CHORAL CHIHUAHUA

Open your eyes and ears to the US choral scene, and be surprised! Christiana 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 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 For more about the podcast and to Donate head to www.choralchihuahua.com Support the show on Patreon www.patreon.com/ChoralChihuahua Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.) Follow Victoria Johnson on X Follow Dobrinka Tabakova on X 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 For more about the podcast and to Donate head to www.choralchihuahua.com Support the show on Patreon www.patreon.com/ChoralChihuahua Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. 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 : (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 For more about the podcast and to Donate head to www.choralchihuahua.com Support the show on Patreon www.patreon.com/ChoralChihuahua Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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! 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 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 For more about the podcast and to Donate head to www.choralchihuahua.com Support the show on Patreon www.patreon.com/ChoralChihuahua Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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! 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 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 For more about the podcast and to Donate head to www.choralchihuahua.com Support the show on Patreon www.patreon.com/ChoralChihuahua Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

...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: 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 Donate to the show at www.choralchihuahua.com Support the show on Patreon www.patreon.com/ChoralChihuahua Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

...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: 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 Donate to the show at www.choralchihuahua.com Support the show on Patreon www.patreon.com/ChoralChihuahua Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

...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: 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 Donate to the show at www.choralchihuahua.com Support the show on Patreon www.patreon.com/ChoralChihuahua Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. www.standarddeviationjazz.com 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 Donate to the show at www.choralchihuahua.com Support the show on Patreon www.patreon.com/ChoralChihuahua Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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) Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.