Podcasts by The Choir - The Choral Interview
Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews performers about their choral passions. The Choir programme broadcasts every Sunday at 4pm, exploring all things choral, with performances and...
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Rachel Podger from 2017-03-12T17:00
Sara chats with baroque violinist Rachel Podger about her love of singing.
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Rachel Portman from 2017-01-08T17:00
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks choral and film music with Oscar-winning composer Rachel Portman.
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Rebecca Lodge from 2017-01-01T17:00
Rebecca Lodge talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about what it's like to sing Schoenberg.
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Angela Hewitt from 2016-10-16T16:00
Angela Hewitt chats with Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her choral passions.
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Paul Mealor from 2016-10-09T16:00
Composer and conductor Paul Mealor chats about his favourite choral music.
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Jeremy Huw Williams from 2016-06-12T16:00
Welsh baritone Jeremy Huw Williams chats about his favourite choral music.
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Robin Holloway from 2016-05-29T16:00
Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews performers about their choral passions.
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Mark De-lisser from 2016-05-15T16:00
Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews performers about their choral passions.
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Daniel Pailthorpe from 2016-04-24T14:52
Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews performers about their choral passions.
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Simon Callow from 2016-04-17T16:00
Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews performers about their choral passions.
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Ralph Allwood from 2016-04-03T16:30
Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets Ralph Allwood, founder of Inner Voices and the Eton Choral Course
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Adele Anderson from 2016-03-27T16:00
Adele Anderson, of the group Fascinating Aida, talks about her favourite choral music.
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Paul Mason from 2016-02-15T17:46
Sara's guest is Paul Mason, Guardian journalist and Economics Editor of Channel 4 News.
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Tasmin Little from 2016-01-24T17:00
Violinist Tasmin Little shares some of her favourite choral works with Sara.
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New Year New Music from 2016-01-03T17:30
Singer John Potter and composer Sasha Johnson Manning explore the landscape of contempoary choral music.
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Choral Interview - Stephen Hough from 2015-12-27T17:30
Pianist and composer Stephen Hough shares some of his favourite choral works.
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Alexander Armstrong from 2015-11-29T16:00
Alexander Armstrong shares some of his choral favourites with Sara.
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Karl Jenkins from 2015-11-15T17:30
Composer Karl Jenkins chats to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about his favourite choral works.
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Nicholas Daniel from 2015-10-25T17:30
Conductor and oboist Nicholas Daniel chats to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about his favourite choral works.
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Deborah Coughlin from 2015-10-11T16:30
When Deborah Coughlin founded 'Gaggle' she soon found herself and her all-female group proclaimed as amongst the 'fifty most forward-thinking people in music'. This week she joins Sara Mohr-Piet...
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Nigel Hess from 2015-10-06T14:15
Film and television composer Nigel Hess chats about his choral favourites
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John Metcalfe from 2015-06-14T16:30
Sara Mohr-Pietsch samples the choral passions of composer, viola player and arranger John Metcalfe.
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Masaaki Suzuki from 2015-05-31T16:30
Masaaki Suzuki is director of Bach Collegium Japan, one of the foremost early music ensembles in the world. He talks to Sara about his life in music and introduces her to some of his favourite ...
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Colin Lawson from 2015-05-17T16:30
Period clarinettist Colin Lawson shares his choral favourites.
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Meurig Bowen from 2015-04-19T16:30
Director of Cheltenham Music Festival Meurig Bowen shares a selection of his choral favourites, including a family treasure from the BBC Proms archive.
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Bob Flowerdew from 2015-04-07T12:53
Gardener Bob Flowerdew tells Sara about his favourite choral pieces
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Richard Watkins from 2015-03-15T17:30
The horn player Richard Watkins chats with Sara about his choral favourites.
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David Pountney from 2015-02-15T17:30
Artistic director of Welsh National Opera, David Pountney shares his choral passions.
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Cecilia McDowall from 2015-02-01T17:30
Winner of the 2014 British Composer Award for choral music, Cecilia McDowall, talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her own choral favourites.
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Karen Gibson from 2015-01-04T17:30
Fresh from winning BBC Gospel Choir of the Year, the multiple choir conductor and workshop leader Karen Gibson talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about the choral music that inspires her.
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John Surman from 2014-11-23T17:30
Saxophonist and jazz composer John Surman talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about his favourite choral music.
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Hilliard Ensemble from 2014-11-18T11:58
Recorded at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, The Hilliard Ensemble perform specially for The Choir and talk to Sara about their 40th anniversary, a new album and their forthcoming retirement.
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Ola Gjeilo from 2014-11-16T17:30
Sara talks to Norwegian composer and rising choral star, Ola Gjeilo, who introduces some of his favourite choral music.
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Sir Thomas Allen from 2014-11-04T14:06
Internationally acclaimed baritone Sir Thomas Allen recalls the rich musical heritage of his childhood, choral activities during his time studying at the Royal College of Music, and looks back o...
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Vanessa Redgrave from 2014-10-05T16:30
Vanessa Redgrave also joins Sara to for a chat about her involvement in choral singing, with a selection of choral favourites.
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Della Jones from 2014-07-06T16:30
Welsh mezzo Della Jones talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her choral favourites including Vaughan-Williams' Toward the unknown region & Hubert Parry's I Was Glad
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Kerry Andrew from 2014-06-30T10:23
Singer, composer and member of vocal ensemble Juice Kerry Andrew talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her choral passions, including music from The Beach Boys and English folk group The Watersons.
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Richard Egarr from 2014-06-22T16:30
Sara Mohr-Pietsch invites keyboardist and director of the Acadamy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr, to share his choral passions
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Edward Higgingbottom from 2014-05-25T16:30
Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by Edward Higginbottom, Director of Music at New College Oxford, just before his retirement in Summer 2014, to talk about his choral passions.
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Jonathan Dove from 2014-05-11T16:30
Jonathan Dove talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about writing for choirs, and the choral music that most inspires him.
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Eugene Skeef from 2014-04-20T16:32
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to Eugene Skeef composer, performer, teacher and founder of musical charity Umoya Creations.
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Iestyn Davies from 2014-04-06T19:00
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to countertenor, Iestyn Davies about his time as a Cambridge chorister under legendary music director, George Guest.
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Linda Hirst from 2014-03-16T19:30
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to singer and vocal coach Linda Hirst about her life in choral music.
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John Eliot Gardiner from 2014-03-03T11:11
In honour of the Monteverdi Choir's 50 year anniversary, Sara Mohr Pietsch speaks to the founder and conductor John Eliot Gardiner about the choir, and his favourite choral music
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Moira Smiley from 2014-02-16T17:30
Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets vocalist, Moira Smiley who performs in the studio with 8 friends and talks about the diverse influences on her music, which include folk styles, shape-note singing, class...
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Roderick Williams from 2014-02-02T17:30
The Choir presenter Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to composer and baritone Roderick Williams about his choral passions.
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Debbie Wiseman from 2014-01-26T17:30
Film composer Debbie Wiseman talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her choral favourites.
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Sarah Connolly from 2014-01-12T17:30
The acclaimed mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly tells The Choir presenter Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her choral favourites in the first of a new series of interviews with leading lights of the classical...
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