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CHORAL CHIHUAHUA

Choral chat with Harry Christophers, Eamonn Dougan and Robert Hollingworth

Choral Chihuahua is a podcast series in which three British choral directors chat about things that matter to them: composers they love, points of choral technique, classic but also niche choral works, other groups and s
Latest Episode6/27/2022

Stour Music

Season 2, Ep. 22
Robert 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.
6/27/2022

Stour Music

Season 2, Ep. 22
Robert 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.
6/13/2022

Rachel Joy Staunton

Season 2, Ep. 21
'Tenors and basses - would anyone like to conduct?'Ouch.Meet RachelStaunton, 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 choirscouldbe and mean!
5/30/2022

Nicholas Mulroy

Season 2, Ep. 20
'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.
5/16/2022

Cecilia McDowall

Season 2, Ep. 19
Coming 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...
5/1/2022

Oddi e soddi

Season 2, Ep. 18
Eamonn 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?
4/18/2022

An 'unknown' French masterwork

Season 2, Ep. 17
Robert'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 choralsensualitéthat 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!)
4/4/2022

Pastorals New

Season 2, Ep. 16
Eamonn 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'.