Thoroughly Good Classical Music Podcast
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 132:37:22
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Synopsis
Artists, writers, and audience members talk about classical music and the concert-going experience.
Episodes
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116: Composer Iain Farrington talks about Gershwinicity and Beethoveniana
13/04/2021 Duration: 44minComposer, arranger and pianist Iain Farrington's new album of Gershwin tunes is out on the SOMM label on 16th April 2021. In this podcast Farrington talks to Jon Jacob about his transcribing, his work as a musician, and how the BBC Proms 2020 season opener came to be. Buy the album https://newalbm.link/gershwinicity/
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114: Rakki Singh and Adam Szabo from Manchester Collective
28/03/2021 Duration: 40minManchester Collective's first album 'The Centre is Everywhere' features works by Schoenberg and Glass, plus a commission by Edmund Finnis. Adam Szabo and Rakhi Singh discuss the recording and their thoughts about digital projects embarked upon by arts organisations during the global pandemic.
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113: Tenebrae's Nigel Short introduces St John's Smith Square Holy Week Festival 2021
24/03/2021 Duration: 33minSt Johns Smith Square Holy Week Festival 2021 begins on Sunday 28 March - Palm Sunday. Vocal group Tenebrae under the direction of Nigel Short features in pre-recorded and live streams as well as Amici Voices, violinist Lana Trotovšek, Bojan Čičić, and organist Steven Devine. For more information visit the St John's Smith Square website.
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112: Pianist Clare Hammond on playing to prisoners
24/02/2021 Duration: 37minOn 5 March 2021, Clare Hammond releases her fifth disc for BIS Records with an adventurous programme of twentieth and twenty-first-century variations for piano. Music: Karol Szymanowski – Variations on a Polish Theme, Op. 10 (1904)
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111: Sophie Renshaw from Inside Out Musician
14/02/2021 Duration: 22minNew sessions available for amateur and professional musicians root musical practise in the context of the wider arts and cultural scene, and they're delivered by Zoom. Sophie Renshaw discusses the project in this podcast episode. For more information about courses available visit https://www.insideoutmusician.com/.
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110: Soprano April Frederick on the English Symphony Orchestra's Nimbus release
01/02/2021 Duration: 35minVisions of Childhood with soprano April Fredrick, the English Symphony Orchestra and conductor Kenneth Woods is out on 5 February 2021 - https://orcd.co/_visionsofchildhood
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109: Stephen Dodgson's chamber opera 'Margaret Catchpole'
30/01/2021 Duration: 37minConductor Julian Perkins and soprano Kate Howden discuss Stephen Dodgson's rarely performed compelling chamber opera about the life of a Suffolk girl who broke the law for love. Purchase the recording of the work via all the usual platforms. https://naxos.lnk.to/866045961Na!product_page#
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107: John Rutter's new 'Joseph Carol' premiered by the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
09/12/2020 Duration: 32minJon Jacob speaks to John Rutter, Bryn and Marios Papadopoulos MBE at a recording for the Oxford Philharmonic's digital Christmas concert dedicated to scientists who have discovered the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. The concert features the premiere of John Rutter's new carol 'Joseph Carol' and is available on the Oxford Philharmonic's YouTube and Facebook pages from 18th December.
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105: Soprano Katharine Dain and Pianist Sam Armstrong
25/11/2020 Duration: 31minLifelong friends Katharine Dain and Sam Armstrong ended up quarantining together in Rotterdam for more time in 2020 than they anticipated. The result was a new album of music by Messaien, Debussy, Delbos, and Duitilleux. Buy it here >> https://lnk.to/KatharineDainRegardsSurLInfini
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104: Composer and clarinettist Mark Simpson
20/11/2020 Duration: 26minJon Jacob talks to composer and clarinettist Mark Simpson about a new release on the Orchid Classics label pairing Simpson's Geysir with Mozart's Gran Partita. Full credits via the Orchid Classics website. https://www.orchidclassics.com/releases/orc100150-mark-simpson/
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103: Lucy Thraves from Classical Music Online
09/11/2020 Duration: 30minIn the week that industry magazine Classical Music shifts to online, Jon Jacob speaks to its editor Lucy Thraves. Visit Classical Music online at https://www.classical-music.uk.
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102: Riga-Jurmala Festival 2021
31/10/2020 Duration: 40minRiga-Jurmala Festival 2021 runs from 16 July - 29 August 2021. Tickets are on sale now and up until the end of 1 November 2020, are available at 30% off the usual sale price. Artists include Yuja Wang, King Singers, Chicago Symphony with Riccard Mutti, and the Concertgebouw with Daniel Harding. For more information visit www.riga-jurmala.com.
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101: Royal Philharmonic Society's James Murphy introduces some of the RPS 2020 Shortlist
14/10/2020 Duration: 42minRPS Chief Exec James Murphy introduces some of the shortlisted names and organisations in this years RPS Awards. The full list can be found on the Thoroughly Good Blog.
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100: Tenor Nicky Spence talks about Blackheath Community Opera's Rake's Progress 2020
03/10/2020 Duration: 32minTenor Nicky Spence introduces the Blackheath Community Opera project for 2020 - a lockdown performance of Stravinsky's Rake's Progress. WATCH 7.30pm Saturday 3 October YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqPeoqlECLodpfPEeEWCFug FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/BlackheathHalls/
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99: Documentary filmmaker John Bridcut
20/09/2020 Duration: 41minClassical music documentary filmmaker John Bridcut's latest film celebrates the life of Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink. It's broadcast on the BBC on 26th September. In this podcast John Bridcut discusses his methodology and reflects on his experiences working with Haitink. This interview is also available in video format on the Thoroughly Good Facebook and YouTube pages.
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98: Pianist Melvyn Tan, cellist Guy Johnston, and tour guide Dermot Burke on Mendelssohn Cello Sonata and Hatfield House
12/09/2020 Duration: 31minAccompany Jon Jacob on a tour of Hatfield House at one of the first pre-recorded concert series in the UK post-COVID19 lockdown. The Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival started on Friday 11 September. Watch each concert on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL50aH6QSo6lv4YYC40wheDQjeO7FatuFz
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97: Steve Magee and his arrangement of Eric Coates 'Calling All Workers'
27/08/2020 Duration: 21minJon Jacob talks to BBC Symphony Orchestra Principal Contrabassoonist Steve Magee about his lockdown arrangement of Eric Coates' classic wartime morale-boosting tune 'Calling All Workers'. Watch the video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtxcSUNlKCw