksolistene
Castello - Sonata in D minor - Monteverdi: The Other Vespers - Bjarte Eike, Lynda Sayce, Robert Hollingworth
Purcell - Adagio & Glittering Queen - The Playhouse Sessions / Barokksolistene
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In the space of a single morning but several coffees in York, Robert meets Roderick Williams the night after he premieres a new version of Dichterliebe in English, T.J.Callahan to find out what Shape Note singing is, and asks singing teacher Susan Young what three things she thinks choral conductors would benefit from knowing.
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Robert and Eamonn just about made it through the autumn - even a brief encounter in Dublin - and chat through recent times, looking forward to 2023. After lockdowns and the post-crisis desperation for work, has anything changed? Music by Kim Porter, Thea Musgrave, Judith Weir, H.Diack Johnstone, Monteverdi and some 16th century pluckers. Performances by Chamber Choir Ireland, National Youth Choir of Scotland, Bath Camerata, New College, Oxford, I Fagiolini (and José Feliciano).
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In a little square somewhere in southern Spain, Robert and Nicholas Mulroy enjoy Spanish music and Spanish food, remember good teachers, think about Leonardo da Vinci - and some interesting words (incl. Marmalade and Guadalquivir). Warning: INCLUDES CASTANETS.
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...or 'Eight go to Düsseldorf'. British vocal groups give concerts all over continental Europe all the time. This is a little story about what it's really like to be on one of these trips: I Fagiolini singing at the 'Herne Early Music Days' in Germany on November 20th, 2022. Spinal Tap, eat your heart out.
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Robert talks to one of the original King's Singers that sang for the group's first 25 years. Countertenor 2 Alastair Hume throws light on those heady days, prime-time TV appearances, the glam (or not) of touring, (singing outdoors under corrugated iron in Darwin Australia but in full tails) and chooses some favourite moments. A happy listen - and a particularly English one (if that's ok with everyone else?)
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Helped by a glass of whisky, Robert and Eamonn reflect on their parents' love of music and how that affected them. Music by Flanders & Swann, S.S.Wesley, Victoria, Victoria (de los Angeles) and Byrd.
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How do you start some sort of a career in (choral) singing? Robert meets seven young'uns who have been in the UK business from a few months to a few years and hear their take on it all. Their musical choices range from Caroline Shaw, Bax and weird 17th century polyphony to groups such as Roomful of Teeth, Poeme Harmonique and the Finzi Singers. Recorded on location in Lucca, Italy, the Young Ones are Alice Beverley, Ailsa Campbell, Robin Datta, Alistair Donaghue, Solomon Hayes, Ellie Stamp and Dominic Wallis.)
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Eamonn and Robert are back to chew the choral cud - this week about autumnal projects. Music by James MacMillan, Billiam Wyrd, Joanna Marsh, Eoghan Desmond - and J.S.Bach in absolute rip-roaring form: why isn't the Gloria from his F Major Lutheran Mass available on the NHS? Performances by The Sixteen, I Fagiolini, Fretwork and the Gabrieli Consort & Players.
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Robert and Eamonn do lazy Poulenc, angry Monteverdi, fizzy Bach and remember a Whitacre moment. Also salad - but why the disgusting rucksack? Featuring The Sixteen, Polyphony and I Fagiolini.
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Robert gets out and about, visiting an old flint church in a Kent field on the Pilgrims' Way, with a history of singers (Deller x 2), early music, a puddings fixation and 10 Midsummer concerts. A feast from The City Musick, Fieri Consort, Swingles, the Rameau Project, Marian Consort and the four natural trumpets of Spiritato.
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'Tenors and basses - would anyone like to conduct?' Ouch. Meet Rachel Staunton, director of London Youth Choirs. Inclusive by nature: also keen to espouse the chip butty (non-UK listeners, apologies). Inspiring episode and a must for anyone who in interested in what choirs couldbe and mean!
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'And I believe you were once arrested in Ecuador...' Meet tenor Nicholas Mulroy - Monteverdi and Bach specialist but so very much more: the soul of many I Fagiolini projects, thinker about art, assistant director of the Dunedin Consort but with strong musical interests in South America. A joyful episode.
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Coming late to (professional) composition, Cecilia McDowall is now one of the most prominent composers of the UK music scene, particularly well known in choral circles but with more plans for the future than seems decent. Meet her and hear some quite haunting pieces, with performances by The Sixteen, Sospiri, Susanna Fairbairn, Cleveland Chamber Choir and Eamonn himself...
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Eamonn and Robert enjoy piercing Rubbra, Bertolusi and Monteverdi - can that dissonance really be right? We finally get to hear Eamonn singing (Purcell) and another top hit from the Vox album. Also, who is Julia Donk?
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Robert's favourite piece of 20th century choral music is 'Les Cantiques des cantiques' (The Song of Songs) by Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur from 1952. It's a 12-voice tapestry of choral sensualitéthat takes your breath away. Eamonn and Robert introduce it and ask why it's not more performed. (Spoiler: current time-sensitive discount offer on buying the scores at the end!)
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Eamonn and Robert talk about two new albums: I Fagiolini's 'Draw on sweet night' of John Wilbye madrigals and The Sixteen's 'An Old Belief', featuring Parry's 'Songs of Farewell'.
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Robert and Eamonn finally meet in the same room for Choral Chihuahua, discuss recent things and play favourite tracks.
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No hyperbole required: simply meet one of the most fabulous sopranos around, and if you're not swayed by her semiquavers in the first minute of the programme, press button B and get your money back.
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The chat continues with some of the goodthings that recordings can enable - but how far should you go in embracing technology? With music by Luca Marenzio, Olivier Messiaen, Giovanni Gabrieli, Alessandro Striggio, Handel, Haydn, Adrian Williams.
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The non-intrepid trio discuss the how, the where and above all the whyof recordings. Wouldn't we all be better off doing a concert?
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Regular hosts Robert and Eamonn with guest Clare Wilkinson talk about one-to-a-part singing, their top tracks and moments and why it's not just a small choir.
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Composer, opera and lieder singer, ex-Fagiolino, he fell into the choral cauldron when small.
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Harry, Robert and Eamonn chat about the highs and lows of touring, the food, the unforgettable onstage moments and 'the call of shame'.
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Meet Mary King - polymath of the singing world: fearless singer of contemporary roles, ex-member of the Clerkes of Oxenford, vocal coach and the ACTUAL inventor of 'Eamonn's' phrase 'inner chihuahua'.
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A Fagiolino and Sixteener now turned soloist, much loved by audiences, hear the warm-hearted Matthew discuss everything from preparation, attitude and terrible giggling.
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Vibrato in choral music - very out of fashion, everyone has a view: hear Robert, Eamonn and Harry's.
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It's time time to get technical... join Robert, Eamonn and Harry in Part One of Whither Chihuahua: a two-episode deep dive into choral technique.
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Sir James MacMillan, one of the world's finest living composers of sacred music, is interviewed by Harry and Eamonn, two conductors who know his music from the inside out.
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Our first Chihuahua guest: a singer / practical scholar who has sung early choral music at professional level since the 1970s - the quiet legend that is Sally Dunkley.
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Thomas Tallis' motet 'Spem in alium' for 40 separate parts is a piece every singer of early choral music knows and has stories about. Harry, Robert and Eamonn have recorded it as singers and conductors and give us their take on this infamous monster of Tudor polyphony.
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Eamonn talks to Harry and Robert about how they started their own ensembles - The Sixteen and I Fagiolini.
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