Share

cover art for Music Education

CHORAL CHIHUAHUA

Music Education

Season 7, Ep. 4
•

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

More episodes

View all episodes

  • 7. Tea with Olive Simpson

    01:03:45||Season 9, Ep. 7
    Meet consort legend Olive Simpson, Swingle singer, and the voice of TV themes and about every London ensemble you can think of!

  • 6. Upper Voices

    57:36||Season 9, Ep. 6
    Nicholas Mulroy is joined by Sarah MacDonald and Kerry Andrew to talk upper voices: what that means, how to write for it and where you can find repertoire.

  • 5. Dog Ears

    01:03:31||Season 9, Ep. 5
    Eamonn, Robert & Sammy chat through some favourite albums.TRACKLISTING : (1) Tickle Toes - The Double Six of Paris (2) Sir Charles Hubert Parry - Lord, let me know mine end; The Choir of St George's Chapel / Christopher Robinson (3) Jóhann Jóhannsson - Orphic Hymn; Theatre of Voices (4) Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Nansi Imali (5) Patrick Gowers - Viri Galilaei; St Paul's Cathedral Choir / John Scott (6) Henry Purcell - Mark How Readily; The King's Consort / Robert King

  • 4. Performance Anxiety

    01:03:52||Season 9, Ep. 4
    Nicholas Mulroy is joined by fellow podcaster Hattie Butterworth, from Things Musicians Don't Talk About, and performance coach Charlotte Tomlinson for a full and frank discussion about the psychological pressures of performing in front of others.LINKS : www.thingsmusiciansdonttalkabout.com | www.charlottetomlinson.comTRACKLISTING : (1) Francis Poulenc - Salve Regina; The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (2) Gustav Holst - The Cloud Messenger; BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (3) Stevie Wonder - Kings Return; Sir Duke

  • 3. Colossal Baroque

    50:23||Season 9, Ep. 3
    Ahead of I Fagiolini’s next multi-choir recording release, Robert opens up the world of Orazio Benevoli and his 4-choir surround sound from 17th century Rome. Followed by a quick roundtable with Nicholas Mulroy, Stuart O'Hara, Ailsa Campbell and Dominique Saulnier about recording as a pro singer. Music extracts from 'Missa Benevola’ available from 4 October on Coro Records. Stream, download or buy CD at https://orcd.co/ifagbenevola

  • 2. Sir Mark Elder

    01:33:22||Season 9, Ep. 2
    Fresh from his Prom, Sir Mark Elder (another ex-chorister) reflects on a life with singers and singing, with Eamonn.TRACKLISTING : (1) Vaughan Williams - Mass in G minor; Choir of Canterbury Cathedral / Sidney Campbell (2) Puccini - Eviva! from Le Willis; London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder / Opera Rara Chorus / Brian Mulligan (3) Elgar - Pentecost: "And suddenly" from The Kingdom; Hallé, Sir Mark Elder / Susan Bickley / Hallé Choir (4) James MacMillan - Christmas Oratorio; Tableau I, Chorus 2; London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder / London Philharmonic Choir / Roderick Williams / Lucy Crowe (5) 5) Delius - Herauf, nun herauf from Mass of Life; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder / Edvard Grieg Kor, Collegium Musicum Choir / Bergen Philharmonic Choir

  • 1. Eamonn's Partsong Fetish

    01:04:47||Season 9, Ep. 1
    As a gentle welcome back, therapy is provided for Eamonn's partsong fetish with Eamonn himself, Robert and also some wine. TRACKLISTING : (1) Elgar - The Prince of Sleep; Cambridge University Chamber Choir / Christopher Robinson (2) Elgar - Go Song of mine; Finzi Singers / Paul Spicer (3) Schubert - An die Sonne; Monteverdi Choir / Malcolm Bilson / John Eliot Gardiner (4) Schumann - Double Choir motets Op.141; NDR Chamber Choir / Philip Ahmann (5) Pearsall - Light of my soul; Bath Camerata / Nigel Perrin (6) Debussy - Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder!; I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth (7) Ravel - Ronde; Ensemble Vocal Philippe Caillard (8) Stanford - Heraclitus; Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir / Paul Spicer

  • 8. Summer Playlist

    57:55||Season 8, Ep. 8
    Eamonn & Robert 'get French' but also enjoy Echo Ensemble's new CD 'Innocence' and drop into the York Early Music Festival. Music by Machaut, Ravel, Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk & anonLINKS :www.tenebrae-choir.com/learning-connection/classroom-singingthesixteen.com/freevideos/eamonns-top-tips-creating-space/www.echo-choir.com/innocencewww.apotropaik.euncem.co.uk/yemf/www.ifagiolini.com/amuse-bouche.html

  • 7. In a Kentish churchyard

    54:44||Season 8, Ep. 7
    Robert is in rural Kent, just down the road from Canterbury Cathedral, chatting with back row singers from three cathedrals including WINCHESTER. He also remembers the Nigel Perrin, top line of the original Kings Singers, with Nigel's colleague Alastair Hume.TRACKS : (1) Gabrieli Jackson - Sancte Deus; Canterbury Cathedral Choir / David Newsholme / Sam Corkin - Saxophone (2) Leonel Power - Credo; The Orlando Consort (3) Haydn - Harmoniemesse Credo; RIAS Kammerchor / Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Jakobs (4) Albert Hammond - I'm a train; The King's SIngers (5) Weelkes - Since Robin Hood; The King's Singers