The Classical Music Pod

Sam chats to one of his mega heroes, the composer and broadcaster Howard Goodall. Together they discuss awards ceremonies, Howard’s pandemic piece Never to Forget, the mixed field of composition and, of course, working with Rowan Atkinson.

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A short time ago in a South London bedroom not so far away … CLASSICAL POD. Sam finds new ways of listening, via the early work of John (Coolidge) Adams. He analyses the US composer’s 1973 work for chamber ensemble and tape Christian Zeal and Activity. Meanwhile, Tim quizzes Sam on City of Culture 2025 Bradford, not before a quick pit stop at Iceland’s world-famous Phallological Museum.

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Music referenced:
Star Wars: Main Theme by John Williams
Vince Vance & The Valiants: ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’
The ‘Lacrimosa’ from Mozart’s Requiem
‘Make Our Garden Grow’ from Bernstein’s Candide
Star Wars: Luke and Leia Theme
‘March’ from Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges
Star Wars: Parade of the Ewoks
‘The Sacrifice from’ Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring
Star Wars: The Dune Sea of Tatooine
John Adam’s Christian Zeal and Activity, performed by Edo de Waart and the San Francisco Symphony
Gavin Bryers’s Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet
‘Onward Christian Soldiers’
The Main Theme from Hustle

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Sam chats to Professor and International Chair of Music Education at the Royal Northern College of Music Nate Holder about decolonising the music curriculum – what it means, and what it practically involves – as well as questioning what the goals of music education should be.

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Nate Stuff
Website: https://www.nateholdermusic.com/
The Why Music Podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-why-music-podcast
Books (order here):
Where Are All The Black Female Composers?
Where Are All The Instruments?
Why Is My Piano Black And White?
I Wish I Didn't Quit: Music Lessons

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Sam and Tim emerge from their winter hibernation for a special episode celebrating the musical culture of Ukraine. Six Ukrainian composers and performers share their favourite Ukrainian-composed music, while Sam takes a sideways look at Valentin Silvestrov’s delicate piece for synthesiser, piano and strings The Messenger.

Big thanks to Antonii Baryshevsky, Anna Fedorova, Pavel Gintov, Victoria Loukianetz, Ivan Nebesnyy and Ludmilla Yurina.

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Via Presto Music, buy one of 14 albums featuring a wide range of Ukrainian repertoire, or a selection of printed music by Ukrainian composers.

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Music referenced:
Okean Elzy’s ‘We Won’t Give Up the Fight’
Valentin Silvestrov’s Esquisses de crimée, Op. 8 – 1. ‘The Rocks of Uch-Kosh’, performed by Pavel Gintov
‘Song about the Cossack Holota’, performed by Dmytro Hubiak
Mykola Lysenko’s Byut’ porohy (‘Dniper's Rapids Are Roaring’), performed by the Orchestra of the National Broadcasting Company of Ukraine under Volodymyr Sirenko
The ‘Emigration Elegy’ by Stefania Turkewich, performed by Pavlo Hunka and Albert Krywolt
Beethoven’s Variations on Folk Songs, Op. 107 – 7. ‘Schöne Minka’, performed by Leonidas Kavakos and Enrico Pace
Boris Lyatoshynsky’s Symphony No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 50, performed by the Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra under Theodore Kuchar
Dmitry Bortniansky’s The Cherubic Hymn, performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Paul Hillier
The overture to Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer
Valentin Silvestrov’s Kitsch Music – 1., performed by Vladimir Feltsman
‘Summertime’ from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, performed by Golda Schultz and the Metropolitan Opera
‘Ot hodit’ son kolo vikon’, performed by Kvitka Cisyk
Mykola Leontovych’s ‘Shchedryk’
Peter J. Wilhousky’s ‘Carol of the Bells’, performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Ivan Nebesnyy’s How Many Letters to You, performed by Svitlana Hleba and the Lviv Virtuosos Academic Chamber Orchestra under Serhiy Burko
Valentin Silvestrov’s The Messenger, performed by Iryna Starodub and the Kiev Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra under Dmitry Yablonsky
Valentin Silvestrov’s ‘La belle Dame sans Merci’, performed by Alexei Lubimov and Alexei Martinov
The Odessa Opera Chorus performing the National Anthem of Ukraine by Mykhailo Verbytsky
Victoria Loukianetz performing ‘Ridna Maty Moya’

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This Christmas, to celebrate 50 years since Jesus Christ Superstar first opened on Broadway, we’ve dedicated an entire episode to unwrapping its magic. What is it about the rock opera that makes it, as one Times critic wrote, ‘the one masterpiece of Lloyd Webber’s career’? Why, after five decades, does it still give pause for theological thought? And how can one piece of music connect such disparate-seeming artists as Dmitri Shostakovich, Googoosh, Lin Mannuel Maranda, and Kanye West? Featuring interviews with Sirs Tim Rice and Karl Jenkins, Alain Boublil, Peaches and Nico Muhly, this is … The Jesus Christ Superspecial.

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NuqneH! In this week’s episode Sam has a good old podcast chat with the founding members of Manchester Collective, Rakhi Singh and Adam Szabo. They discuss unusual programming and widely sourced inspirations – as well as the range of skills a modern musician needs. Qapla'!

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Music referenced:
Manchester Collective performing Bryce Dessner’s Aheym
Manchester Collective, Abel Selaocoe & Chesaba performing Ka Bohaleng
The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir performing Kaval Sviri under Katya Barulova
Manchester Collective & Mahan Esfahani performing Górecki’s Harpsichord Concerto

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Against all the odds, the boys were invited backstage to the Ivors Composer Awards. Tune in to hear them try almost too hard to brand themselves the Ant and Dec of the classical music world. Also – the late, great Victoria Wood in this week’s analysis of Franz Schmidt’s Fourth Symphony, not before some flagrant Handelian recycling.

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Music referenced:
’Pizzicato’ from Delibes’s Sylvia
Sometimes Voices by Alex Paxton, performed by HYPER DUO
CATAMORPHOSIS by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, performed by the Berlin Philharmonic under Kirill Petrenko
Caroline Kraabel’s London 26 and 28 March 2020: Imitation: Inversion
River (O Nodi Re) performed by Zoe & Idris Rahman
Martin Iddon’s Lampades, performed by Jack Adler-Mckean
Sarabande from Act 3 of Handel’s Almira
‘Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa’ from Handel’s The Triumph of Time and Delusion
‘Lascia ch'io pianga’ from Act 2 of Handel’s Rinaldo
Franz Schmidt’s Symphony No. 4 performed by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony under Paavo Järvi

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It’s the 50th episode of the Classical Music Pod! We struck gold with today’s guest, composer and bandleader Cassie Kinoshi, who previews her upcoming Aurora Orchestra commission, Three Suns Suite, and discusses how labels and preconceptions can be limiting for musicians.

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Music referenced:
Seed performing ‘Interplanetary Migration’, written by Cassie Kinoshi
Seed performing Cassie Kinoshi’s ‘Afronaut’ from the Mercury Award nominated album Driftglass
If She Could Dance Naked Under Palm Trees by Cassie Kinoshi, performed by the LSO

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There’s a French flavour to this week‘s episode as we take the next step in our series of neglected pieces, unwrapping Louise Farrenc’s Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano (with a little help from Adele). We also pay tribute to the composer of the Channel 4 News theme, Alan Hawkshaw, and receive police guidance on where not to practise your flute.

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Music referenced:
Abba’s ‘Ode to Freedom’
‘The Wizard and I’ from Stephen Schwartz‘s Wicked
Alan Hawkshaw‘s Channel 4 News theme
Mov. 1 of Louise Farrenc’s Trio for Piano and Flute in E minor, performed by Gian Luca Petrucci, János Devich, Jenő Jandó
Main theme from James Horner’s soundtrack to The Wrath of Khan
Adele’s ‘Hometown Glory’
Alan Hawkshaw‘s Countdown theme

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Sam chats to an innuendo-filled Nicky Spence about Jenůfa at the Royal Opera, the ‘vortex of need’ and his rustic roots …

Catch the Royal Opera’s production of Jenůfa here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFvD7suXk1I&t=969s
Here’s our episode on Janáček’s Sinfonietta: https://timmyfisher.co.uk/the-classical-music-pod/2020/11/20/mahan-esfahani-janek-and-j-lo

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Music referenced:
‘Tim and Sam’s Podcast’, written and performed by Harry Sever
Nicky Spence in Janáček’s Jenůfa at the Royal Opera House

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