Music for LENT ('slow' in French / 'fast' in English)
Eamonn, Nicholas and Robert trawl some mostly unusual repertoire for Lent and Holy Week.Giovanni Croce - Mascarate da Furlani (1590)I Fagiolini / Robert HollingworthDawn Walters - Pro dolorosa Eius pa...
20 Feb 202358min
Playing with Purcell (in Norway)
In a Norway as snowy as 'The Cold Scene' from King Arthur, Robert and new regular presenter Nicholas Mulroy work with friend and violinist, Bjarte Eike - the creative playboy behind Barokksolistene an...
6 Feb 20231h
A morning in York
In the space of a single morning but several coffees in York, Robert meets Roderick Williams the night after he premieres a new version of Dichterliebe in English, T.J.Callahan to find out what Shape ...
23 Jan 20231h 4min
Phew - made it....
Robert and Eamonn just about made it through the autumn - even a brief encounter in Dublin - and chat through recent times, looking forward to 2023. After lockdowns and the post-crisis desperation for...
23 Dec 202255min
Churros Angelorum
In a little square somewhere in southern Spain, Robert and Nicholas Mulroy enjoy Spanish music and Spanish food, remember good teachers, think about Leonardo da Vinci - and some interesting words (inc...
12 Dec 202258min
Away with the Fagies
...or 'Eight go to Düsseldorf'. British vocal groups give concerts all over continental Europe all the time. This is a little story about what it's really like to be on one of these trips: I Fagiolini...
25 Nov 202246min
Tea with Alastair Hume - An original King's Singer
Robert talks to one of the original King's Singers that sang for the group's first 25 years. Countertenor 2 Alastair Hume throws light on those heady days, prime-time TV appearances, the glam (or not)...
10 Nov 202257min
The Parents
Helped by a glass of whisky, Robert and Eamonn reflect on their parents' love of music and how that affected them. Music by Flanders & Swann, S.S.Wesley, Victoria, Victoria (de los Angeles) and Byrd.S...
25 Okt 202237min
