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Three In A Bar
by Seb Philpott and Verity Simmons
London based musicians Seb Philpott (trumpet) and Verity Simmons (cello) meet musicians, music industry insiders and music enthusiasts for informal, insightful and lighthearted chats. We delve into their musical backgrounds, careers or in some cases, specifically avoid talking about music at all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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141. Imogen Whitehead - Launching an album, shooting a video, pre show nausea and a six month wait for an anecdote!
Hello lovely listeners! It’s been a while eh? We are dropping in briefly with an episode spanning six months in the life of Trumpet soloist and principal of Britten Sinfonia, Imogen Whitehead. Part one of this pod was recorded back in May when Imogen was launching her debut album Connection with…
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140. Jack Bazalgette - A Cheltenham Festival Special!
In this bonus episode of TIAB we speak to the new artistic director of Cheltenham Music Festival, Jack Bazalgette. Jack is an inspired choice for Cheltenham - as cofounder and director of Through The Noise he has programmed more than 130 concerts with innovative ensembles and repertoire in an...
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139. Baroness Thangam Debbonaire and the underrated value of joy
This week, Seb and Verity welcome the brilliant and utterly charming Baroness Thangam Debbonaire - cellist, former MP, and now fully-fledged member of the House of Lords. With such a huge understanding and love of the arts - Thangam was shadow secretary for culture, media and sport, this was a...
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138. Aaron Akugbo X Seb Philpott
Aaron is back already! And this time Verity is nowhere to be seen. That's right, it's Seb's first solo interview. Well, it's not an interview really, more a chat, digging further into many aspects of being a trumpet player. They discuss the following! How important is equipment? They chat about...
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137. Jack Jones - Acid Brass @ EartH Hackney
Your eyes do not deceive you - it’s two episodes in two days! Fresh off of zencastr we wanted to whip out this chat with trumpeter Jack Jones as he has a HUGE gig this Friday (13 June ‘25) at EartH Hackney entitled The Listening Project Presents Acid Brass…if you haven’t got your ticket yet, what...
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136. Aaron Akugbo - high stakes Haydn, tactical programming, touring tales and the mystery of the International date line.
This week, Seb and Verity are joined by trumpet sensation Aaron Akugbo. From unwittingly making it to the finals of a trumpet competition to playing the Haydn Concerto from memory and then smashing out Jolivet’s Second Concerto with basically zero prep, Aaron embodies an entirely admirable cool,...
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Petit Trois - Dame Sarah Connolly
An extra slice of Dame Sarah Connolly who graciously and patiently answered a few vaguely daft quickfire questions! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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135. Dame Sarah Connolly - Positive thinking, evolving roles, fat suits and every singer’s nemesis…the common cold.
Sound the klaxon - it’s a national treasure alert! This week we are honoured to be joined by internationally celebrated Mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly. Dame Sarah has had an incredible career to date with standout performances including Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne , multiple roles at the…
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Petit Trois - James Flannery
Want a bit more James Flannery in yer life? Who wouldn’t we say! So here’s an extra serving where we discover who he’d choose as his ideal co-pilot and what went on when he toured with an ‘interesting’ artist…..Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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134. James Flannery - the missing link between Easy Jet, Worzel Gummidge and the viola
This week’s guest is Viola player, Negroni specialist and potential pilot of the future, James Flannery. You may well recognise James’ dulcet tones as he has previously guest hosted the podcast for an Ivor Novello Awards special. This was a baptism of fire due to some speed guerilla reporting and...
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Petit Trois - Stephanie Cummins
It’s round two of our new feature where we throw extra questions at our poor, unsuspecting guests! This week it’s our guest from the main episode, cellist Stephanie Cummins sitting in the hot seat. If you would like to send over any questions for future guests either DM us on Instagram...
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133. Stephanie Cummins - Transatlantic ‘cello relations
In this week’s episode we chat to cellist Stephanie Cummins. Having spent many years working as a freelance cellist in New York Stephanie relocated to London and has since been working in the West End on shows including Aspects of Love and Hello Dolly as well as various solo and chamber projects....
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Petit Trois - Ian Wilson
Road testing our ‘Petit Trois’ bonus feature is our guest from this week’s main episode, Ian Wilson. We throw some quick fire questions at Ian and he responds appropriately… If you would like to send over any questions for future guests either DM us on Instagram (@threeinabarpod) or email us at...
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132. Ian Wilson - a plethora of recorders, birdsong, panels, pedagogy and the Mexican Hat Dance.
We are joined for episode 132 by recorder player supremo Ian Wilson. Ian is the principal recorder professor at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, the Head of Woodwind at Eton College and is the visiting recorder specialist at the North East of Scotland Music School in his hometown of…
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Bonus Episode - What’s in yer bag & murdering a mermaid
What, another one?! Yep…it’s mid week bonus time! In the first of our new bonus episodes we are basically road testing quickfire/emergency questions on each other to see if this hastily planned format will work. Over the coming weeks the guests from our main podcast with feature in the bonus...
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131. Jordan Li-Smith - Child star to composition king with a big dose of Dolly!
Our guest for episode 131 is composer, arranger and musical director Jordan Li-Smith. On a music theatre bingo card we are looking at an impressive full house for Jordan - as a child he performed in West End productions of Oliver and Les Miserables, He's MD'd a huge number of shows including an...
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130. Emma Bassett - Bass trumpets, Cornish carols, ultimate stress situations and embodying Norma Desmond
We’re back again with a string of great guests to get in yer lugholes! Kicking off this season it’s trombone titan, singing sensation and all round good egg Emma Bassett. Emma has performed and toured with a vast number of orchestras including LSO, LPO, RPO and Aurora. She can currently be found...
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Resolutions, Running, Wigs and Linda - a Quintessential January Chat
Hello dear listener! Welcome to our first episode of 2025, in which you find us having a much needed catch up in the foyer of the National Theatre. We really had not chatted for ages, so before we get going with interviews again, we had a lot to get through. And we basically covered every topic,...
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129. Ivor’s Classical Awards special featuring James Flannery - composers, capers and canapés at the BFI
Welcome to a special episode recorded guerilla style at the Ivors Classical Awards 2024! You may have heard our previous two pods with Ivors Special Award winners, Roxanna Panufnik and Gavin Bryars - this is a very different beast… Featuring special guest presenter James Flannery who steps into...
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128. Roxanna Panufnik - Composing by Royal appointment, building bridges between faiths through music and creating an outstanding body of work.
In the second of our Ivors classical awards special episodes we chat to world renowned and celebrated composer Roxanna Panufnik. As we air this interview, Roxanna has just been presented with the Ivors special award for ‘outstanding works collection’…And outstanding it truly is! She is…
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127. Gavin Bryars - Innovation, pencils, stand up and a glittering career
In the first of two special episodes with esteemed and newly decorated composers, we sit down with Gavin Bryars, a composer who has led the way in innovation over a long and distinguished career. On Tuesday 12th November he received the Innovation Award in association with the Musicians Union at...
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126. Thomas Lubitz - The future of the trumpet with Yamaha Atelier Hamburg‘s finest
Episode 126 features Senior technician at Yamaha Atelier Hamburg Thomas Lubitz. What Thomas doesn’t know about the trumpet isn’t worth knowing as we discover when Verity and Seb meet him at Legendary brass shop Phil Parker. Thomas talks through various models of trumpet and what they can bring to...
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125. Steve Pretty - King of the Conches
This week on TIAB we’re thrilled to have the multi-talented Steve Pretty join us for a chat that’s as eclectic as his musical life to date! Steve, the mastermind behind the Hackney Colliery Band, takes us on a whimsical ride through his creative world. From the bustling streets of Hackney to the...
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124. Ellie Consta - breaking boundaries with Her Ensemble, style advice, delegation and the TIAB merch saga continues…
Hello lovely listener, here we are again. We promised you an episode by the end of the week, and by jove, here it is. This episode we sit down with the brilliant Ellie Consta, violinist, composer, and founder of the groundbreaking Her Ensemble—the UK's first women and non-binary string orchestra....
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123. Arsha Kaviani - bringing piano virtuosity into the 2020s
This week’s guest is virtuoso pianist, composer and improviser Arsha Kaviani. Arsha joined Seb and Verity for a chat ahead of the release of his debut studio album Accents and Echoes (see link below). He talks about the eclectic mix of influences featured on the album but also in shaping his...
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122. Hoosiers, Bears, fighting and Shackleton with Paul Frith
This week, Seb and Verity are joined by composer, arranger, keyboard player with the Hoosiers, long time Bear’s Den collaborator and old mate Paul Frith. In true Three In A Bar style this episode is full of twists and turns - we find out whether Paul has ever been in a fight, how he came to write…
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121. Monique Clare - extreme cello, teaching the unteachable and tales of rap royalty
This week’s episode was a total pleasure to record as we are joined by Australian cellist, singer and songwriter Monique Clare. Monique is currently on a European tour and will be appearing at the Cambridge folk festival this month. Aside from festivals, she can frequently be found with her cello...
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120a: Seb's mediocre guitar, Verity's face acting and planning for the big PTA Winter Disco
Here's a little catch up between your two co-hosts, as it had been a minute since they had last spoke. All a nice warm up really before tomorrow's blistering episode with Monique Clare. It's loose chat, in which they cover Verity's new show, Fiddler On The Roof at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre,...
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120. Prepared piano problems, an acting debut and Cheltenham chat with Clare Hammond
This week we headed back online to chat to internationally acclaimed concert pianist and film star Clare Hammond (ok, ok, maybe it was one film but she was playing a young Dame Maggie Smith so come on!) We chatted to Clare ahead of her concerts at this year’s Cheltenham Festival - thanks to the...
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119. Oliver Zeffman - Classical Pride ‘24
We’re back!!! We’ve missed you all….but what a way to kick off this season of TIAB than with none other than Artistic director and founder of Classical Pride Uk Oliver Zeffman. Oliver is an internationally renowned conductor, working frequently with orchestras including the CBSO, Royal…
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118. Q&A: Would we ever move out of London? Do we own our instruments? And will Seb ever get a round in again?
More questions from you and answers from us. Could we live anywhere other than London? Do we own our instruments? And what have we each started deoing recently that has changed our lives? All this and more in today's episode. To send in your questions (about absolutely anything), then please…
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117. Q&A: Least favourite instruments, booking holidays and one of the more exciting discussions you're likely to hear today about pensions
What is our least favourite orchestral instrument? And why is it the oboe? How do you plan anything as a freelancer? What happens if you book a holiday and then a load of nice work comes in - what do you do? Should you start a pension? Or just keep working until you die. All this and more in...
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116. Time efficiency, grumbling stomachs, ghosts and Happy Valley With Ben Foster
Quiz question for you - what links Torchwood, Thunderbirds, Happy Valley & Mog? We’ll tell you what…some seriously great scores courtesy of this week’s guest Ben Foster. Ben is a BAFTA winning composer, but also a well renowned and much in demand conductor, orchestrator and arranger with a string...
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115. How do you run an arts centre? With Artistic Director of Les Arts Valencia, Jésus Iglesias Noriega
Join us this week for a zencast to sunnier climes as we chat to Artistic Director of Les Arts, Valencia Jésus Iglesias Noriega. Jésus has been doing brilliant work at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía - the incredible building in Valencia which is home to Les Arts, with a huge focus on social...
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114. Seb goes through his packing list for tour
You join your two hosts on a car journey between Plymouth and Bath, just over a week into the Rob Brydon tour 2024. What better time than now to discuss in detail Seb's list of items he has packed for this trip? How many pants is too many? Can you re-use socks for multiple gigs? Can he maintain…
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113a. PART 2: Playing with Foals, sampled instruments and Gypsy tarts with Kentish badman Jeremy Pritchard, bassist from Everything Everything
What? Another podcast with the thoroughly excellent Jeremy Pritchard? Oh yes….we couldn’t pack it all into one episode so here’s an extra slice where we chat to Jeremy about his time on tour with Foals, some Kent conversation and comparing notes on small venues across the UK. If you are one of…
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113. PART 1: Everything Everything bassist Jeremy Pritchard on hair bleaching, AI and weird waistcoat phases
In this week’s episode we are joined by bass behemoth (yep, it’s been too long since we used that word) and Everything Everything band member, Jeremy Pritchard. Jeremy dropped in for a chat ahead of the band’s UK tour and release of their new album Mountainhead - it’s an absolute belter btw…
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112. Embarrassing Moustaches, Tears and Greyfriars Bobby
Greetings from sunny Edinburgh! This week’s episode finds Seb & Verity on the Scottish leg of the Rob Brydon tour enjoying the delights of Edinburgh… Join them on a walking tour - not necessarily one that’ll make the Rough Guide any time soon as they reminisce about past Edinburgh festival...
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111. Rachael Lander: Life as a musician with ADHD
In this week’s episode we welcome back the brilliant Rachael Lander to chat about her recent ADHD diagnosis. Rachael is cellist on the West End production of Frozen and is a busy freelancer & session player as well as being a mother of two…..Chuck ADHD into the mix and her journey as a recovering...
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ENO in crisis: what on earth is going on? With Coco Azoitei
In light of the recent announcements of redundancies in the Orchestra and Chorus at ENO and the extraordinary circumstances surrounding them we felt compelled to record an episode to chat through what on earth is going on. On 15 February orchestra & chorus members started receiving formal...
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110. Q&A: How much vomit, favourite interviews and what we would say to our 20 year old selves
In this, the first of our regular Q&A episodes, we asked listeners to send in their questions, to which we gave answers. You know how it works, we don't need to explain the concept to you, do we? Just how do we both balance being parents of two whilst being busy freelance musicians, when our…
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109. Carly Anderson
We're back at long last for Series 2 (can we call it that after 108 episodes?!) and what a fabulous guest to kick off 2024 - It's none other than West End leading lady Carly Anderson. Carly recently starred as Polly Baker in Crazy For You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre and her extensive list of...
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Merry Xmas!!
Merry Christmas podfriends! Verity & Seb make a brief return for some seasons greetings, 2023 reflections and plans for 2024…. Thanks for listening to TIAB this year and for your continued support. Back with much more in ‘24! You can follow Three In a Bar on Instagram @threeinabarpod...
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108. Duncan Ward
This week's episode features prolific artistic rollerskater - possibly better known for being one of the most prolific conductors of his generation, Duncan Ward. Duncan is Chief conductor of Philharmonie Zuidnederland and Music Director of the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra. This November he makes...
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107. Neoteric Ensemble
Welcome harmonious hooligans to episode 107 of Three In a Bar! (Thanks for that chat GPT) In this week’s episode Seb and Verity chat to founding members of the Neoteric Ensemble Toby Street and Adrian Miotti. It’s exciting times for Neoteric as their debut Album ‘Volume 1’ has its launch night on…
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106. Darren Beckett
In Episode 106, Seb and Verity are joined for a chat (and some top grade pastry based products) by drumming titan, Darren Beckett. Darren has worked with countless artists including Brandon Flowers, Madeleine Peyroux, Van Morrison and Lauryn Hill and was a member of the band Ambulance LTD.…
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105. Jill Andrews
In this week's episode Verity teams up with another guest presenter, well more of a TIAB regular in fact...it's old pal of the podcast Phil Donnelly. Phil has worked his magic and fixed up a chat with Nashville based singer/songwriter Jill Andrews. As luck would have it, he will be joining her on...
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104. JFAbraham, the sequel
Look who’s back for round two! It’s the sickeningly talented singer, songwriter, composer, trumpeter, arranger, member of PSB (the list goes on!) and friend of the pod JFAbraham (Jonny Abraham). He first appeared way back in Episode 5 when he was in the process of recording and finalising 10…
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103. Jools Owen
In episode 103 we join Verity on a day trip to the seaside to meet Bear’s Den’s drummer and multi instrumentalist - proud Brighton resident Jools Owen. As luck would have it, Journalist, author and broadcaster Rachael Taylor is a fellow local and kindly agreed to guest co-host this episode…don’t...
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100. A century not out feat. Hannah Lawrance
Who’d have thought it? Back in 2019 when two fresh(ish) faced, young(ish) podcasters headed off to South London for their first recording, armed with all the gear and little to no idea, that they’d be hitting the 100th episode mark and still be going!! No one? Thanks a bunch…. So here it is,...
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London based musicians Seb Philpott (trumpet) and Verity Simmons (cello) meet musicians, music industry insiders and music enthusiasts for informal, insightful and lighthearted chats. We delve into their musical backgrounds, careers or in some cases, specifically avoid talking about music at all.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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