Podcasts by CHORantine

S2E05: I Gave It All Up from 2023-06-16T14:41:57

Sonny Til 1970 solo LPs on the Clown Records label. Sonny Til and the Orioles into the 2000s and a new musical about The Orioles and Deborah Chessler premieres in Portland in 2015.

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S2E04: Left the Nest? from 2023-06-15T17:20:16

Sonny Til and the Orioles post-Deborah Chessler. Doo-wop's influence into the 1960's.

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CHORantine (Trailer) from 2023-06-15T03:54:02

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S2E03: It's Too Soon To Know from 2023-06-14T19:50:29

Deborah Chessler's role in The Orioles's success through unconventional songwriting technique and bold management in the 1940s-50s.

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S2E02: Pal of Mine from 2023-06-13T23:03

1948-1951 Orioles recordings and the beauty, power, and prowess of Sonny Til. https://archive.org/details/78_its-a-cold-summer_the-orioles-allan-bass_gbia0330412a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q...

S2E01: Orioles! And Other Birds of the Day. from 2023-06-12T18:26:08

It's summertime and ecp dives into 1940s-1950s Doo-Wop music, specifically "The Orioles." Also, ecp addresses the lack of podcast name change post public health emergency.

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E66: Go Goldy! from 2022-05-20T18:01:55

ecp is back and sharing some thoughts about CHORantine's future, new directions, and maybe even a new name? He's also enamored by a local car commercial jingle. Recorded from a Best Western in C...

E65: Gimme That Shot! from 2021-03-12T20:00

Vaccinations are flying and so are the pandemic parodies. Shannon Rose McAuliffe and David Kravitz return with another "Shay-D Pasquinades" take on "Seasons of Love" from Rent. 

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E64: You'll Never Walk Alone from 2021-03-11T19:00

Like everyone else, ecp spends a little time on the year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, reluctantly. Back to work, sort of. Excited and optimistic but aware of the perpetual danger and do...

E64: Woke Up This Morning from 2021-01-18T21:00

ecp sings traditional spiritual "Woke Up This Morning" as part of a celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Colby College. For the full service: 

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E63a: Woke Up This Morning from 2021-01-18T20:00

ecp sings traditional spiritual "Woke Up This Morning" as part of a celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Colby College. For the full service: 

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E63: Joanne Rogers (1929-2021) from 2021-01-15T17:52:03

In memory of Joanne Rogers (1929-2021), concert pianist, recording artist, arts advocate, and occasional TV guest musician. 

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E62: You Say You Want a RevoKNUTtion from 2021-01-15T10:00

ecp went cassette scrounging at Electric Buddahs in Portland, Maine, and found an old tape of Military Musick of the American Revolution from 1989. ...

E61: Movin' To The Country from 2021-01-14T17:16:40

Impeachment and songs about impeachment. Tales as old as time. Featuring Charles D. Blake, Roy C. Hammond, and yes, Randy Rainbow.  Music and Articles:  Piers Barber from Music Factory Number One: ...

E60: Moonset from 2021-01-13T03:00

ecp embraces midwinter darkness with Don Macdonald's "Moonset," performed by Vancouver's Musica Intima. 

E59: Rats! from 2021-01-12T01:37:24

ecp reads some good news about a Ratatouille-inspired TikTok musical that's getting a ton of press! And raising money for a great cause. 

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E58: What Is Trivial? from 2021-01-09T16:03:28

ecp reflects on the passing of Alex Trebek and his final episode, explores the history of the Jeopardy theme music, and starts an amateur jingle writing phenomenon. Today's Music and Sources: Jeop...

E57: Liberty from 2021-01-07T18:00

ecp reads poems from Frank Lebby Stanton, Georgia's first Poet Laureate, and shares musical settings of his poetry by Amy Beach. 

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E56: Georgia On All Of Our Minds from 2021-01-06T20:00

ECP salivates over sweet, sweet Georgia delicacies. And some Georgia based songs. 

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Georgia On My Mind: Fortissimo, Dilworth School's men's ensemble (Auckland, ...

E55: Make Me An Instrument, Send Me A Cassette Tape from 2021-01-05T16:12:26

ECP bought a new toy he's so excited to share with the podcast. Now calling for old cassette tapes! ecp@ecpmusic.com

Today featuring "Make Me An Instrument" by Lynn Michael Coffey (1953-2...

E:54 Car-nversations – 12 March 2020 from 2021-01-01T01:07:29

ECP and Will Prapestis reflect on Renaissance Men, international travel, the concert that changed everything, and memories made during the bridge week between a time that was and a time that wasn’t...

E43: Make A Pancake Joke, But Seriously... from 2020-05-27T22:45:25

Memorial Day always reminds ecp of George Butterworth's musical settings of A.E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad. As he gets older the poetry becomes more and more relevant. What is it you want to leave...

E42: Enescu, the Pandispan Cu Fructe from 2020-05-27T20:10:34

A birthday celebration for one of ECP's closest friends in the form of Romanian composer George Enescu (1881-1955) and numerous failed attempts at pronunciation of Romanian meals. ECP's first tr...

E41: Taps and Tapped Out from 2020-05-26T03:47:35

ECP forgot it was Memorial Day, ashamedly. How many battles are we fighting right now?

E38: American Idle Pt. III: Slugworth and the Sneaky Pipeline from 2020-05-14T01:00

American Idol Season 13 contestant Kari Moloney (Crimmins) with a never-before-seen peek behind the curtain of one of America's biggest cultural phenomena.  --- This episode is sponsored by · A...

E37: American Idle Pt. II – Staying Home Since 2002 from 2020-05-12T17:00

"Why Don't You Audition For American Idol?" Here's why. The early days of cultural change and e-troll culture. Warning *hot take* alert.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest ...

E36: American Idle Pt. I – Mamma Mia Let Me Go from 2020-05-11T19:00

This week on CHORantine we take a glance at pop culture's response to content creation and open up the phones for YOUR ideas and know-how. Just because America is on pause doesn't mean we have t...

E35: Pumpkins, Houses, and "The Webinar" – Yet Another Response from 2020-05-09T00:00

ECP spins allegorical about devastating news heard about the state of choral singing this week. Not that anyone needs another opinion about this, but, if you like great British triphop and garde...

E34: I'm Still Here from 2020-05-07T19:00

Continued bad news about the state of the choral art in COVIDtimes. Elaine Stritch's performance of Stephen Sondheim's "I'm Still Here" from the White House in 2010 gives us a history lesson, an...

E33: My Castle's Rockin' from 2020-05-06T18:00

National Appreciation for Nurses today! Featured in today's episode: the music, the voice, and the nursing career of international vocal jazz giant Alberta Hunter (1895-1984). Thank you to all o...

E32: Those Who Can from 2020-05-05T17:00

A soliloquy for National Teacher's Day underscored by La ille Morte by famed French composer and teacher of composers Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979).

E31: 54 from 2020-05-04T17:00

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E24: There God Is from 2020-04-23T16:00

Tips about isolation and Gregorian chant by Benedictine nuns in France and Poor Clare nuns in Minnesota. Featuring the Gregorian chant "Ubi caritas."

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E23: Miles To Go Before I Sleep from 2020-04-23T00:00

Simplicity and complexity: Robert Frost and Randall Thompson – Frostiana

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E22: Laura from 2020-04-21T20:00

When is love real and when is it not? Is love alone in our mind still love? Petrarch's Canzoniere in music, with settings by Marenzio and Liszt. 

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E21: No One Is Alone from 2020-04-20T18:00

Back in action! Brief remarks about the Good Friday livestream of Bach's St. John Passion in Benedikt Kristjánsson's incredibly powerful rendition, performed at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Germ...

E20: Were You There? from 2020-04-11T12:16:51

A reading from John 12:20, featuring Bob Chilcott's "Were You There" recorded by Festina Cantorum, Daniel Gostin, conductor, Shannon Rose McAuliffe, co-artistic director.

E19: Laments from 2020-04-10T19:17:59

ECP reflects on Renaissance Men's recording of Thomas Tallis's Lamentations of Jeremiah and the social, economic, and humanitarian destruction brought by Covid-...

Bach By One: BWV 245: Johannes-Passion Final Chorale from 2020-04-09T19:56:30

Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein
Ah Lord, let your dear angels
Am letzten End die Seele mein
at my final hour carry my soul Listen

E18: Chag Pesach Sameach from 2020-04-08T18:00

Song of Solomon and Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

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Anima mea liquefacta est / Adiuro vos, Filiae Hierusalem, SWV 263-264/Musicalische Compagney/Schütz: Lamenti et concerti...

E17: The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. from 2020-04-07T21:00

Psalm 118 performed by Festina Cantorum

Daniel Gosten, conductor, Shannon Rose McAuliffe, co-artistic director

E16: Where's Gesualdo? from 2020-04-06T17:00

Springtime sacred holidays and musical culture in the age of social distancing. ECP partook in a state-approved recording session for virtual church last weekend – here is a week's worth of thou...

E15: Zoom REMIIIIIIIIX from 2020-04-04T22:04:22

bored, made a GarageBand midi ringtone based on the Zoom audio test chime. If you want it I'll send it to you for free! Email ecp@ecpmusic.com for requests.  --- Support this podcast: Listen

E14: Is There A Doctor In The House? Pt. 3: In A Heartbeat from 2020-04-02T22:00

A short, deep dive through the work of Dr. Joseph Leopold Auenbrügger (1722-1809), doctor, prominent author of "percussion" and medicine, and librettist of Antonio Salieri's comic opera, "The Ch...

E13: You Know What's Coming from 2020-04-01T18:41:44

...something something...major announcement...something something...

E12: Heav'ns High Paradise from 2020-03-31T19:00

ECP sings a little four part ayre by English composer, poet, and physician Thomas Campion (1567-1620)

E11: Is There A Doctor In The House? Pt. 1 from 2020-03-30T21:00

This week, ECP explores doctors + musicians in celebration of International Doctor's Day. Today we feature Dr. Assad Meymandi of UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina – a celebrated physician, author,...

Bach By One: Chorale from BWV 45 from 2020-03-29T17:00

Grant that I may do with diligence
what it is proper for me to do,
wherever your command
leads me in my position!
Grant that I ...

E10: Friend Feature Friday! Vol. 1 from 2020-03-27T21:00

Today is the first episode of CHORantine's Friend Feature Friday! On today's episode:

(6:14) Jay Mobley: Isolation – Wer hat dich (J.S. Bach) , performed and produced by Jay Mobl...

E09: Ware In The World from 2020-03-26T23:00

Springtime poems and enchanting music by the exquisite 20th century American composer of art song and choral works, Harriet Ware (1877-1962). Gorgeous blue skies out there today... Selections heard...

E08: Spring Sonnet Pt. 2 – Brush Up Your Shakespeare! from 2020-03-25T21:00

ECP gets a little carried away with the Shakespeare Generator. Today's selections are all set to the text of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 98, "From you have I been absent in the spring." These s...

E07: Spring Sonnet: Pt. 1 from 2020-03-24T22:42:54

A reading of Work without Hope by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834).

E06: Spring #1, And, 54! from 2020-03-24T00:00

ECP safely transported to Boston, Massachusetts, where the next week of shows will be recorded. Despite technical difficulties and a snow 'event,' nothing stops us from celebrating the first ful...

Bach By One: Chorale from BWV 39 from 2020-03-22T15:07:49

Bach By One Series: Pick a Bach chorale and sing all the parts! This week:

BWV 39: 7. Chorale

Blessed are those who from pity
take to themselves t...