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Musicians’ Weekend
by Davina Shum, Imogen Hancock and Olivia Jageurs
This podcast explores the weird and wonderful lives of those who keep classical music making alive. Hosted by Davina Shum, Olivia Jageurs and Imogen Hancock.
Episodes
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Episode 10 feat. Chris Roe (documentary & film composer)
Chris Roe joins us in our final episode of series one to chat about his life as a film, television and advertising composer. We also chat about what concerts we’ve been to and various things we’ve been up to as summer winds down (may include copious amounts of Mario Kart), as well as concluding...
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Episode 9 feat. Tine Thing Helseth (international trumpet soloist)
Performing by memory, feeling the fear and doing it anyway, and sexy photos are all discussed in episode 9. Imogen chats to our guest for this week, trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth, followed by a weird gig that leaves nothing to the imagination. Mentioned in this episode: SWAP’RA:...
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Episode 8 feat. Simone Willis (PhD researcher in musicians' stress and well-being)
Rogue polo balls, sweltering heat and discriminatory work messages feature in our eighth episode. Simone Willis is our special guest - she is a PhD researcher in musicians’ stress and wellbeing at Cardiff Metropolitan University and gives some useful tips and advice on how to manage performance...
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Episode 7 feat. John Gilhooly (director of Wigmore Hall)
Wimbledon, musicians’ weddings, and the word “klang” make for some worthy discussion in this episode. We also touch on the recent passing of the great British composer Oliver Knussen, and the start of this year’s BBC Proms. Our special guest is the Director of Wigmore Hall and Chairman of the…
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Episode 6 feat. Septura brass septet
Love Island, Wimbledon, and never seeing your other half feature in this week’s episode. We discuss the new music director of the RPO, a musical gift given to the New Zealand Prime Minister’s baby and a 103 year old pianist. Our special guests this week are Simon Cox and Matt Knight from brass...
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Episode 5 feat. Aaron Holloway-Nahum (composer & conductor)
In this episode we discuss the hectic life of a freelancer with its highs and lows, as well as the latest classical music accolades, concert etiquette, and playing classical music to babies in utero. Our special guest is Aaron Holloway-Nahum, a champion of new music and one of the founding…
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Episode 4 feat. Roderick Williams (baritone & composer)
As usual, we chat about what we’ve seen and been up to in the last fortnight, as well as classical music news, including the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra’s response to hate-mail, GDPR, the new RPS instrumentalist prize, and how the volume of classical music may affect your eating choices. Our...
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Episode 3 feat. Amy Harman (bassoonist)
In this episode we chat about what we’ve seen and done in the last fortnight, recent classical music news, including the RPS awards, BBC Young Musician of the Year, the Royal Wedding (including a bonus phone-in chat with Royal Harpist Anne Denholm) and some surprising research involving sharks....
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Episode 2 feat. Lisa Bucknell (freelance viola player)
In this episode we chat about what we’ve been up to and seen over the last fortnight, and discuss recent classical music news, including the BBC's reporting of the MU’s “The Musician behind the moment” campaign, potential cuts to the East Sussex music service, the royal wedding, and the return of...
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Episode 1 feat. Naomi Lewis (Royal Opera House)
In our first episode we chat about our recent gigs, concerts we've seen and classical music news. We also interview our first very special guest: Naomi Lewis, who became the Chorus Manager of the Royal Opera House at the tender age of 27. We discuss the perception of chorus jobs, favourite operas...
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This podcast explores the weird and wonderful lives of those who keep classical music making alive. Hosted by Davina Shum, Olivia Jageurs and Imogen Hancock.
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Davina Shum, Imogen Hancock and Olivia Jageurs
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Musicians’ Weekend currently has 10 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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This podcast explores the weird and wonderful lives of those who keep classical music making alive. Hosted by Davina Shum, Olivia Jageurs and Imogen Hancock.
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Musicians’ Weekend has 10 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
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Musicians’ Weekend is created and hosted by Davina Shum, Imogen Hancock and Olivia Jageurs.
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