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CHORAL CHIHUAHUA

Choral chat with Robert Hollingworth, Eamonn Dougan and Nicholas Mulroy


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  • 1. The Compilation Episode

    46:32||Season 11, Ep. 1
    As the podcast hits its 5-year anniversary, Robert, Eamonn and Sammy choose a few favourite bits from the 80 episodes. Insight, a few laughs and why 'your inner chihuahua' matters in singing. Also chickens, cornetto jokes and theosophy, obviously.

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  • 7. Easter Monday

    12:26||Season 10, Ep. 7
    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.
  • 6. David Temple MBE

    01:02:38||Season 10, Ep. 6
    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 LINKSFanny 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/3FTBX3BJames McCarthy - Codebreaker: Wondrous Light / BBC Concert Orchestra / Hertfordshire Chorus / David Temple; Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/3XN6OoqElgar - '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/42yWCCJElgar - '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
  • 5. The Magazine Episode

    54:27||Season 10, Ep. 5
    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 LINKSFlory Jagoda - Hamisha Asar / Arr. S. Vango; Papagena / Suzzie Vango; Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/4huiJyvKen Steven - Hentakan Jiwa / The Hallé Youth Choir / Stuart Overington; Watch on YouTube - https://youtu.be/xgl3PzjUX68JS Bach - Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229 / The Norwegian Soloists' Choir - Grete Pedersen; Listen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/4ioo6k9
  • 4. A week with Roddy

    01:18:42||Season 10, Ep. 4
    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 LINKSHandel - Behold, I tell you a mystery (from Messiah) - Roderick Williams / Akademie fuer alter Musik, Berlin - Justin Doyle; Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/41TInYQButterworth (orchestrated R. Williams) - Loveliest of trees - Roderick Williams / Halle Orchestra - Sir Mark Elder; Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3DwaYtYGipps (orchestrated R. Williams) - The Pulley - Roderick Williams / Halle Orchestra - Sir Mark Elder; Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/3DwaYtYVaughan Williams (arr. M. Ford) - Love Bade Me Welcome - Roderick Williams / Vasari Singers / Jeremy Backhouse; Listen on Apple Music https://apple.co/4iBr8kz
  • 3. Programming Notes

    58:37||Season 10, Ep. 3
    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 LINKSListen to Miserere by James MacMillan, performed by The Sixteen on Apple Music https://apple.co/4gRAuY9Listen to Heal You by Anna Meredith, performed by Juice Vocal Ensemble on Apple Music https://apple.co/4gWCC0WListen to Scattered Rhymes by Tarik O'Regan, performed by Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir on Apple Music https://apple.co/3D1uzSC
  • 2. Show and Tell

    53:02||Season 10, Ep. 2
    Robert, Sammy & Eamonn chat through some tracks and things they're thinking about at the moment. Pentatonix, Jeremy Denk's book 'Every Good Boy Does Fine' - and the start of CHORAL CLINIC. Also Monteverdi & Bach. And Robert says 'Rinuccini gloss'. Read 'Every Good Boy Does Fine' by Jeremy Denk in Apple Books - https://apple.co/4hQkCGtExplore the music in this episode of Choral Chihuahua : Listen to 'Deluxe Edition' by Pentatonix on Apple Music - https://apple.co/4ht2Ed7; Listen to 'Sweet Torment' by I Fagiolini on Apple Music - https://apple.co/4aRUQ1W; Listen to 'Bach: Mass in B Minor' by Philharmonia Orchestra - https://apple.co/4hQps6x; Listen to 'Bach: Mass in B Minor' by The Sixteen on Apple Music - https://apple.co/4aRUQ1W