CHORAL CHIHUAHUA
58 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 hours ago -Choral Chihuahua is a podcast in which British choral directors chat about things that matter to them: composers they love, points of technique, classic but also niche choral works, other groups and singers they admire. With a light touch, Eamonn Dougan, Robert Hollingworth and now also Nicholas Mulroy 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 University of York Music and produced by Polyphonic Films. It's supported through your donations and I Fagiolini Charitable Trust.
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The US Choral Scene
April 29, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBOpen 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...
Choral Conducting
April 15, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBEamonn 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 ...
Music for Tenebrae
March 25, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 95.1 MBA 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 Ho...
The best things about LENT
March 11, 2024 06:00 - 52 minutes - 72.4 MBRevd 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.) Follow Victoria Johnson on X Follow Dobrinka Tabakova on X TRACKS : (1) Edward Bairstow - The Lamentations; The Choir of York Minster / Philip Moore...
Music Education
February 26, 2024 06:00 - 56 minutes - 77.6 MBRobert 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. Follow Thomas Leech on X Find out more about the Diocese of Leeds Schools Singing Programme Check out Chamber Choir Ireland Follow Huntington School Music Department on X TRACKS :...
Polyphony
February 12, 2024 06:00 - 54 minutes - 74.8 MBClare 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! Follow Clare Wilkinson on X Find out more about Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools 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 Ca...
Starting a Choir
January 29, 2024 06:00 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MB...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... www.kantoschamberchoir.com www.recordarechamberchoir.co.uk TRACKS : (1) Gustav Holst - I Love My Love; Recordare / Harry Bradford - Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/4baLizc (2) Rebecca Dale - Materna Requiem: ...
Vocal Jazz
January 17, 2024 06:00 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MBWe'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. www.standarddeviationjazz.com TRACK LISTING : Swingin' Till The Girls Come Home Oscar Pettiford & Jon H...
Christmas Chihuahua
December 18, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBEamonn, 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 - sopra...
Singing and the menopause
December 04, 2023 06:00 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBCharlotte 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 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua...
The Fast Show
November 20, 2023 06:00 - 59 minutes - 81.7 MBAre 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 Hollingwor...
Forever blowing bubbles
November 06, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBRobert 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) / Nathan...
Everything you wish you’d known about hormones and the voice
October 23, 2023 05:00 - 53 minutes - 73.1 MBRobert 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 St...
Byrdland or 'Nobody wants a flowery organ voluntary'
October 09, 2023 05:00 - 57 minutes - 78.6 MBNicholas 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 Christia...
Benevoli Benevola
September 25, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBA 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 Bonifazi...
Meet Robert Quinney and Ellie Stamp
September 11, 2023 05:00 - 52 minutes - 72.4 MBMeet 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 B...
We need to talk about directors
September 04, 2023 05:00 - 49 minutes - 67.8 MBAn 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 Bartol...
More with ’The Youth’
July 24, 2023 05:00 - 53 minutes - 73.2 MBRobert 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 rehear...
Eamonn and the third agers
July 11, 2023 05:00 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBEamonn 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 ...
Boys' Voices
June 20, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBWhile 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 -...
Back in the saddle
June 05, 2023 12:00 - 51 minutes - 70.3 MBRobert 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 ...
Spring!
April 10, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes - 82 MBSammy (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 primav...
Bach Passions - Part 2
March 27, 2023 05:00 - 47 minutes - 64.9 MBThe second of two programmes in which Eamonn and Nicholas consider J.S.Bach's two Passion settings. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#WeAreTheBBCSingers
March 14, 2023 14:47 - 43 minutes - 60.3 MBEmergency 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,...
Bach Passions - Part 1
March 06, 2023 12:00 - 42 minutes - 59.1 MBThe first of two programmes in which Eamonn and Nicholas consider J.S.Bach's two Passion settings. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Music for LENT ('slow' in French / 'fast' in English)
February 20, 2023 06:00 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBEamonn, 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 Moral...
Playing with Purcell (in Norway)
February 06, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBIn 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 / ...
A morning in York
January 23, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 88.4 MBIn 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. TRACKLISTING - Schubert - 'A stormy morning' Roderick Williams & Christopher Glynn Schubert - 'The Linden Tree' Roderick Williams & Christopher Glynn 'Schenectad...
Phew - made it....
December 23, 2022 06:00 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBRobert 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). Support this...
Churros Angelorum
December 12, 2022 06:00 - 58 minutes - 80.7 MBIn 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. TRACK LIST: Anon: Tres morillas - Aliki Kagialoglou Anon: Su, su, su, su - Cantoría Josquin: Agnus Dei III from Missa L’homme armé sexti toni (extract) - I Fagiolini Victoria: Alma Redemptoris mater - Chanticleer Victoria: Iudas ...
Away with the Fagies
November 25, 2022 06:00 - 46 minutes - 64.3 MB...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. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tea with Alastair Hume - An original King's Singer
November 10, 2022 19:48 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MBRobert 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?) Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. Se...
The Parents
October 25, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes - 52 MBHelped 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. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Robert meets THE YOUTH
October 11, 2022 05:00 - 52 minutes - 72.5 MBHow 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 a...
Autumn Lieds
September 27, 2022 05:00 - 45 minutes - 63 MBEamonn 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. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Disgusting Rucksack
July 11, 2022 05:00 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MBRobert 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. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Stour Music
June 27, 2022 05:00 - 49 minutes - 68.7 MBRobert 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. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rachel Joy Staunton
June 13, 2022 05:00 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MB'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 could be and mean! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nicholas Mulroy
May 30, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 86.4 MB'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. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Cecilia McDowall
May 16, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBComing 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... Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
Oddi e soddi
May 01, 2022 23:01 - 51 minutes - 71 MBEamonn 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? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
An 'unknown' French masterwork
April 18, 2022 08:34 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBRobert'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 sensualité that 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!) Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Pastorals New
April 04, 2022 00:00 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MBEamonn 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'. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Catching Up
March 21, 2022 01:00 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBRobert and Eamonn finally meet in the same room for Choral Chihuahua, discuss recent things and play favourite tracks. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Carolyn Sampson
November 30, 2020 06:00 - 55 minutes - 103 MBNo 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. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
RECORDING (Side B)
November 16, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 124 MBThe chat continues with some of the good things 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. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
RECORDING (Side A)
November 02, 2020 07:01 - 51 minutes - 94 MBThe non-intrepid trio discuss the how, the where and above all the why of recordings. Wouldn't we all be better off doing a concert? Support the making of Choral Chihuahua at supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The one-to-a-part bug
October 19, 2020 05:00 - 58 minutes - 108 MBRegular 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. Support the making of Choral Chihuahua at supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Roderick Williams OBE
October 05, 2020 08:32 - 1 hour - 112 MBComposer, opera and lieder singer, ex-Fagiolino, he fell into the choral cauldron when small. Support the making of Choral Chihuahua at supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On Tour
September 21, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBHarry, Robert and Eamonn chat about the highs and lows of touring, the food, the unforgettable onstage moments and 'the call of shame'. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.