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 as the role of secular music in church services and the mixing of boy and girl choristers.
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 Cathedral.
Antonio Banderas conducts students from ESAEM at the Plaza de la Constitución, Malaga:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxyQKuPNcB8
Josephine and the Artisans’ new video for ‘If You Want Peace’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_dOo3pTZ_A&feature=youtu.be
Laura Attridge on ‘Leaning into the Discomfort’:
https://www.schmopera.com/leaning-into-the-discomfort/
And ‘In Search of a “Concept”’:
https://www.schmopera.com/don-giovanni-in-2018-in-search-of-a-concept/
Music Credits:
‘Tim and Sam’s Podcast’ written and performed by Harry Sever
‘In questa reggia’ from Puccini’s Turandot, performed by Dame Eva Turner with unknown orchestra under Stanford Robinson in 1928
The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives, performed by players from the University of Michigan School of Music orchestra under David Biedenbender
‘If You Want Peace’ by Josephine and the Artizans
The Adagio from Purcell’s Trumpet Sonata, performed by the Balsom Ensemble under Simon Wright for Warner Classics
Jean Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony, Mov. 3, performed by Timmy Fisher
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