37 episodes

Choral Chihuahua is a podcast in which British choral directors chat about things that matter to them: composers they love, points of technique, classic but also niche choral works, other groups and singers they admire. With a light touch, Eamonn Dougan, Robert Hollingworth and now also Nicholas Mulroy 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 University of York Music and produced by Polyphonic Films. It's supported through your donations and I Fagiolini Charitable Trust.
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CHORAL CHIHUAHUA Choral Chihuahua

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    • 4.8 • 62 Ratings

Choral Chihuahua is a podcast in which British choral directors chat about things that matter to them: composers they love, points of technique, classic but also niche choral works, other groups and singers they admire. With a light touch, Eamonn Dougan, Robert Hollingworth and now also Nicholas Mulroy 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 University of York Music and produced by Polyphonic Films. It's supported through your donations and I Fagiolini Charitable Trust.
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    Spring!

    Spring!

    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 Alber
    Antoni Baryshevskyi - piano
    Carus
    Claudio Monteverdi - O primavera, gioventù de l'anno
    Concerto Italiano - Rinaldo Alessandrini
    Naive
    Herbert Howells - The summer is coming
    Gabrieli Consort / Paul McCreesh
    Signum
    Guillaume de Machaut - Rose, liz, printemps
    Gothic Voices / Christopher Page
    Hyperion
    Caroline Shaw - And the swallow 
    The 24 / Robert Hollingworth
    Concert recording
    Peter Warlock - All the flowers of the spring
    Carice Singers / George Parris
    Naxos
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    • 59 min
    Bach Passions - Part 2

    Bach Passions - Part 2

    The second of two programmes in which Eamonn and Nicholas consider J.S.Bach's two Passion settings.
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    • 47 min
    #WeAreTheBBCSingers

    #WeAreTheBBCSingers

    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. #WeAreTheBBCSingers
    TRACK LISTING:
    Pierre Boulez - Le soleil des eaux (part of No.2 La Sorgue) / Phyllis Bryn-Julson, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
    Antoine Brumel - Sicut lilum / BBC Singers, Robert Hollingworth
    Maurice Ravel arr.Clytus Gottwald - Soupir / BBC Singers, Robert Hollingworth
    Gabriela Lena Frank - (section from) Jalapeño Blues / BBC Singers, Sofi Jeannin
    Bernard Hughes - Precious things (sections) / BBC Singers, Eamonn Dougan 
    Laura Mvula - Sing to the moon / BBC Singers
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    • 43 min
    Bach Passions - Part 1

    Bach Passions - Part 1

    The first of two programmes in which Eamonn and Nicholas consider J.S.Bach's two Passion settings.
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    • 42 min
    Music for LENT ('slow' in French / 'fast' in English)

    Music for LENT ('slow' in French / 'fast' in English)

    Eamonn, Nicholas and Robert trawl some mostly unusual repertoire for Lent and Holy Week.
    Giovanni Croce - Mascarate da Furlani (1590)
    I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth
    Dawn Walters - Pro dolorosa Eius passione (2021)
    Swan Consort / Anita Datta
    Poulenc - Vinea mea electa (1938)
    Bavarian Radio Chorus / Peter Dijkstra
    Rocío Jurado - La Saeta al Cristo de Los Gitanos
    Ernst Krenek - from Lamentatio Jeremiæ Prophetæ, Op. 93 (1941)
    RIAS Kammerchor, Berlin / Marcus Creed
    Cristobal de Morales - Agnus Dei from Missa Mille Regretz (1536)
    De Profundis / Robert Hollingworth
    Cecila McDowall - The Lord is good (2012)
    Sospiri / Christopher Watson
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    • 58 min
    Playing with Purcell (in Norway)

    Playing with Purcell (in Norway)

    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 / Barokksolistene
    Purcell - 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 Music
    Purcell - 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 Fagiolini
    Anon - Haul away, Jo - The Alehouse Sessions / Barokksolistene
    Castello - Sonata in D minor - Monteverdi: The Other Vespers - Bjarte Eike, Lynda Sayce, Robert Hollingworth
    Purcell - Adagio & Glittering Queen - The Playhouse Sessions / Barokksolistene
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    • 1 hr

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
62 Ratings

62 Ratings

Tinribs ,

A “must listen” for choral singers/enthusiasts

Very entertaining with lots of wonderful stories and yet full of useful information too. This podcast brings together the vast experience of Harry Christophers, Robert Hollingworth and Eamonn Dougan and includes lots of interesting guests and extracts from many of the great recordings by The Sixteen, I Fagiolini and others.

A wonderful antidote to all the grim news out there at the moment. Thank you Harry, Robert and Eamonn.

pindertim ,

A window into another world

I’m firmly rooted in the none-I Fiagolini Factory Records tradition of A certain Ratio / Joy Division. I think that Robert massively underplayed just how cool being a a Factory artist was(albeit the classical artists never got their full deserts).Just checked and cassettes of his album currently £55 on Discogs!
All that said; fascinated, engaged & amused by the amiable & insightful discussions here about music I love but know so little about. Thanks for the insight into a parallel music universe.

Astro Monteverdi ,

‘Chewing the choral cud’

So engaging and witty. A total treat.

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