CHORAL CHIHUAHUA

A brief Easter check in with Robert including Etymology corner, John Wilbye's 'My throte is sore' and news of a special London day on April 29th. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua [http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

40 years after founding Crouch End Festival Chorus, conductor David Temple chats with Eamonn about teaching, commissioning and his passion for Elgar’s The Kingdom. MUSIC LINKS Fanny Mendelssohn - Hiob, H-U 258: III. Chor "Leben und Wohltat hast du an mir getan" / Crouch End Festival Chorus / London Mozart Players / David Temple; Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/3FTBX3B [https://apple.co/3FTBX3B] James McCarthy - Codebreaker: Wondrous Light / BBC Concert Orchestra / Hertfordshire Chorus / David Temple; Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/3XN6Ooq [https://apple.co/3XN6Ooq] Elgar - 'And as they spake' from The Kingdom / Francesca Chiejina / London Mozart Players - David Temple - Released 09.05.25 Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/42yWCCJ Elgar - 'And suddenly there came from heaven' from The Kingdom / Dame Sarah Connolly / Ashley Riches / Crouch End Festival Chorus / David Temple - Released 09.05.25 Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/42yWCCJ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua [http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

In a bumper episode of choral dispatches, Robert pops over to Oslo, Adam Hilton chats to Suzzie Vango (Papagena) and Stuart Overington (Halle Youth Choirs) while Sammy talks to instrumentalists Matthew Truscott and Jonathan Manson about what they value in singers. MUSIC LINKS Flory Jagoda - Hamisha Asar / Arr. S. Vango; Papagena / Suzzie Vango; Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/4huiJyv [https://apple.co/4huiJyv] Ken Steven - Hentakan Jiwa / The Hallé Youth Choir / Stuart Overington; Watch on YouTube - https://youtu.be/xgl3PzjUX68 [https://youtu.be/xgl3PzjUX68] JS Bach - Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229 / The Norwegian Soloists' Choir - Grete Pedersen; Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/4ioo6k9 [https://apple.co/4ioo6k9] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua [http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

What is a typical week when you're one the country's busier solo baritones but also a composer and arranger? Follow Roderick Williams as he gives a recital here, interview there, listens to young singers, stands in front of choirs for that Fauré Requiem - but also tries to write a flute concerto. Glorious chats en route with Gareth Malone, Julia Doyle/Donk, Andrew Manze, Martyn Brabbins, Carolyn Sampson and Gregory Batsleer. Will it ever stop? MUSIC LINKS Handel - Behold, I tell you a mystery (from Messiah) - Roderick Williams / Akademie fuer alter Musik, Berlin - Justin Doyle; Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/41TInYQ [https://apple.co/41TInYQ] Butterworth (orchestrated R. Williams) - Loveliest of trees - Roderick Williams / Halle Orchestra - Sir Mark Elder; Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3DwaYtY [https://apple.co/3DwaYtY] Gipps (orchestrated R. Williams) - The Pulley - Roderick Williams / Halle Orchestra - Sir Mark Elder; Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3DwaYtY [https://apple.co/3DwaYtY] Vaughan Williams (arr. M. Ford) - Love Bade Me Welcome - Roderick Williams / Vasari Singers / Jeremy Backhouse; Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/4iBr8kz [https://apple.co/4iBr8kz] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua [http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Sammy talks to Dunedin Consort programmer Edward Edgcumbe about how you put a programme together with balance, surprises and a good flow. And then Sammy and Robert have a bit of a chat about it too. MUSIC LINKS Listen to Miserere by James MacMillan, performed by The Sixteen on Apple Music https://apple.co/4gRAuY9 [https://apple.co/4gRAuY9] Listen to Heal You by Anna Meredith, performed by Juice Vocal Ensemble on Apple Music https://apple.co/4gWCC0W [https://apple.co/4gWCC0W] Listen to Scattered Rhymes by Tarik O'Regan, performed by Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir on Apple Music https://apple.co/3D1uzSC [https://apple.co/3D1uzSC] Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua [http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.