CHORAL CHIHUAHUA

The second of two programmes in which Eamonn and Nicholas consider J.S.Bach's two Passion settings.

Emergency ep: Eamonn and Robert dip their toes into the dizzying breadth of repertoire of The BBC Singers. Could be a useful introduction to decision makers that don't know the group that well... Music by Ravel, Boulez, Gabriela Lena Frank, Laura Mvula, Brumel and Bernard Hughes. #WeAreTheBBCSingersTRACK LISTING:Pierre Boulez - Le soleil des eaux (part of No.2 La Sorgue) / Phyllis Bryn-Julson, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre BoulezAntoine Brumel - Sicut lilum / BBC Singers, Robert HollingworthMaurice Ravel arr.Clytus Gottwald - Soupir / BBC Singers, Robert HollingworthGabriela Lena Frank - (section from) Jalapeño Blues / BBC Singers, Sofi JeanninBernard Hughes - Precious things (sections) / BBC Singers, Eamonn Dougan Laura Mvula - Sing to the moon / BBC Singers

The first of two programmes in which Eamonn and Nicholas consider J.S.Bach's two Passion settings.

Eamonn, Nicholas and Robert trawl some mostly unusual repertoire for Lent and Holy Week.Giovanni Croce - Mascarate da Furlani (1590)I Fagiolini / Robert HollingworthDawn Walters - Pro dolorosa Eius passione (2021)Swan Consort / Anita DattaPoulenc - Vinea mea electa (1938)Bavarian Radio Chorus / Peter DijkstraRocío Jurado - La Saeta al Cristo de Los GitanosErnst Krenek - from Lamentatio Jeremiæ Prophetæ, Op. 93 (1941)RIAS Kammerchor, Berlin / Marcus CreedCristobal de Morales - Agnus Dei from Missa Mille Regretz (1536)De Profundis / Robert HollingworthCecila McDowall - The Lord is good (2012)Sospiri / Christopher Watson

In a Norway as snowy as 'The Cold Scene' from King Arthur, Robert and new regular presenter Nicholas Mulroy work with friend and violinist, Bjarte Eike - the creative playboy behind Barokksolistene and The Alehouse Boys - and find that play has a serious place in music-making.Purcell - Curtain Tune (Timon of Athens) - The Alehouse Sessions / BarokksolistenePurcell - Hole in the wall (Abdelazar) - The Alehouse Sessions / Barokksolistene Playford - Wallom Green - The Alehouse Sessions / Barokksolistene Purcell - Ah Belinda - Dido and Aeneas - Catherine Bott / Academy of Ancient MusicPurcell - Urge me no more - Anna Dennis (Stour Music Live)Monteverdi - Zefiro torna (a 2) - SWEET TORMENT Nicholas Mulroy / Nicholas Hurndall Smith Monteverdi - Zefiro torna (a 5) - SWEET TORMENT / I Fagiolini Monteverdi - Volgendo il ciel - FLAMING HEART / I FagioliniAnon - Haul away, Jo - The Alehouse Sessions / BarokksolisteneCastello - Sonata in D minor - Monteverdi: The Other Vespers - Bjarte Eike, Lynda Sayce, Robert HollingworthPurcell - Adagio & Glittering Queen - The Playhouse Sessions / Barokksolistene

In the space of a single morning but several coffees in York, Robert meets Roderick Williams the night after he premieres a new version of Dichterliebe in English, T.J.Callahan to find out what Shape Note singing is, and asks singing teacher Susan Young what three things she thinks choral conductors would benefit from knowing.TRACKLISTING -Schubert - 'A stormy morning'Roderick Williams & Christopher GlynnSchubert - 'The Linden Tree'Roderick Williams & Christopher Glynn'Schenectady'The Tudor ChoirConductor - Doug FullingtonHandel - 'Praise The Lord' (Solomon)Gabrieli Consort & PlayersConductor - Paul McCreesh

Robert and Eamonn just about made it through the autumn - even a brief encounter in Dublin - and chat through recent times, looking forward to 2023. After lockdowns and the post-crisis desperation for work, has anything changed? Music by Kim Porter, Thea Musgrave, Judith Weir, H.Diack Johnstone, Monteverdi and some 16th century pluckers. Performances by Chamber Choir Ireland, National Youth Choir of Scotland, Bath Camerata, New College, Oxford, I Fagiolini (and José Feliciano).

In a little square somewhere in southern Spain, Robert and Nicholas Mulroy enjoy Spanish music and Spanish food, remember good teachers, think about Leonardo da Vinci - and some interesting words (incl. Marmalade and Guadalquivir). Warning: INCLUDES CASTANETS.TRACK LIST:Anon: Tres morillas - Aliki KagialoglouAnon: Su, su, su, su - CantoríaJosquin: Agnus Dei III from Missa L’homme armé sexti toni (extract) - I FagioliniVictoria: Alma Redemptoris mater - ChanticleerVictoria: Iudas mercator pessimus (extract) - Westminster Cathedral ChoirDa Flecha: La Bomba (extract) - I FagioliniIribarren: Xácara de Navidad - I Fagiolini & Brecon BaroqueJ.S.Bach: Nun komm der Heiden heiland (1st movt) - I Fagiolini & Brecon Baroque 

...or 'Eight go to Düsseldorf'. British vocal groups give concerts all over continental Europe all the time. This is a little story about what it's really like to be on one of these trips: I Fagiolini singing at the 'Herne Early Music Days' in Germany on November 20th, 2022. Spinal Tap, eat your heart out.