‘Lunchtime Live’ talks during the Pandemic
During the pandemic period I am giving live talks on music – especially choirs, singing, conducting and culture.
If you enjoy the talks, please consider ‘tipping’ me, via paypal.me/djallinsonmusic Thank you!
Each week I am recommending some recent listening, and noting these in a Spotify list which you can ‘like’ and ‘follow’ (click through to open Spotify on your device):
Lunchtime Live: 9 October (click here to watch on YouTube)
Today’s listening recommendation
Jean L’Heritier (c.1480-after 1552), Surrexit Pastor Bonus
Several great recordings — Stile Antico, King’s College, London (dir. Gareth Wilson), and Oxford Camerata (dir. Jeremy Summerly)
Additional listening by LHeritier:
Miserere Mei, Deus on the CD Scattered Ashes by Magnificat (dir. Philip Cave)
Nigra Sum – multiple recordings; try Stile Antico
Scores by L’Heritier (free ones!)
http://www2.cpdl.org/…/Jehan_L%27Heriti…
Also – read the comments:
Arvo Pärt, Speigel im Speigel (you’ll need tissues for this one)
https://youtu.be/TJ6Mzvh3XCc
Palestrina, Sicut Cervus
https://youtu.be/0yd5EE0hAB8
Allegri, Miserere (multiple top-rated recordings on YouTube)
Gustavo Dudamel conducting Beethoven, Symphony No.5
https://youtu.be/22wEhOdfAfA
Lunchtime Live: 16 October (click to view on YouTube) – note: talk starts at 13′
Today’s listening recommendations
Palestrina, Missa O sacrum convivium, Kyrie
– Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford (dir. Stephen Darlington)
Rebelo, Lamentations
– Huelgas Ensemble (dir. Paul van Nevel)
Morales, Parce mihi, Domine
– Hillard Ensemble (Officium) with Jan Garbarek
Also:
Cristóbal de Morales, Parce mihi, Domine
– ‘straight’ live version by a Spanish choir, Ars Poliphonica
https://youtu.be/zdaOQYapuN0
Cristóbal de Morales, Parce mihi, Domine
– example of a live version with saxophone by Italian choir, Cantar Lontano
https://youtu.be/Z_EZBfClFsg
(Also note the conductor cooking video: https://youtu.be/EOG0vzmhpjo)
Scores:
Palestrina: https://www.cpdl.org/…/Missa_O_Sacrum_C…
Morales: https://www.cpdl.org/…/Parce_mihi,_Domi…
(Rebelo not easily available)
For next week, please watch this video:
Itay Talgam, Lead like the great conductors
https://youtu.be/R9g3Q-qvtss.
Lunchtime Live: 23 October
Today’s listening recommendations
Josquin (d1521), Praeter rerum seriem
– Gabrieli Consort and Players (dir. Paul McCreesh)
Alonso Lobo (1555-1617), Lamentations
– Choir of King’s College, London (dir. David Trendell)
Scores:
Josquin: https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/2/2f/Praeter.pdf
Lobo: purchase from Mama Mundi (www.mapamundimusic.com)
Article on Musical Entrainment (Open University):
https://www.open.ac.uk/Ar…/experience/InTimeWithTheMusic.pdf
Lunchtime Live: 30 October
Today’s listening recommendations
Tallis, Videte miraculum
Today’s listening recommendations
Gjeilo, Ubi caritas
Duarte Lobo, Missa pro defunctis a8
– Renaissance Singers on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=833996924023392)
or on Spotify: Schola Cantorum of Oxford / SummerlyStef Conner, Riddle SongsObrecht, Missa de Sancto Donatiano
Cappella Pratensis (dir. Stratton Bull)Praetorius/Sandström, Det är en ros utsprungen
Siglo de Oro (dir. Allies) (https://youtu.be/86-ulHbApOM)
or on Spotify VOCES8
There is a small trim just before the end, where about 40″ of a copyright video of a baby crying has been removed. The video I played can be found here: https://youtu.be/e3xgh-5lxlQ.
Today’s listening recommendations
Podcast: The Listening Service with Tom Service (BBC) – https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078n25h (BBC Sounds/also through your usual podcast provider) especially recommend episodes ‘HIPP to be square’ and ‘Is it canon?’
Obrecht, Missa de Santo Donatiano Cappella Pratensis (dir. Stratton Bull) https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7963387–obrecht-missa-de-sancto-donatiano
Verdelot, Beata es Virgo Maria/Ave Maria a7 – The Renaissance Singers virtual choir performance https://www.facebook.com/renaissancesingers/videos/4117715958270677/
Score: https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/c/cf/Beata_es_Virgo_Maria.pdf
Fernandez, Circumdederunt me dolores mortis
A Capella Portuguesa (dir. Rees) – Hyperion*
*not on Spotify; alternative version: Marian Consort (dir. McCleery)
Ivan Moody, Words of the Angel
Trio Mediaeval (which was clipped out of the video by YouTube).
Reading: arrangements for Classical Musicians working abroad
https://theartsdesk.com/classical-music/total-confusion-about-post-brexit-rules-adds-distress-classical-musicians-speak-out
29 January: listening/watching recommendations:
Victoria(?), Jesu, dulcis memoria
Tenebrae, dir. Short (Archiv)
Victoria(?), arr. L. Stokowski, Jesu, dulcis memoria
BBC Philharmonic, dir. Matthias Bamert (Chandos)
Dominique Phinot, Pater peccavi*
Brabant Ensemble, dir. Stephen Rice
*not on Spotify
Gabrieli Consort snd Players, dir. McCreesh (Archiv)
Palestrina, Sicut Cervus (solo voice with lute)
TT Virtual Voice project – Andrew Leslie Cooper
(360 degree performance; new score and research)
12 February: listening/watching recommendations:
Dowland, Can she excuse my wrongs? Vivid Consort – live at home performance
click link
Schütz, Auf dem Gebirge Fretwork, Iestyn Davies and Hugh Cutting
click link
Trouvere Medieval Minstrels (This week’s live concert)
https://fb.watch/3Cau6w7dZo/
‘The Listening Service’ programme/podcast
Latest programme: ‘Musical Signatures’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078n25h
Vocal anatomy and physiology fun – Pink Trombone click link
19 February: listening/watching recommendations:
Victoria, Salve Regina a6
Ensemble Plus Ultra, dir. Michael Noone
(esp 6.40 – ‘O clemens’)
Trad. Corsican, Agnus Dei
Artemisia Trio click link
Josquin, Nymphes des Bois
Cut Circle
Josquin, Stabat mater
Graindelavoix click link
Also see how Graindelavoix’s performance of Ashwell makes the piece sound non-English
https://youtu.be/CH1QzyANB5
Gesualdo, Caligaverunt oculi mei
Graindelavoix click link
Interesting video on Graindelavoix and performance styles
’graindelavois – tasteful or nauseating?’ click link
26 February: listening/watching recommendations:
Taverner Consort, Choir & Players, dir. Andrew Parrott
Una Stravaganza dei Medici
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1145D2CEC1ECC20CRore, O altitudo divitiarum
The Brabant Ensemble, dir. Stephen Rice
(on Hyperion Records, so Spotify version is not the same)
Cappella Pretensis New Year’s Day Josquin 500th anniversary concert
https://fb.watch/3UC78C-Po-/
(also on YouTube but inferior sound quality): https://youtu.be/yh1QMc57SAA
Praetorius 450th celebration: Galliard
Capella de la torre
https://fb.watch/3UDe_fpJfA/
12 March: listening/watching recommendations:
Ensemble Organum sing Salve Regina live (drones and ornamentation) here
Josquin, Ave verum corpus a5
Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, dir. Andrew McAnerney
here
Psalm 22 in Gaelic
The Gaelic Psalm Singers / Back Free Church congregation
here
Corsican chant
here
Georgian polyphony performance – live in Corsica, 2011
here
Georgian drinking songs
here
Also on video: here
Psalm 50/51 chanted in Aramaic in the presence of Pope Francis, Georgia 2016
Seraphim Bit-Kharibi
Friday 27 March: listening/watching recommendations:
Friday 23 April – a non-talk!
Friday 30 April: listening/watching recommendations:
Morales, Lamentations
Utopia Ensemble (Belgium): video link
Cut Circle, dir. Jesse Rodin
website here; videos at this link.
Josquin, Nymphes des bois
Cappella Praetensis Live TV appearance (around 45’): link
De Labyrintho, dir. Walter Testolin
Josquin, Virgo Salutiferi (on Spotify list)
Video: Josquin, Missa Gaudeamus – Sanctus and Agnus Dei (video)
Book: Liz Garnett, Choral Conducting and the Construction of Meaning (Farnham: Ashgate, 2009)
Friday 7 May: listening/watching recommendations:
Video, in two parts, is here:
Pt.1: https://youtu.be/b1WJctinFkY
Pt.2: https://youtu.be/3C27NWqu-DQ
Degrees outside academia: MOOCs (massive open online courses): link
Kate Tempest interview (James O’Brian podcast): creativity: link
Capella Sanctæ Crucis, dir. Tiago Simas Frieire
de Cristo, Benedicamus Domino (on Spotify list)
See also the group’s soundcloud page: link
Claudio Monteverdi – Confitebor terzo all Francese / Selva Morale e Spirituale
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra / Skip Sempé Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier: video
Georgy Sviridov “The Bells of Dawn” (from Pushkin’s Garland).
Boys choir of the Glinka choral school, St. Petersburg, dir. Vladimir Begletsov: video
Friday 14 May: listening/watching recommendations:
Friday 2 July: listening/watching recommendations
Anonymous, In te, Domine, speravi
Le Poéme Harmonique, dir. Vincent DumestreOckeghem, Salve Regina I
Capella Pratensis, dir. Rebecca Taverner (score: here)
Conducting: Massive Open Online Course (link)
Video: Que veulent dire les gestes des chefs d’orchestre? [‘What do the conductors’ gestures mean?’]: link
zamus: early music festival – Symposium: ‘The End of Early Music?’ (29 and 30 June 2021)
Interview with Peter van Heyghen: video
Björn Schmelzer (Graindelavoix) talking about de Monte, then round table (begins 59.00): video
Laus Polyphoniae, August 2021 (Festival of live concerts, Antwerp) – lots of Josquin performances: link
Friday 9 July: listening/watching recommendations
Friday 16 July: listening/watching recommendations
Book: Alf Gabrielsson, Strong experiences with music (Oxford: OUP, 2011)
Ofsted report on music in schools: link
R. White, Portio mea and Domine non est exaltatum
Contapunctus (dir. Rees)
Hildegard von Bingen, O virtus Sapientiae
Kronos Quartet
Hildegard von Bingen, O virtus Sapientiae
Anna-Maria Hefele, Tomek Kolczynski, Giuseppe Lomeo: video
Compére, Venez regretz
Gesualdo Six, live in a car park: video
Jogleresa (dir. Belinda Sykes)
On-line concert teaser (and link to tickets) here