Eamonn talks to Harry and Robert about how they started their own ensembles - The Sixteen and I Fagiolini. Support the making of Choral Chihuahua at <a href="https://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua</a>

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No hyperbole required: simply meet one of the most fabulous sopranos around, and if you're not swayed by her semiquavers in the first minute of the programme, press button B and get your money back.

Carolyn Sampson

The chat continues with some of the&nbsp;good&nbsp;things that recordings can enable - but how far should you go in embracing technology?&nbsp;With music by Luca Marenzio, Olivier Messiaen, Giovanni Gabrieli, Alessandro Striggio, Handel, Haydn, Adrian Williams.

RECORDING (Side B)

The non-intrepid trio discuss the how, the where and above all the&nbsp;why&nbsp;of recordings.&nbsp;Wouldn't we all be better off doing a concert? Support the making of&nbsp;Choral Chihuahua&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href="https://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua</a>

RECORDING (Side A)

Regular hosts Robert and Eamonn with guest Clare Wilkinson talk about one-to-a-part singing, their top tracks and moments and why it's not just a small choir. Support the making of Choral Chihuahua at <a href="https://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua</a>

The one-to-a-part bug

Composer, opera and lieder singer, ex-Fagiolino, he fell into the choral cauldron when small. Support the making of Choral Chihuahua at <a href="https://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua</a>

Roderick Williams OBE

Harry, Robert and Eamonn chat about the highs and lows of touring, the food, the unforgettable onstage moments and 'the call of shame'.

On Tour

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'. Support the making of Choral Chihuahua at <a href="https://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua</a>

Mary King

A Fagiolino and Sixteener now turned soloist, much loved by audiences, hear the warm-hearted Matthew discuss everything from preparation, attitude and terrible giggling. Support the making of Choral Chihuahua at <a href="https://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua</a>

Matthew Brook

Vibrato in choral music - very out of fashion, everyone has a view: hear Robert, Eamonn and Harry's. Support the making of Choral Chihuahua at <a href="https://supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">supporter.acast.com/choral-chihuahua</a>

The V Word

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 and singers they admire. What is a tertiary shift and does&nbsp;it matter to anyone except Robert?&nbsp;Why was Harry first drawn to the music of James Macmillan?&nbsp;Can Eamonn explain why all singers should embrace their internal choral chihuahua? With a light-hearted touch, three stalwarts of the UK's hugely varied choral scene chew the choral cud about how (and why) you do it and what they've learnt along the way. Choral Chihuahua is brought to you by I Fagiolini and The Sixteen and produced&nbsp;by Percius, The Sixteen and Polyphonic Films.&nbsp;It's supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and I Fagiolini Charitable Trust.

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