CHORAL CHIHUAHUA

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.