Latest I fagiolini Podcast Episodes
Phew - made it....
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - December 23, 2022 06:00 - 55 minutesRobert 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,...
Churros Angelorum
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - December 12, 2022 06:00 - 58 minutesIn 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 -...
Away with the Fagies
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - November 25, 2022 06:00 - 46 minutes...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...
Tea with Alastair Hume - An original King's Singer
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - November 10, 2022 19:48 - 57 minutesRobert 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 ...
The Parents
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - October 25, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutesHelped 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...
Robert meets THE YOUTH
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - October 11, 2022 05:00 - 52 minutesHow 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...
Autumn Lieds
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - September 27, 2022 05:00 - 45 minutesEamonn 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 S...
Disgusting Rucksack
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - July 11, 2022 05:00 - 49 minutesRobert 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...
Stour Music
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - June 27, 2022 05:00 - 49 minutesRobert 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...
Rachel Joy Staunton
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - June 13, 2022 05:00 - 51 minutes'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! Su...
Nicholas Mulroy
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - May 30, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour'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...
Cecilia McDowall
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - May 16, 2022 05:01 - 1 hourComing 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 Six...
Oddi e soddi
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - May 01, 2022 23:01 - 51 minutesEamonn 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 Ac...
An 'unknown' French masterwork
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - April 18, 2022 08:34 - 47 minutesRobert'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:...
Pastorals New
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - April 04, 2022 00:00 - 47 minutesEamonn 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 in...
Catching Up
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - March 21, 2022 01:00 - 39 minutesRobert 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
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - November 30, 2020 06:00 - 55 minutesNo 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/...
RECORDING (Side B)
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - November 16, 2020 06:00 - 1 hourThe 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/cho...
RECORDING (Side A)
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - November 02, 2020 07:01 - 51 minutesThe 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. ...
The one-to-a-part bug
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - October 19, 2020 05:00 - 58 minutesRegular 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-chih...
Roderick Williams OBE
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - October 05, 2020 08:32 - 1 hourComposer, 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 informat...
On Tour
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - September 21, 2020 11:00 - 1 hourHarry, 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.
Mary King
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - August 17, 2020 05:30 - 45 minutesMeet 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'. Support the making of Choral Chihuahua at supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua Support this s...
Matthew Brook
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - August 03, 2020 05:30 - 52 minutesA Fagiolino and Sixteener now turned soloist, much loved by audiences, hear the warm-hearted Matthew discuss everything from preparation, attitude and terrible giggling. Support the making of Choral Chihuahua at supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/...
The V Word
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - July 20, 2020 04:00 - 37 minutesVibrato in choral music - very out of fashion, everyone has a view: hear Robert, Eamonn and Harry's. 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 i...
Whither Chihuahua
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - July 06, 2020 05:00 - 51 minutesIt'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. Support the making of Choral Chihuahua at supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Host...
Sir James MacMillan
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - June 22, 2020 05:00 - 50 minutesSir 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. Support the making of Choral Chihuahua at supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua Support this show http://supporter.acast.c...
When Sally Met Harry
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - June 08, 2020 05:00 - 47 minutesOur 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. Support the making of Choral Chihuahua at supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/ch...
The Spem Episode
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - May 25, 2020 05:59 - 35 minutesThomas 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. Support the making of Cho...
Opening bars
CHORAL CHIHUAHUA - May 04, 2020 19:33 - 35 minutesEamonn talks to Harry and Robert about how they started their own ensembles - The Sixteen and I Fagiolini. 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 ...
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