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CHORAL CHIHUAHUA

Choral chat with Harry Christophers, Eamonn Dougan and Robert Hollingworth

Choral Chihuahua is a new 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 a
Latest Episode8/17/2020

Mary King

Ep. 8
Meet 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'.
8/3/2020

Matthew Brook

Ep. 7
A Fagiolino and Sixteener now turned soloist, much loved by audiences, hear the warm-hearted Matthew discuss everything from preparation, attitude and terrible giggling.
7/20/2020

The V Word

Ep. 6
Vibrato in choral music - very out of fashion, everyone has a view: hear Robert, Eamonn and Harry's.
7/6/2020

Whither Chihuahua

Ep. 5
It'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.
6/22/2020

Sir James MacMillan

Ep. 4
Sir 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.
6/8/2020

When Sally Met Harry

Ep. 3
Our 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.
5/25/2020

The Spem Episode

Ep. 2
Thomas 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.