CHORAL CHIHUAHUA

Robert and Nicholas meet up after a few weeks off to mispronounce Norwegian (twice), talk Monteverdi (again) and to 'get Marian' with Victoria (natch) Song of Songs and Cecilia McDowall.Te' Jondalen Og FriTrad.etter Ivar T.Dahl / Agnes Buen Garnds Arr.Henrik Ødegaard / Grete P.HelgerødOslo Chamber Choir / Grete PedersenCecilia McDowall - There is no roseThe Oxford Choir / Ben ParryClaudio Monteverdi - Vuoi vi doleste (L'Orfeo Act V)Marc Mauillon (Orfeo), Le Concert des Nations / Jordi SavallTomás Luis de Victoria - Vadam et circuiboOxford Camerata - Jeremy Summerly

Sammy (they've given up calling him Nicholas), Eamonn & Robert blow away the cobwebs to welcome in music for SPRING. Lili Boulanger, Guillaume de Machaut, Caroline Shaw, Peter Warlock and Monteverdi (not Zefiro torna either) - with the Carice Singers, Gabrieli Consort, Gothic Voices, The 24 (Uni of York), Orpheus Vokale Ensemble and Concerto Italiano.Lili Boulanger - Hymne au soleil Orpheus Vokale Ensemble / Michael AlberAntoni Baryshevskyi - pianoCarusClaudio Monteverdi - O primavera, gioventù de l'annoConcerto Italiano - Rinaldo AlessandriniNaiveHerbert Howells - The summer is comingGabrieli Consort / Paul McCreeshSignumGuillaume de Machaut - Rose, liz, printempsGothic Voices / Christopher PageHyperionCaroline Shaw - And the swallow The 24 / Robert HollingworthConcert recordingPeter Warlock - All the flowers of the springCarice Singers / George ParrisNaxos

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.

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).