Three In A Bar
139 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago -London based musicians Seb Philpott (trumpet) and Verity Simmons (cello) meet musicians, music industry insiders and music enthusiasts for informal, insightful and lighthearted chats. We delve into their musical backgrounds, careers or in some cases, specifically avoid talking about music at all. Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon!
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118. Q&A: Would we ever move out of London? Do we own our instruments? And will Seb ever get a round in again?
April 25, 2024 18:27 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBMore questions from you and answers from us. Could we live anywhere other than London? Do we own our instruments? And what have we each started deoing recently that has changed our lives? All this and more in today's episode. To send in your questions (about absolutely anything), then please email [email protected] or hit us up on the socials. SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Click here: https://www.patreon.com/...
117. Q&A: Least favourite instruments, booking holidays and one of the more exciting discussions you're likely to hear today about pensions
April 16, 2024 15:04 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBWhat is our least favourite orchestral instrument? And why is it the oboe? How do you plan anything as a freelancer? What happens if you book a holiday and then a load of nice work comes in - what do you do? Should you start a pension? Or just keep working until you die. All this and more in today's episode. To send in your questions (about absolutely anything), then please email [email protected] or hit us up on the socials. SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club ...
116. Time efficiency, grumbling stomachs, ghosts and Happy Valley With Ben Foster
April 08, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 77.1 MBQuiz question for you - what links Torchwood, Thunderbirds, Happy Valley & Mog? We’ll tell you what…some seriously great scores courtesy of this week’s guest Ben Foster. Ben is a BAFTA winning composer, but also a well renowned and much in demand conductor, orchestrator and arranger with a string of TV and film credits to his name. We met up with Ben in his writing room, tucked away at the top of Air Studios for a chat about just a fraction of his incredible musical output. (N.B there is a...
115. How do you run an arts centre? With Artistic Director of Les Arts Valencia, Jésus Iglesias Noriega
March 18, 2024 12:28 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBJoin us this week for a zencast to sunnier climes as we chat to Artistic Director of Les Arts, Valencia Jésus Iglesias Noriega. Jésus has been doing brilliant work at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía - the incredible building in Valencia which is home to Les Arts, with a huge focus on social responsibility. There are productions specifically for Under 29s, prison performances, opera in a truck heading to remote villages, performances in homes for the elderly and so much more. It is a breath o...
114. Seb goes through his packing list for tour
March 11, 2024 12:28 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBYou join your two hosts on a car journey between Plymouth and Bath, just over a week into the Rob Brydon tour 2024. What better time than now to discuss in detail Seb's list of items he has packed for this trip? How many pants is too many? Can you re-use socks for multiple gigs? Can he maintain his rigorous skincare regime while away from home? All these questions are answered, and deep-rooted memories unearthed in this week’s episode of Three In A Bar (or Two In A Car). With a supply of ...
113a. PART 2: Playing with Foals, sampled instruments and Gypsy tarts with Kentish badman Jeremy Pritchard, bassist from Everything Everything
March 07, 2024 11:06 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBWhat? Another podcast with the thoroughly excellent Jeremy Pritchard? Oh yes….we couldn’t pack it all into one episode so here’s an extra slice where we chat to Jeremy about his time on tour with Foals, some Kent conversation and comparing notes on small venues across the UK. If you are one of our excellent Patreons and you are listening to this early, thank you and well done! If you aren’t a Patreon and are listening on Thursday also thanks (but maybe just smidgen less!) Click here to j...
113. PART 1: Everything Everything bassist Jeremy Pritchard on hair bleaching, AI and weird waistcoat phases
March 04, 2024 16:16 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBIn this week’s episode we are joined by bass behemoth (yep, it’s been too long since we used that word) and Everything Everything band member, Jeremy Pritchard. Jeremy dropped in for a chat ahead of the band’s UK tour and release of their new album Mountainhead - it’s an absolute belter btw, check it out if you haven’t already! We discuss early performances, making music videos, sartorial choices, hair bleaching and how the heck you put together a set list with 17 yrs and 7 albums worth o...
112. Embarrassing Moustaches, Tears and Greyfriars Bobby
February 26, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBGreetings from sunny Edinburgh! This week’s episode finds Seb & Verity on the Scottish leg of the Rob Brydon tour enjoying the delights of Edinburgh… Join them on a walking tour - not necessarily one that’ll make the Rough Guide any time soon as they reminisce about past Edinburgh festival experiences, answer more listener questions and take in the sights and sounds of the city. SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREON Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards. Clic...
111. Rachael Lander: Life as a musician with ADHD
February 19, 2024 13:23 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBIn this week’s episode we welcome back the brilliant Rachael Lander to chat about her recent ADHD diagnosis. Rachael is cellist on the West End production of Frozen and is a busy freelancer & session player as well as being a mother of two…..Chuck ADHD into the mix and her journey as a recovering alcoholic and life isn’t always straightforward. Rachael speaks about getting her diagnosis and how this has enabled her to make sense of elements in her life that have previously caused difficult...
ENO in crisis: what on earth is going on? With Coco Azoitei
February 17, 2024 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBIn light of the recent announcements of redundancies in the Orchestra and Chorus at ENO and the extraordinary circumstances surrounding them we felt compelled to record an episode to chat through what on earth is going on. On 15 February orchestra & chorus members started receiving formal redundancy notices - some reporting they’d heard in the interval of their final performance of Handmaid’s Tail, having to then go on and complete the show. This comes in light of the MU recently calling off...
110. Q&A: How much vomit, favourite interviews and what we would say to our 20 year old selves
February 12, 2024 11:10 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBIn this, the first of our regular Q&A episodes, we asked listeners to send in their questions, to which we gave answers. You know how it works, we don't need to explain the concept to you, do we? Just how do we both balance being parents of two whilst being busy freelance musicians, when our other halves are also busy freelance musicians? What do we wish we could say to our 20 year old selves? What's the best way to approacvh working with people when you're starting out in the music world? A...
109. Carly Anderson
February 05, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBWe're back at long last for Series 2 (can we call it that after 108 episodes?!) and what a fabulous guest to kick off 2024 - It's none other than West End leading lady Carly Anderson. Carly recently starred as Polly Baker in Crazy For You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre and her extensive list of credits include Glinda in the International tour of Wicked and Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard at the London Coliseum. Seb and Verity caught up with Carly pre show at the Gillian Lynne in late 2023...
Merry Xmas!!
December 22, 2023 09:35 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBMerry Christmas podfriends! Verity & Seb make a brief return for some seasons greetings, 2023 reflections and plans for 2024…. Thanks for listening to TIAB this year and for your continued support. Back with much more in ‘24! You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinabarpod https://www.instagram.com/threeinabarpod/ We are on Twitter @threeinabarpod https://www.twitter.com/threeinabarpod Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like...
108. Duncan Ward
November 01, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBThis week's episode features prolific artistic rollerskater - possibly better known for being one of the most prolific conductors of his generation, Duncan Ward. Duncan is Chief conductor of Philharmonie Zuidnederland and Music Director of the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra. This November he makes his Barbican debut conducting the LSO in two exciting concerts featuring Abel Selaocoe and Isabelle Faust (ticket link in show notes). Seb and Verity meet up with Duncan in a very lovely room in t...
107. Neoteric Ensemble
October 13, 2023 10:32 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBWelcome harmonious hooligans to episode 107 of Three In a Bar! (Thanks for that chat GPT) In this week’s episode Seb and Verity chat to founding members of the Neoteric Ensemble Toby Street and Adrian Miotti. It’s exciting times for Neoteric as their debut Album ‘Volume 1’ has its launch night on 8 November at The Pheasantry (link to tickets below). With entirely new compositions written for the group by composers including TIAB pal Charlotte Harding and Misha Mullov Abbado, this album is ...
106. Darren Beckett
September 20, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBIn Episode 106, Seb and Verity are joined for a chat (and some top grade pastry based products) by drumming titan, Darren Beckett. Darren has worked with countless artists including Brandon Flowers, Madeleine Peyroux, Van Morrison and Lauryn Hill and was a member of the band Ambulance LTD. Equally at home across a multitude of styles and genres, recently Darren was the drummer for The National Theatre’s multi award winning show Standing At The Sky’s Edge. Seb and Verity shared a highly enj...
105. Jill Andrews
September 08, 2023 16:35 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBIn this week's episode Verity teams up with another guest presenter, well more of a TIAB regular in fact...it's old pal of the podcast Phil Donnelly. Phil has worked his magic and fixed up a chat with Nashville based singer/songwriter Jill Andrews. As luck would have it, he will be joining her on tour in just a few weeks time when she heads over for the UK leg. (Tour dates in link below) Jill chats about writing her new album Modern Age and some of the themes and inspirations behind it. We...
104. JFAbraham, the sequel
August 30, 2023 11:38 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBLook who’s back for round two! It’s the sickeningly talented singer, songwriter, composer, trumpeter, arranger, member of PSB (the list goes on!) and friend of the pod JFAbraham (Jonny Abraham). He first appeared way back in Episode 5 when he was in the process of recording and finalising 10 tracks he’d written…it was proving tricky for him to unlock them and he was struggling to work out a way to get them from his head into the world. Fast forward three years and the album A Different Kin...
103. Jools Owen
August 11, 2023 03:12 - 1 hour - 85.5 MBIn episode 103 we join Verity on a day trip to the seaside to meet Bear’s Den’s drummer and multi instrumentalist - proud Brighton resident Jools Owen. As luck would have it, Journalist, author and broadcaster Rachael Taylor is a fellow local and kindly agreed to guest co-host this episode…don’t you love it when a plan comes together?! Verity and Rachael chat to Jools about all things Bear’s Den, touring & festivals….they touch a raw nerve when Rachel brings up the ‘Highlands & Islands Tou...
100. A century not out feat. Hannah Lawrance
August 08, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBWho’d have thought it? Back in 2019 when two fresh(ish) faced, young(ish) podcasters headed off to South London for their first recording, armed with all the gear and little to no idea, that they’d be hitting the 100th episode mark and still be going!! No one? Thanks a bunch…. So here it is, episode 100 and for this special edition Seb and Verity are joined by multi-instrumentalist legend and dear friend Hannah Lawrance. Hannah stipulated from early days that she would only come onto the po...
Map a Muso with Susie Winkworth
July 27, 2023 06:00 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBIn this bonus edition of TIAB, Seb and Verity chat to cellist, arranger, composer and the brains behind Map a Muso Susie Winkworth. Susie discusses the inception of her new business, what the catalyst was and how it works - Map a Muso helps match players with fixers and gigs in their area…a kind of musical speed dating if you will! There is chat about gigs from hell, shared experiences of journeying around the country both good and bad and Verity tries out another of her ill advised quizze...
102. Jordan Ashman
July 10, 2023 16:36 - 1 hour - 61 MBHot on the tail of our episode with composer Aileen Sweeney we've got another Cheltenham festival special with BBC Young Musician of the Year, percussionist Jordan Ashman. Jordan is performing in concerts in the festival on 11 & 12 July so if you are speedy you can still catch him there! (link below) Seb and Verity chat to Jordan about the whole BBC Young Musician process, brass banding, music college life, making instruments with his dad, future plans, Glastonbury and much more. There ar...
101. Aileen Sweeney
July 07, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 73 MBIn the first of two special episodes linked to the Cheltenham festival, this week’s guest is composer Aileen Sweeney. Aileen has written a piece which forms part of the site specific work ‘Byrdwatching’ which premieres on sat 8 July. Even by TIAB’s usual standards this is a brilliantly bonkers episode which careers around a whole host of subjects - with a smattering of music chat thrown in for good measure! Aileen talks about taking an extended break from composing, getting the rage at Cei...
99. Ben Heaney
June 17, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBIn Episode 99 it's 'bring your husband to work' day as violinist, journalist and long suffering spouse of Verity, Rob Simmons guest hosts. What a perfect opportunity to thrash out any domestic issues...just kidding, it's all very amicable. Their guest is THE go to man for all things electric violin Benedict Heaney. Ben has spent his career and studies recording, performing and researching the electric violin and has pushed the boundaries of what can be achieved with the instrument. He also ...
98. Abby Bowen
June 09, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBThis week’s episode comes to you from the sweaty underbelly of the Bridge Theatre…glamour all the way! It’s a double guest week featuring viola player extraordinaire Abby Bowen, and filling in for Seb is friend of the pod and wunderkind violinist Millie Ashton. Abby (and Millie) can currently be heard performing in the incredible new production of Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre - ticket link below. She is juggling her 8 show weeks with trials at various orchestras which has armed he...
97. Hannah Peel
May 31, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBWe're back! Did you miss us? We missed you....and what a belter of a guest we've got to kick start this new series. It's none other than newly crowned Ivor Novello winning composer, artist, producer and broadcaster Hannah Peel. Hannah is truly hot right now with a plethora of awards and nominations to her name. She is a critically acclaimed film, tv and theatre composer - her Ivor was awarded for her score for The Midwich Cuckoos. She is an artist in residence at Kings Place where she will ...
96. Seb calls in from Australia! (Insta Live)
March 31, 2023 09:17 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBHello podfriends! We’ve recorded a little ‘bonus’ chat directly from our Instagram live this week where Seb phones in from Brisbane. Conversation covers Seb’s adventures around Australia with Rob Brydon and his merry band, his quest to find Harold Bishop, birdspotting, Verity’s dream month at the National Theatre and an excruciating medical procedure…. Back very soon with new episodes and an exciting selection of fabulous guests! You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinabarpod...
95. Matthew Barley
February 22, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 64 MBThis week’s guest wins the award for most glamorous location for a live link up - It’s internationally renowned ‘cellist Matthew Barley and he’s in the rainforests of Brazil! Matthew kindly took time away from his holiday to chat with Seb and Verity about his soon to be released album Electric. This album brings together a unique collection of works for cello and electronics from the last 40 years and features compositions by the likes of Anna Meredith, Joby Talbot, Jonathan Harvey and Oded...
94. Jacques Cohen
February 08, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBThis week Seb and Verity head to central London for a chat with British composer and conductor Jacques Cohen. TIAB regulars may well have heard our episode with esteemed arranger, violinist and educator Michelle Taylor Cohen - Jacques’ wife, in which he was oft mentioned so we were delighted to get the man himself! This episode is particularly monumental for having the (unverified) longest answer to a question in podcasting history….well done Jacques. We must point out it is both fascina...
93. Charlie Stemp
February 01, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBHe can sing, he can dance, he can act….and he’s a dab hand with yer dahlias - it’s West End leading man Charlie Stemp. Seb and Verity caught up with Charlie in his (very lovely) dressing room at the Prince Edward Theatre in December, towards the end of his run playing chimney sweep Bert in Mary Poppins. Charlie chats about Crazy For You where he soon to be reprising his critically acclaimed role as Bobby Child when the production to the Gillian Lynne Theatre in June. They discuss how he p...
92. Camilla Pay
January 25, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBThis week’s guest is queen of the harp and all round magnificent human Camilla Pay. Milly is hugely in demand as a session player - the extensive list of artists she has worked with includes John Legend, Bette Midler, Beyoncé and Morrissey. She is on countless film soundtracks - most recently Matilda the musical, and had performed on many major TV shows. Warning: If you are hoping for some hardcore harp chat this might not be the pod for you - having listened to Nate Williams’ excellent I...
91. Alex Ho
January 18, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBThis week’s episode features British-Chinese composer, Alex Ho. Alex was the winner of the Critic’s Circle Young Artist Award 2021, is the recipient of the PRS Composers’ fund 2023 and is a BBC Music Magazine Rising Star of 2022. He also happens to be a flippin’ great guy! Seb and Verity met Alex back in November 2022, days ahead of the premier of his new work Carved in Gorton Stone, performed by the Manchester Camerata at Gorton Monastery. They discuss the premise of this piece and it’s si...
90. Charlie Baker
January 11, 2023 08:23 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBWe are going full steam into 2023 with a belter of a guest for you…it’s comedian, actor, broadcaster and acclaimed jazz singer Charlie Baker. Charlie has appeared on shows including The Last Leg, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Richard Osman’s House of Cards and starred in the leading role of Tony Blair in Harry Hill’s Tony! (The Tony Blair Rock Opera) Seb and Verity met up with Charlie back in late October 2022 - you’ll understand why it’s taken so long to release when you hear the hair brained...
089a. ‘‘Twas the Pod Before Christmas
December 20, 2022 12:15 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBMerry Christmas dear listeners! We thought we’d stick out this mini episode mainly to let you know about some of the great guests we’ve got coming up for you in 2023…..and also to have a festive witter of sorts! Thank you so much for your continued support this year, we really appreciate all the lovely feedback. We’ll be back in January with plenty of exciting things ahead - see you all then! Verity & Seb x You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinabarpod https://www.instagram....
89. Hattie Butterworth & Rebecca Toal (Things Musicians Don't Talk About)
December 08, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 90 MBIt’s two podcasts for the price of one this week as Three In a Bar and Things Musicians Don’t Talk About merge…. Seb and Verity spend a joyous evening in the company of TMDTA’s Hattie Butterworth and Rebecca Toal - in fact, if you haven’t already you can catch the first part of their conversation on TMDTA’s podcast feed, right hre: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/things-musicians-dont-talk-about/id1519695601. Go on, we’ll wait here while you check theirs out then pop back over. In t...
88. The Ivors Composer Awards 2022
November 21, 2022 13:13 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBWho doesn’t love an awards ceremony?! As you can imagine, when Seb and Verity were invited to come and interview the winners at the 20th Ivors Composers Awards the lure of a celebration, a party atmosphere, bowl food and plentiful wine was a no brainer! This episode features some of the inspirational and extraordinarily talented recipient’s of this year’s awards - along with some old friends of the pod… We’ve kept in some of the chat in between guests and a couple of eggy moments to give a...
87. Millie Ashton
November 05, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 85 MBThis week Seb and Verity chat to violinist supremo Millie Ashton. This is actually Millie's third appearance on the pod having popped up briefly in Cat Parker's episode and featured as part of the Ashton/Melhuish dynasty back in 2020.....a lot has changed for her since then, including graduating from GSMD after (gulp) 16 years! Millie chats about her days living a double life as a student by day, busy freelancer by evening and hard partying fresher by night! They also discuss taking the ne...
86. Rob Simmons (Again!)
October 13, 2022 10:42 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBLook who’s back……it’s friend (and In Verity’s case, husband) of the podcast Robert Simmons. It was brought to our attention that last time we had Rob on the pod he maybe didn’t get the opportunity to chat about the things he wanted to discuss. With this in mind we’ve had him back on….and done exactly the same thing again! This conversation covers his job with Royal Ballet Sinfonia, fitness regimes, the Royal Family, feeling your age (or not), side by side schemes, what you find when you go...
85. Joel Montague
September 30, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 77.5 MBIt’s podcast dah da da dah day (sorry, couldn’t resist it!) and this week’s guest is the newly crowned King George at West End musical phenomenon Hamilton - Joel Montague. Joel is an actor, choreographer and director who has a stellar list of West End shows he has performed in including Chicago, The Waitress, School of Rock and Funny Girl. The conversation happens in an entirely halloween themed living room…..on September 26th which proved the perfect back drop for weird and wonderful chat...
84. Joby Burgess
September 14, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBThis week Seb and Verity venture into the Bedfordshire countryside to meet virtuoso percussionist Joby Burgess. Joby is embarking on a UK tour at the end of September performing his new album A Percussionist’s Songbook - a collection of specially commissioned songs by eight composers, including Graham Fitkin, Dobrinka Tabakova, Gabriel Prokofiev and Joby himself! The conversation takes place in Joby’s home studio which in a former life was both a coach house and a hairdresser - conversatio...
83. Kuljit Bhamra
August 31, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBIn Episode 83 Seb and Verity head down the Elizabeth line to Southall for a chat with tabla player, producer, composer and one of the best people you could hope to meet, Kuljit Bhamra MBE. Kuljit was one of the pioneers of British Bhangra and has produced, recorded and performed on copious amounts of records for British and Indian artists. He works extensively as a session musician as well as collaborating with artists across a multitude of genres - jazz saxophonist Andy Sheppard is a long ...
82. Doug Besterman
August 17, 2022 07:44 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBAfter an unintentionally extended break (sorry) we are back....and back with a belter. Episode 82 features true Broadway royalty. None other than orchestrator, arranger and producer Doug Besterman. Doug is a multiple Tony and Drama Desk award winner. His list of theatre and film credits is vast, including The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Aladdin, Fosse, Mary Poppins, Captain America, Chicago and co-orchestrations for a little known song named Let It Go... Seb and Verity chatted with Dou...
A tour around Chichester with Barney Philpott
August 12, 2022 10:28 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBYour hosts, Verity and Seb find themselves in Chichester and in the glorious presence of Barney Philpott. It's a mid-August scorcher of a day, with a very low-tech set up, but buckets of atmosphere... you'll really believe that you, too, are walking down a British high street. Barney, the tour guide, shows us around, sharing some genuine local tips, and excellent pastry deals. Just like a mini sausage roll before lunch, hopefully this will tide you over until next week, where we'll be speakin...
81. Katya Apekisheva
July 19, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBWhat's this? Another episode out so soon? That's right folks, we've got a fabulous guest for you this week - Internationally renowned concert pianist and co founder of the London piano festival Katya Apekisheva. Seb and Verity chat to Katya via zoom on a sweaty mid-July afternoon and for nostalgia's sake enjoy some zoom related hitches (haven't you missed them?!). They discuss Katya's upcoming solo recital at the Wigmore Hall on 21 July which features amongst other things an exciting new co...
80. George White
July 07, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBWe're back and this week we've got a belter for you! Its none other than viola player and new member of Estilo String Quartet George White. This conversation was recorded in early may on a sunny day in East London and is joyful meander through George's life and career so far. Seb and Verity chat to him about his extended season with South Bank Sinfonia, a baptism of fire in West End depping and the accuracy of stereotyping the characteristics of different sections of the orchestra - we'd lo...
79.Johannes Moser
June 17, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 67 MBHow on earth do we follow an all singing, all dancing live show? We'll tell you how - with a chat to a true great of the classical music world, German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser. Johannes' groundbreaking new album Alone Together is released on 17 June 2022 and this episode is released in conjunction with this. Seb and Verity meet Johannes at Platoon's state of the art studios in North London where most of his new album was recorded. They were treated to a sneak preview of some of the ...
78. Grahame King
May 25, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBThis week Three In a Bar becomes Three on a Boat as Seb and Verity hit the marina to meet timpanist supremo, Grahame King. Grahame has been principal timpanist with Royal Ballet Sinfonia since 1998 and guests with many other major orchestras in the UK. He teaches timpani at both RCM and Birmingham Conservatoire. Seb and Verity enjoyed a wonderful early summer evening on Grahame's boat - so much so, this episode is edited down from a 3hr conversation, gulp! He chats about his early days wit...
77. Nicole Wilson
May 04, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBIn Episode 77, Seb and Verity are joined by violinist supremo and newly appointed Artistic Director of NSSO, Nicole Wilson. Nicole has held positions with the LSO and ENO and works extensively as a freelancer, appearing as guest leader, in various west end shows and in major film sessions. She has also turned her hand to orchestral session fixing - her credits including the sixth Harry Potter movie. She co-produced a highly successful album for children - FunKey Rhymes - which has made her ...
76. Sam Okell
April 14, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBRound of applause please......this week's episode was recorded over the internet and there were no, I repeat no, technical hitches! And good job too as Seb and Verity have Senior Engineer at Abbey Road, multiple Grammy and Emmy winner and all round top bloke Sam Okell on for a chat. What Sam doesn't know about the Beatles ain't worth knowing, having for many years been heavily involved in remastering their complete back catalogue. He recently worked with Giles Martin alongside Peter Jackson...
75. Jules Buckley
March 31, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBThis week's guest is Grammy award winning conductor, arranger, curator and composer, Jules Buckley.....and boy, are we glad this episode has made it into yer ears after some palm sweatingly stressful uploading issues! It's been a rollercoaster pod friends.... Seb and Verity catch up with Jules at his studio in Berlin to chat about his eclectic and multi faceted career. They discuss his early days as a trumpeter, the inception of Heritage Orchestra during his studies at GSMD - an era when mo...