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Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews performers about their choral passions. The Choir programme broadcasts every Sunday at 4pm, exploring all things choral, with performances and...

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    • Mar 12, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
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    Rachel Podger

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2017 11:07


    Sara chats with baroque violinist Rachel Podger about her love of singing.

    Oz Clarke

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2017 15:32


    Wine writer and broadcaster Oz Clarke chats with Sara about his choral history.

    Rachel Portman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2017 12:56


    Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks choral and film music with Oscar-winning composer Rachel Portman.

    Rebecca Lodge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2017 7:51


    Rebecca Lodge talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about what it's like to sing Schoenberg.

    Angela Hewitt

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2016 16:37


    Angela Hewitt chats with Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her choral passions.

    Paul Mealor

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2016 14:14


    Composer and conductor Paul Mealor chats about his favourite choral music.

    Iain Bell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2016 15:32


    Composer Iain Bell chats with Sara about some of his favourite choral music.

    Jeremy Huw Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2016 14:23


    Welsh baritone Jeremy Huw Williams chats about his favourite choral music.

    Robin Holloway

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2016 14:40


    Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews performers about their choral passions.

    Mark De-lisser

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2016 14:25


    Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews performers about their choral passions.

    Daniel Pailthorpe

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2016 18:00


    Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews performers about their choral passions.

    Simon Callow

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2016 15:50


    Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews performers about their choral passions.

    Ralph Allwood

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2016 18:12


    Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets Ralph Allwood, founder of Inner Voices and the Eton Choral Course

    Adele Anderson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2016 14:41


    Adele Anderson, of the group Fascinating Aida, talks about her favourite choral music.

    Anne Reid

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2016 14:23


    Sara Mohr-Pietsch chats with actress Anne Reid, to chat about her favourite choral music

    Paul Mason

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2016 20:27


    Sara's guest is Paul Mason, Guardian journalist and Economics Editor of Channel 4 News.

    Tasmin Little

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2016 16:04


    Violinist Tasmin Little shares some of her favourite choral works with Sara.

    New Year New Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2016 20:57


    Singer John Potter and composer Sasha Johnson Manning explore the landscape of contempoary choral music.

    Choral Interview - Stephen Hough

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2015 16:21


    Pianist and composer Stephen Hough shares some of his favourite choral works.

    Alexander Armstrong

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2015 18:21


    Alexander Armstrong shares some of his choral favourites with Sara.

    Karl Jenkins

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2015 14:08


    Composer Karl Jenkins chats to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about his favourite choral works.

    Nicholas Daniel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2015 14:21


    Conductor and oboist Nicholas Daniel chats to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about his favourite choral works.

    Deborah Coughlin

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2015 19:39


    When Deborah Coughlin founded 'Gaggle' she soon found herself and her all-female group proclaimed as amongst the 'fifty most forward-thinking people in music'. This week she joins Sara Mohr-Pietsch to explain why, for her, the joy of choir singing is all about being given 'permission to make a noise'.

    Nigel Hess

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2015 14:35


    Film and television composer Nigel Hess chats about his choral favourites

    John Metcalfe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2015 17:55


    Sara Mohr-Pietsch samples the choral passions of composer, viola player and arranger John Metcalfe.

    Masaaki Suzuki

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2015 15:30


    Masaaki Suzuki is director of Bach Collegium Japan, one of the foremost early music ensembles in the world. He talks to Sara about his life in music and introduces her to some of his favourite choral recordings.

    Colin Lawson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2015 12:39


    Period clarinettist Colin Lawson shares his choral favourites.

    Meurig Bowen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2015 13:28


    Director of Cheltenham Music Festival Meurig Bowen shares a selection of his choral favourites, including a family treasure from the BBC Proms archive.

    Bob Flowerdew

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2015 16:00


    Gardener Bob Flowerdew tells Sara about his favourite choral pieces

    Richard Watkins

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2015 13:53


    The horn player Richard Watkins chats with Sara about his choral favourites.

    David Pountney

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2015 16:30


    Artistic director of Welsh National Opera, David Pountney shares his choral passions.

    Cecilia McDowall

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2015 14:09


    Winner of the 2014 British Composer Award for choral music, Cecilia McDowall, talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her own choral favourites.

    Karen Gibson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2015 16:11


    Fresh from winning BBC Gospel Choir of the Year, the multiple choir conductor and workshop leader Karen Gibson talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about the choral music that inspires her.

    John Surman

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2014 19:37


    Saxophonist and jazz composer John Surman talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about his favourite choral music.

    Hilliard Ensemble

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2014 22:48


    Recorded at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, The Hilliard Ensemble perform specially for The Choir and talk to Sara about their 40th anniversary, a new album and their forthcoming retirement.

    Ola Gjeilo

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2014 19:57


    Sara talks to Norwegian composer and rising choral star, Ola Gjeilo, who introduces some of his favourite choral music.

    Sir Thomas Allen

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2014 15:55


    Internationally acclaimed baritone Sir Thomas Allen recalls the rich musical heritage of his childhood, choral activities during his time studying at the Royal College of Music, and looks back on his career. Extended version of the interview that was originally broadcast on The Choir.

    Vanessa Redgrave

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2014 15:57


    Vanessa Redgrave also joins Sara to for a chat about her involvement in choral singing, with a selection of choral favourites.

    Della Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2014 13:44


    Welsh mezzo Della Jones talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her choral favourites including Vaughan-Williams' Toward the unknown region & Hubert Parry's I Was Glad

    Kerry Andrew

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2014 17:47


    Singer, composer and member of vocal ensemble Juice Kerry Andrew talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her choral passions, including music from The Beach Boys and English folk group The Watersons.

    Richard Egarr

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2014 16:57


    Sara Mohr-Pietsch invites keyboardist and director of the Acadamy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr, to share his choral passions

    Edward Higgingbottom

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2014 19:22


    Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by Edward Higginbottom, Director of Music at New College Oxford, just before his retirement in Summer 2014, to talk about his choral passions.

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