The Early Music Podcast

Hello and welcome to the last special episode of the 4th season of the Early Music Podcast, dedicated to the impressions shared by the participants of the Early Music Summit with host Darina Ablogina.  

CREDITS

guests Richard Lorber, WDR and the Early Music Days in Herne

Mélanie Froehly, ZAMUS

Thomas Höft and Georg Kroneis, Kunsthaus 17

Lila Hajosi, Ensemble Irini

Jorge Losana, ECOS Festival 

Sofie Vanden Eynde, Imago Mundi Ensemble

Jurgen De bruyn, Zefiro Torna Ensemble

Karin Cuéllar Rendón, Early Music America

interview & editing Darina Ablogina

production REMA

design Doretta Rinaldi

music

Nocturne in E major, Frédéric Chopin

performed by Raoul Koczalski

Historical recording, 1938

¡Cucú, cucú!, Juan del Enzina

performed by Ensemble Cantoria

2021

Ensemble Irini at La Cité de la Voix

2017

The White Rose, Florence Beatrice Price

performed by Reginald Mobley and Agave

American Orignals: A New World, A New Canon, Acis 2021

Introduction, Sofie Vanden Eynde

Mistress Elizabeth Davenant, Her Songes, 2012

The Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a, Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 41 & Symphony No. 41 in C 'Jupiter', K. 551, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

In a branch of music where research plays such a central role, how can there be such a disconnection between research and performance? How can we create cooperation between both fields? These themes, according to Rebekah Ahrendt, are central in "EarlyMuse", a research action funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). Listen to her describe her ideal world in this final episode of the 4th season of the Early Music Podcast! 

CREDITS

guest Rebekah Ahrendt, Utrecht University 

interview & editing Darina Ablogina

production REMA

design Doretta Rinaldi

music

String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1, "Razumovsky": III. Adagio molto e mesto, Ludwig van Beethoven

performed by Quatuor Ébène

Beethoven around the World, Erato 2019

The White Rose, Florence Beatrice Price

performed by Reginald Mobley and Agave

American Orignals: A New World, A New Canon, Acis 2021

How early music can be specific in its approach to new audiences? How are conservatoires tackling this issue? Isaac Alonso de Molina shares his views on the need for conservatoires to teach audience development, as the first step to develop the artists' skills to engage with society, and a focal point of the European Association of Conservatoires' Early Music working group discussions. 

CREDITS

guest Isaac Alonso de Molina, Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag 

interview & editing Darina Ablogina

production REMA

design Doretta Rinaldi

music

Ave verum corpus, O sacrum convivium

performed by La Academia de los Nocturnos and Ensemble La Danserye

2023

What’s the situation of inclusion in the Early Music sector? In this episode, countertenor Reginald Mobley puts the issues of race, gender, and more generally, identity under the spotlight. He talks about the challenges and discrimination he faced as an Afro-American singer, and opens our eyes to the progress that still needs to be made to make the sector more inclusive.   

CREDITS

guest Reginald Mobley, countertenor

interview & editing Darina Ablogina

production REMA

design Doretta Rinaldi

music

Music for a while, Henry Purcell

performed by Reginald Mobley and Brandon Acker

2022

The White Rose, Florence Beatrice Price

performed by Reginald Mobley and Agave

American Orignals: A New World, A New Canon, Acis 2021

What’s the current situation of recordings in Early Music? How can we innovate in a sector that has undergone such change in recent years? Listen to Hannelore Guittet’s view on the topic: starting as co-founder of recording label NomadMusic, she had to adapt to drastic changes in the recording industry and created interactive application NomadPlay. She shares some of her processes and reflects on the perks of this creative mindset!

CREDITS

guest Hannelore Guittet, NomadPlay

interview & editing Darina Ablogina

production REMA

design Doretta Rinaldi

music

Partita No.1 in B-flat major, BWV 825, Johann Sebastian Bach

performed by Jean-Luc Ho

Intégrale des Partitas pour clavecin, NoMadMusic 2018

In this episode, Tiago Simas Freire discusses how research is also a means of connecting the past with present emotions. More than historically informed, Early Music can be culturally informed and resonate with our own experiences. And that’s the first step for successful research projects that will breach the market! 

CREDITS

guest Tiago Simas Freire, "Per esercitarsi nella dispositione di gorgia" (CNSMDL, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, HEM Geneva)

interview & editing Darina Ablogina

production REMA

design Doretta Rinaldi

music

Ad Tenebras - Jerusalem surge - Responsório II, Dizidme qual de los dos, Requiem aeternam - Graduale - Anonyme, Zente Pleto - Vilancico Negro a2 & a6 

performed by Capella Sanctae Crucis and Tiago Simas Freire

Ad Tenebras, Artway Records / University of Coimbra 2023

How do we create and innovate in early music today? How do we reappropriate music that has been played thousands of times? Raphaël Pichon puts honesty, generosity, objectivity and responsibility at the heart of his work with the Pygmalion ensemble. In this 4th episode, he shares his views on the challenges faced by each generation, the need for an open mind and artistic responsibility. 

CREDITS

guest Raphaël Pichon, Ensemble Pygmalion

interview & editing Darina Ablogina

production REMA

design Doretta Rinaldi

music

Les Boréades, RCT 31, Act IV, Scene 4: Entrée de Polymnie, Jean-Philippe Rameau

performed by Ensemble Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon

Enfers, Harmonia Mundi 2018

Cantata BWV82 - Ich Habe Genug, Johann Sebastian Bach

performed by Ensemble Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon

live performance, Philharmonie de Paris 2018

What role do agents play in promoting early music? How can they help the sector evolve? Management, digitization, new expectations, news skills... Clémentine Richard from l'Agence Artist Management shares her views on the changes in the management business in this third episode of the Early Music Podcast. 

CREDITS

guest Clementine Richard, Agence Artist Management

interview & editing Darina Ablogina

production REMA

design Doretta Rinaldi

music

Aria, Nicola Matteis

performed by Gli Incogniti and Amandine Beyer

False Consonances of Melancholy, Alpha Classics 2019

III. Adagio molto e mesto

String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1, "Razumovsky", Ludwig Van Beethoven

performed by Quatuor Ébène

Beethoven around the world, Warner Classics 2020

Symphonie No. 3 Eroica, Op. 55

Ludwig Van Beethoven

performed by Orchestre Elektra

live performance, Paris 2023

What’s the scope of early music? This unanswerable question impacts our practices and our approaches to the sector. Since reaching a common definition seems idealistic, why not embrace the different meanings given to these words, and what they imply for their supporters and their activities? In this second episode, Romina Lischka shares her specific vision of early music, influenced by an intercultural approach and a desire to pass on and broaden horizons by mixing oral and written traditions, early and contemporary music. 

CREDITS

guest Romina Lischka, leader of the Hathor Consort

interview & editing Darina Ablogina

production REMA

design Doretta Rinaldi

music

King of Denmark’s Galliard

Raga Bhairavi: Alap

In Nomine

When Daphne from fair Phoebus did fly

performed by Hathor Consort and Uday Bhawalkar

Dhrupad Fantasia, Fuga libera 2020