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The Classical Music Pod
by Timmy Fisher & Sam Poppleton
Timmy Fisher and Sam Poppleton present classical music news, reviews, anecdotes and analyses. Is this the best classical music podcast produced in a Brixton bedroom? We think so.
Episodes
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Eric Whitacre and The Sacred Veil
Sam chats to composer Eric Whitacre about their experience recording The Sacred Veil together with VOCES8. The 12-movement work is a collaboration between Whitacre and poet-lyricist Charles Anthony Silvestri, and comprises texts by Silvestri, Whitacre and Silvestri’s late wife Julie. Its intimate...
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The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Pilgrimage
Today’s episode is all about geography. Tim talks international competition politics and how Rachmaninov’s disputed legacy ties into the debate. Meanwhile Sam forges a musical map of Middle Earth in a Lord of the Rings analytical pilgrimage. All topped off with a very literal fluffy-dog story.…
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Anna Thorvaldsdottir Doesn’t Need a Programme
Tim travels to the home of Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir for a classical chat. They discuss Icelandic’s musical pedigree, her upcoming role as Featured Artist at the Aldeburgh Festival, her cameo in Todd Field’s Tár and the importance (or unimportance) of a work’s conceptual inspiration...
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Scoring Jane Austin
In today's episode Sam and Tim discuss recent concert hall dramas as unionised musicians seize the means of sound production. Meanwhile Sam peers into the gilded musical cages of Jane Austin’s Sense and Sensibility in the next instalment of his film music series. … Music Referenced ‘Mars’ from...
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Caroline Shaw and Her Many Composer Hats
Tim speaks to the US singer, composer and producer Caroline Shaw. They cover her various composer hats, the upcoming performance of her Four Portraits at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and their shared appreciation for Abba and Fiona Apple. … Links: Caroline’s website: https://carolineshaw.com Some...
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Hans Zimmer is Batman
In our latest instalment: *POW* Sam investigates Batman’s secret musical identity *WHAM* Tim holds the Anglican Church to account in a hard-hitting exposé (not) *ZOINKS* We discuss Ukrainian composer Galina Grigorjeva’s new disc of choral music *ZAP* And yes, another excuse to talk about Star…
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Ella Taylor Juggling Opera Roles
Sam speaks to soprano Ella Taylor about their upcoming roles in Philip Glass’s Akhnaten at ENO and Verdi’s Don Carlo at the Royal Opera. The conversation turns to Ella’s trepidation at embarking on a new production with a new set of co-workers, what it means to be a trans singer playing trouser...
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The Banshees of East Dulwich
Returning to your ears for the first time this year, the boys bring with them a film-music special. Sam unwraps Carter Burwell’s magnificent score to The Banshees of Inisherin while Tim quizzes Sam on Oscar nominations, German model trains and a certain topless dictator. … Music Referenced John...
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Sheku On Song
Tim speaks to wunder cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason about sibling dynamics, touring in the States and his new album Song. But before all that, Sam gets stuck in a Groundhog Day-inspired time loop while trying to analyse one of the pieces from Sheku’s album: the 12 Variations on ’Ein Mädchen oder...
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Jules Buckley and the Queen of Soul
Sam is back in the interview seat chatting to conductor, producer and arranger Jules Buckley about his upcoming Aretha Franklin Prom with singer-songwriter Sheléa. They talk about he art of arranging, the unquestionable genius of Franklin and Buckley’s relationship with the Proms. … Aretha Prom...
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Howard Goodall (Always Meet Your Heroes)
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. … Howard Stuff Website: http://www.howardgoodall.co.uk/...
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The (John) Adams Family
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…
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Nate Holder on Decolonising the Music Curriculum
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. … Nate Stuff…
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We Won't Give Up the Fight: Ukraine and Its Music
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...
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The Jesus Christ Superspecial
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…
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Manchester Collective Get Reflective
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'! … Music referenced:...
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There Was a Young Man Called Ivor …
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…
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Cassie Kinoshi On Labels, Aurora and Video Games
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. … Music referenced: Seed...
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Louise Farrenc Doing What Berlioz Can’t
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…
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Nicky Spence and the ‘Vortex of Need’
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:...
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Nadine Dorries: Who Do We Think You Are?
The boys profile the new Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries, lay bare one of classical music’s most flagrant pick pockets and polish up a rough diamond by Italian Baroque composer Antonio Caldara. … Music referenced: ‘Tim and Sam’s Podcast’ written and performed by Harry Sever Haydn’s Symphony No....
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All the Stops with Anna Lapwood
Sam and Tim return from their summer break with a new season of classical shenanigans. Kicking things off is an interview with organist, conductor, broadcaster and all-round musical superstar Anna Lapwood. She discusses her latest release for solo organ, Images, recorded at Ely Cathedral, as well...
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Inside Fingal's Cave
In today’s episode: Mendelssohn’s concert overture ‘The Hebrides’ goes under the microscope, Tim unwraps the musical history of the Olympic Games and Sam chats to Andrew Moore, Head of Music at the Edinburgh International Festival. Listen along with the score of the ‘Hebrides’ overture:...
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Laura Bowler and Purcell's Penglins
Tim chats to composer Laura Bowler about her latest piece, Houses Slide, while Sam re-writes the libretto for Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. … Follow us here: instagram.com/classicalpod/ twitter.com/ClassicalPod facebook.com/ClassicalPod/
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Wham, Flam, Thank You Joby
This week Tim quizzes the people's percussionist, Joby Burgess, on flam rudiments, Sam presents a medium-sized Fleabag slam – and they don't quite hear the first piece of classical music sold on the blockchain. The ‘Tosca’ scene from Quantum of Solace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFx7hEt940c...
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Miloš, Moon, Forest
Guitar guru Miloš invents a new game with Sam as they chat about his latest album, The Moon & the Forest. Meanwhile BBC Young Musician inspires some analysis of Ruth Gipps’s underperformed Horn Concerto. PLUS all the usual shenanigans, jingles and Star Trek references. Fascinating. … Listen to...
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Line of Dudley
Mother of God! The boys are back from their Easter break, unboxing all things film music with Oscar winner and reluctant Top of the Pops performer Anne Dudley. PLUS, they interrogate mid-20th-century British composer Geoffrey Bush on the 101st anniversary of his birth. … Sound and Music’s Fair...
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(Julian) Bliss Congeniality
In their latest set of shenanigans, the boys bend time with Johannes Brahms and talk to one of the world’s leading clarinettists – and No. 1 Jamiroquai fan – Julian Bliss. Buckle up for a wild ride. … Pre-orer Julian Bliss’s new recording of the Brahms clarinet sonatas:...
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YolanDa Brown, Judith Weir and the Turdus Merula
In an episode dangerously overburdened with wholesomeness, the boys chat to saxophonist YolanDa Brown about her multiple MOBO awards and life as a Ceebeebies presenter. There’s also a heartwarming email exchange with master of the queens music Judith Weir – and the big secret behind the Star Trek...
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Everybody Loves Raymond (Yiu)
Avast mateys. The boys are back from extended shore leave with a trunk full of classical doubloons. In today’s episode Tim talks to Raymond Yiu about his unconventional route into composing, Anthony Burgess and a new disc with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Sam discusses common pitfalls in music...
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The Nutcracker: Live
Sam and Tim are joined by the Classical PopUps players for a live edition of the podcast. Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet and the 1950s Ellington/Strayhorn remix both get the analysis treatment. There’s plenty of trivia along the way, along with a few giggles – and some Philharmonia gin. Merry...
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Mahan Esfahani, Janáček and J. Lo
Sam speaks to harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani about his responsibility as a musician, dynamics and milky tea. Plus: why Janáček is an inspiration for all late bloomers and the latest in space-age sound technology. Music : ‘Tim and Sam’s Podcast’ written and performed by Harry Sever Janáček’s...
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Paul Morley and Debussy Go Beyond the Sea
Tim chats to Paul Morley about his new book, A Sound Mind, which charts his journey into classical music, giving a history and critique of the genre from his own, unique perspective as a seasoned rock and pop journalist. Sam deconstructs a piece by one of Paul’s favourite composers, Debussy, and...
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Eleanor Alberga and a Brighton Quailsong
Tim chats to British composer Eleanor Alberga about her Jamaican upbringing and her wonderful piece for narrators and orchestra, ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarves’, which is being performed as part of Music@Malling this year. Sam finds unlikely parallels between the NBA and Heinrich Biber’s…
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Jess Gillam Does a David Attenborough Impression
In the first episode of the new season Sam catches up with Jess Gillam for a JOINT analysis of one of the tracks from her newly-released second album, Time. Meanwhile, Tim reviews concerts from Apartment House and European trio Pavel Kolesnikov, Elina Buksha and Aurélien Pascal. Music Credits…
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Summer Bookclub
For the final episode of the season a host of musical big wigs – from Stephen Hough to Steven Isserlis, Errollyn Wallen to Tom Service – phone in to give the boys recommendations for summer reading. Sam also waxes lyrical on the panharmonium, a precursor to the modern synthesiser for which...
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Jennifer Pike and Nuns with Good Habits
In this, the penultimate episode of this series, the boys take a trip to Renaissance Italy in pursuit of the abbess-composer Eleonora d'Este. Sam reviews Silhouettes, the latest disc from viola-piano duo Dana Zemtsov and Anna Fedorova, and Tim chats to violinist Jennifer Pike about Elgar, Vaughan...
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Julius Eastman and Aurora’s Heavenly Spheres
Sam and Tim dissect one of Julius Eastman’s most controversially titled works, catch up with the gang from Living Room Live and discuss spherical music with the Founder and Principal Conductor of the Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon. Thomas Wilkins, Michael Morgan, Jonathon Heyward and Roderick...
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Touring in the Wake of COVID–19
The boys take a closer look at the jet-set nature of the classical music industry, and ask whether the current crisis presents an opportunity to make some changes. Interviews with the Director of the Association of British Orchestras Mark Pemberton, conductor and founder of STARGAZE André de...
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Does Harry Christophers Live in a Castle?
Tim and Sam are back with special guests Harry Christophers and Katy Hill of The Sixteen to talk about their latest video and podcast, Choral Chihuahua – PLUS Sam reveals the only piece of music impossible to perform during lockdown. The Guardian’s Chief Culture Writer Charlotte Higgins on the...
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Swanning About, with Gabriel Prokofiev
Tim and Sam unwrap Sibelius’s mighty Fifth Symphony, review the latest disc from Duo Tandem and speak to composer Gabriel Prokofiev about creativity in quarantine. Here’s Nicholas Papadimitriou’s full fugue with score: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=A_i8qdfW5u8 Pandemic pop in…
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Jess Gillam and the Meath
The boys chat to Jess Gillam about her David Bowie obsession, why's she’s denounced Morrissey, and her new project – the Virtual Scratch Orchestra. They also pay a visit to the Meath Epilepsy Charity, and speak to bass Brindley Sherratt about the fundraiser concert he’s organised for the...
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Pod in the Time of Coronavirus
In these unprecedented times the boys do their utmost to find a silver lining: Tim speaks to a few of those giving live-stream concerts from their living rooms; Sam shows how Papa Haydn ‘unexpectedly’ laid the groundwork for the Romantic ‘genius’; and the pair give tips on what YOU can do to keep...
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The David Lammy One
The MP for Tottenham, David Lammy, chats to Tim about his time as a chorister Peterborough Cathedral, and its role in forming his sense of English – rather than British – identity. Sam unpicks the Paul Dukas’s one-hit-wonder The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and quizzes the ENO’s new Mackerras…
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Debbie Wiseman, Negative Harmony and The Prince of Egypt
This week Tim talks to Classic FM’s composer-in-residence Debbie Wiseman about her latest project with Stephen Fry, Sam points out the similarities between Rachmaninov and Jacob Collier and the pair review music by Krzysztof Penderecki, Stephen Swartz and Gustavo Díaz-Jerez. Arts Professional’s...
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Sheku, a Kazoo and Bernard Hughe … s
This week Sam and Tim explain why Sheku Kanneh-Mason is better than Harry potter, get the leading lady of the ENO, Elizabeth Llewellyn, to play a kazoo, talk to Bernard Hughes about his new disc Not Now, Bernard and Other Stories, AND unpick Don MacDonald’s magical ‘When the Earth Stands Still’....
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The Nicola Benedetti One
Tim and Sam chat to Nicola Benedetti about her new foundation, take a closer look at synthesis in Amy Beach’s Variations on Balkan Themes, review the new disc of music by late-Baroque composer Maria Teresa Agnesi and talk all things C.P.E. Bach with Tamsin Waley-Cohen and James Baillieu. Find out...
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Christmas Special: Die Hard Live
Join Sam and Tim LIVE in Louie Louie, South London, as they dissect the music to one of the greatest Christmas films ever made: Die Hard.
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Unanswered Questions
Tim and Sam ask questions of Charles Ives, get to grips with hiphopera and discuss ‘leaning in’ to those uncomfortable elements of the operatic canon with director and librettist Laura Attridge. PLUS they review Alison Balsom’s new disc Royal Fireworks and the City of London Sinfonia at Southwark...
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Lithuanian Whispers
Tim and Sam dissect Kerry Andrew’s ‘O Nata Lux’, discuss DG’s new disc of music by Raminta Šerkšnytė’s and review a night of Tansy Davies at Kings Place – PLUS Tim chats gender stereotypes in opera with director Daisy Evans, and finds out about the Solem Quartet’s upcoming series of live Lobster...
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Timmy Fisher and Sam Poppleton present classical music news, reviews, anecdotes and analyses. Is this the best classical music podcast produced in a Brixton bedroom? We think so.
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