Podcast appearances and mentions of Emma Kirkby

English soprano (b1949)

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Latest podcast episodes about Emma Kirkby

Klassik aktuell
Interview mit Emma Kirkby

Klassik aktuell

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 4:25


Die klare kristalline Stimme, die so gut zur Musik der Renaissance-Zeit passt, ist das Markenzeichen von Sopranistin Emma Kirkby. Mehr zu ihrer Person und zu ihrem Konzert in München mit Werken von Thomas Campion erzählt Emma Kirkby im Interview.

Tea with Netty
Tea with Netty: Dame Emma Kirkby

Tea with Netty

Play Episode Play 53 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 35:04


Soprano and early music specialist Dame Emma Kirkby joins Netty for a cuppa, taking us back to her earliest career moments. From learning Latin to performing and teaching opera, she talks about the approaches to singing baroque music and has been an inspirational figure to many other sopranos.As a renowned soprano of the 70s after Christopher Hogwood's recording of The Messiah came out, Dame Emma Kirkby recalls experiences of her impactful recordings and notable performances. She shares insightful approaches to singing a range of repertoire in various venues with different acoustics and we discover her fascinating background prior to her career.---Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

Seraphic Saturday Podcast
Baroque Enlightenment: Dame Emma Kirkby

Seraphic Saturday Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2022 44:28


Welcome to the Seraphic Saturday Podcast Companion. This episode, we will be discussing performing Baroque vocal and instrumental music in anticipation of our second Enlightenment Festival. First, Patrick Quigley interviews the imitable soprano Dame Emma Kirkby, with well over 100 recordings spanning from chant, to madrigals, and most especially the music of the Renaissance and Baroque. Later in the show, soprano Nola Richardson talks to trumpeter Josh Cohen about the unique qualities of the Baroque trumpet. Both of these artists will be performing Bach in our Enlightenment Festival in February 2022.

The Gramophone podcast
A Gramophone Podcast revisited: Dame Emma Kirkby

The Gramophone podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 21:41


While we take a pause for Christmas, we're bringing you four podcasts which Gramophone's Martin Cullingford and James Jolly have chosen as particularly enjoyable conversations. This podcast dates from February 2019, the month the much-loved singer Dame Emma Kirkby turned 70 – and also the year in which Gramophone celebrated her enormous contribution to musical life with a Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award. James Jolly went to talk to the soprano for a special birthday podcast.

Fluid Show
Cajun Slenderman feat. Jacques from Seeking Derangements

Fluid Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2021 92:02


Noah and D are joined by chaotically Cajun wunderkind Jacques Gonsoulin a.k.a. DJ Sensitive Jock from the hilarious podcast Seeking Derangements! Jacques recounts life in Louisiana as an untethered youth, D brings us some hip lo-fi post-punk, and Noah tries his best to get sturdy NYC style! There's also shared moments of deep emotional honesty! I swear to god this episode will have you wheezing, dancing, and begging our plus-sized non-binary dominatrix guest for mercy!patreon.com/seekingderangementsmixcloud.com/jacques-gonsoulin/twitter @SSDERANGEMENTSSinsta @sensitive_jock & @seekingderangementssPlaylist:Exmag - One Twoscheietm - The Fruit Stand GirlsX-Files ThemeNAH - Everybody's Bullshit In One Virtual Market Placescheietm - Super ScrapSteve Reich - Music for 18 MusiciansPatrick McMinn - For the Incoming Swarmmike guillory - American funny Fruit Stand Commercial in Breaux Bridge Louisiana Cajun countryCrystal Castles - KnightsHeatmiser - Christian Brothers Slowed 20%Public Memory - Midsummer ShadowDoss - On Your MindThe Mall - FunctionSwims - KennynnekFree Refills - The MallBirth Console - Head In HandsMoon Remix RPG - 57: Warp Wet Woods (MoonDisc Version)Low - Dancing and FireBelle And Sebastian - We Rule The SchoolEmma Ruth Rundle - The CompanyDiane Cluck - Monte CarloThe Radio Dept. - Annie LaurieThe Radio Dept. - Always a ReliefEmily Glass - UvulaPlanning For Burial - GoldenHarvey Milk - The Anvil Will FallThou - Fucking Chained To The Bottom Of The Ocean (Hightower Version)Smashing Pumpkins - MayonaiseWeezer - Mykel And CarliDoss - StrawberryCCFX - The One To WaitESPRIT 空想 - Flounder 707 (Live on Artzie Music)Hildegard von Bingen - O Euchari (Performed by Emma Kirkby, 1985)Opus III - It's A Fine DayOrbital - Halcyon On and OnSpongebob Squarewave - Fly SwatterCharli XCX - Forever (Himera Remix)Drokz & Tafkat - De Afsluitplaat, Gewoon Effe Lekker HakkeeeuuhKilbourne - HoneyHarmful Logic - GO GO GODJ Clent - Gimme HeadZUVXLI - Semi AutoLil Art Hoe - 0nlyfansbrainBest Fwends - Skate Or LiveSpeech Fuzz - I Think We Can Break Up NowStreet Trash Ending Credits Croon@ConvoyCowboy warriorworldwarlord - 10/22/21 "Wisconsin Cousin"ZelooperZ - Bash Bandicoon ft. Danny Brown

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Emma Kirkby és Csillagok, csillagok a Kórusok Éjszakáján

117 perc - civilradio.net

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 13:21


Idén is lesz Kórusok Éjszakája, és nem is akármilyen! Minden idők egyik leghíresebb szopránjával készülnek közös produkcióra az évek óta nagy sikernek örvendő Kórusok Éjszakája szervezői: Emma Kirkby világhírű angol szoprán énekessel készítenek videót a Csíkszerda Egyesület tagjai, mint a népszerű kórusfesztivál megálmodói, amelyben a Csillagok, csillagok kezdetű magyar népdal csendül fel. Ha van kedved, még párnapig Te is csatlakozhatsz a Kórusok Éjszakája FB oldalán. Tóth Árpád, a Csik-kóruscsalád és a Kórusok Éjszakája művészeti vezetője Görög Másával beszélgetett a Civil Rádióban az idei közös éneklésről.

Le Cabaret des Acolytes
Le Café - Épisode #021 - 22 mars 2021

Le Cabaret des Acolytes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 51:13


"Prendriez-vous un p'tit café?" Le nouvel épisode du Cabaret est disponible! Écoutez sur Balado Québec:https://baladoquebec.ca/le-cabaret-des-acolytes/le-cafe-le-cabaret-des-acolytes-2021-03-22Écoutez sur Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/2LVwMTKzIxR5kjQd2W9iUTÉcoutez sur Apple ici:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/le-cabaret-des-acolytes/id1511395983?l=frÉcoutez sur Google Podcasts:https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9iYWxhZG9xdWViZWMuY2EvbGVjYWJhcmV0ZGVzYWNvbHl0ZXMvcnNz?sa=X&ved=0CAYQrrcFahcKEwio-bPzsf3uAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQZgChaque matin, sont consommés 2,5 milliards de tasses de la boisson que l'on célèbre ce soir au cabaret. Après l'eau, c'est la boisson la plus consommée dans le monde. Le poète Con, Patrick Beaudoin, est de retour pour ce Cabaret.Pour suivre les nouveaux épisodes du Cabaret des Acolytes: https://www.facebook.com/LeCabaretDesAcolytes . Dans chacune de leurs émissions, les Acolytes vous proposent de faire le tour d'un sujet dans la bonne humeur et la légèreté. Un thème différent par diffusion est exploité: du bonbon à consommer sans modération.Les brefs extraits musicaux diffusés:Ode an die Freude - die 9. Sinfonie / Europa Hymne [ Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 ]T'es dans la lune [ Les B.B. ]Rose café [ Les B.B. ]La Bohème [ Charles Aznavour ]Calling You (Bagdad Cafe) [ Holy Cole ]Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht Cantata, BWV 211 ""Coffee Cantata"" - 4. Arie: Ei! wie smeckt Coffee süße [ Johann Sebastian Bach, Emma Kirkby, David Thomas, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood ]Café corsé [ Bleu Jeans Bleu ]Couleur Café [ Serge Gainsbourg ]

Fríhöfnin
Meistaraverk Mozarts 2/10

Fríhöfnin

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020


Meistaraverk Mozarts eru tíu systurþættir þáttaraðarinnar Mozart: Misskilinn snillingur sem er í umsjón Árna Heimis Ingólfssonar og má finna í þessari hlaðvarpsröð. Unglingsár á Ítalíu 1170-73 Árni Heimir Ingólfsson kynnir valin verk eftir Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Annar þáttur: Divertimento í D-dúr K. 136 (Hagen-kvartettinn); Tvær aríur úr Mitridate, re di Ponto: Soffre il mio cor con pace og Lungi da te, mio bene (Cecilia Bartoli; Les Talents Lyriques, Christophe Rousset, stj.); Tu sai per chi m´accese, úr Mitridate, re di Ponto (Sandrine Piau, Les Talents Lyriques, Christophe Rousset, stj.); Exsultate, jubilate K. 165 fyrir sópran og hljómsveit (Emma Kirkby, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, stj.).

Fríhöfnin
Meistaraverk Mozarts 2/10

Fríhöfnin

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020


Meistaraverk Mozarts eru tíu systurþættir þáttaraðarinnar Mozart: Misskilinn snillingur sem er í umsjón Árna Heimis Ingólfssonar og má finna í þessari hlaðvarpsröð. Unglingsár á Ítalíu 1170-73 Árni Heimir Ingólfsson kynnir valin verk eftir Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Annar þáttur: Divertimento í D-dúr K. 136 (Hagen-kvartettinn); Tvær aríur úr Mitridate, re di Ponto: Soffre il mio cor con pace og Lungi da te, mio bene (Cecilia Bartoli; Les Talents Lyriques, Christophe Rousset, stj.); Tu sai per chi m´accese, úr Mitridate, re di Ponto (Sandrine Piau, Les Talents Lyriques, Christophe Rousset, stj.); Exsultate, jubilate K. 165 fyrir sópran og hljómsveit (Emma Kirkby, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, stj.).

Countercurrent: conversations with Professor Roger Kneebone
Dame Emma Kirkby in conversation with Roger Kneebone

Countercurrent: conversations with Professor Roger Kneebone

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2019 56:47


Emma Kirkby is a distinguished soprano, well known for her pioneering performances and recordings of Renaissance and Baroque music. In this conversation we explore perspectives around music and silence, and how early music performances are a conversation between voices, instruments, audiences and space

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Wigmore Hall Podcasts
Dame Emma Kirkby discusses her career with Jessica Duchen

Wigmore Hall Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2019 29:49


Ahead of her 70th Birthday Concert at Wigmore Hall, Dame Emma discusses chamber music and her career with Jessica Duchen. She will perform at the Hall on Thursday 28 February alongside long-term musical associates as well as a younger generation of artists she believes will play an important role in the future of early music.

Klassik aktuell
#01 Die Sopranistin Emma Kirkby wird 70 Jahre alt - ein Porträt

Klassik aktuell

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2019 4:51


Emma Kirkby ist die Grande Dame der Alten Musik. In den 1970er-Jahren ist sie eine der Pionierinnen bei der Entdeckung der Werke von John Dowland und Claudio Monteverdi. Und auch Bach und Händel interpretiert sie damals neu mit ihrem klaren Sopran - ohne viel Vibrato. Emma Kirkby revolutioniert den Musikbetrieb, und das Publikum liebt sie bis heute dafür. Am 26. Februar wird die Sopranistin 70 Jahre alt.

The Gramophone podcast
Dame Emma Kirkby: a birthday podcast

The Gramophone podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2019 21:00


As Dame Emma Kirkby, of the UK's most popular sopranos, reaches a milestone birthday, we catch up with her and look back over her career, with Editor-in-Chief James Jolly. With music courtesy of Hyperion records. 

SWR2 Zur Person
Emma Kirkby zum 70. Geburtstag

SWR2 Zur Person

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2019 78:13


Singen war für Emma Kirkby lange Zeit nur ein schönes Hobby. 2007 erhob Queen Elizabeth II. Emma Kirkby in den Ritterstand, die Universität Oxford verlieh ihr die Ehrendoktorwürde. Am 26. Februar feiert sie ihren 70. Geburtstag – mit einem Konzert in der Londoner Wigmore Hall.

Vrije geluiden op 4
Paul Taffanel

Vrije geluiden op 4

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2018 60:00


Aad van Nieuwkerk verkent iedere zaterdag en zondag tussen 23.00 en 24.00 uur de grenzen van de klassieke muziek. Met nieuwe releases, concerttips, reportages, actuele ontwikkelingen in de muziekwereld, een vaste plek voor jong talent, en natuurlijk: adembenemende muziek! Gemaakt in nauwe samenwerking met het televisieprogramma Vrije Geluiden. Met muziek van Paul Taffanel en Georges Barrère, gespeeld door Egbert Jan Louwerse [fluit], Henry Kelder [piano]; Léa Freire en Heitor Villa-Lobos door Francesca Anderegg [viool] en Erika Ribeiro [piano]; George Frideric Handel door Emma Kirkby; Olivier Messiaen door Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Arnold Schönberg door het Eric Ericson Chamber Choir; en Ernst Reijseger.

The Early Music Show
The Spirit of Bach - Dame Emma Kirkby

The Early Music Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2017 20:02


As part of the Spirit of Bach season, Dame Emma Kirkby shares some of her memories of singing Bach alongside some of her favourite recordings of other performers, including Christoph Prégardien, Barbara Schlick, Peter Kooi and Hana Blažíková.

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Musikrevyn i P2
Ryska stråkar i stor och liten kostym blandas med sopran som kanske hamnat fel. Möt våren av Carl Philipp Emanuel.

Musikrevyn i P2

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2017 79:48


I programmet diskuteras Weilersteins tolkning av Sjostakovitj, Sonya Yoncheva sjunger Händel, musik av CPE Bach samt Gidon Kremer med kolleger som spelar Rachmaninov. Amerikanskt tema I mindre skala. SERGEJ RACHMANINOV/KREISLER Preghiera, Trio élégiaque nr 2 d-moll Gidon Kremer, violin Giedré Dirvanauskaité, cello Daniil Trifonov, piano DGG 479 6979 DMITRI SJOSTAKOVITJ Cellokonserter nr 1-2 Alisa Weilerstein, cello Bayerska radions symfoniorkester Pablo Heras-Casado, dirigent Decca 483 0835 Referensen Johan refererar till och jämför med Sjostakovitjs första cellokonsert i en inspelning med Mstislav Rostropovitj tillsammans med Philadelphia-orkestern ledda av Eugène Ormándy och inspelad på Columbia/Sony Classical. GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL Arior Sonya Yoncheva, sopran Academia Montis Regalis Alessandro De Marchi, dirigent Sony 88985302982 CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH Der Frühling Arior, Triosonata. Sinfonia m.fl. Rupert Charlesworth, tenor Café Zimmermann Alpha Classics ALPHA 257 I mindre skala Alexander Freudenthal och Johanna Paulsson jämför stort med smått eller tvärtom. Idag är temat Amerika. Andra i programmet nämnda eller rekommenderade inspelningar: Rachmaninovs Trio elégiaque i pianokonsert-version med pianisten Alan Kogosowski och Detroits symfoniorkester ledda av Neeme Järvi på skivmärke Chandos. Carl Philip Emanuel Bachs musik med Akademin för tidig musik, Berlin. Händelarior med Emma Kirkby på skivmärkena Decca och Bis. Sjostakovitjs cellokonserter med Truls Mörk och Oslos filharmoniker dirigerade av Vasily Petrenko på skivmärket Ondine; Truls Mörk med Londons filharmoniker under ledning av Mariss Jansons på Virgin Classics; cellisten Micha Maisky tillsammans med Londons symfoniorkester under Michael Tilson Thomas på DG samt Mstislav Rostropovitj och Tjeckiska filharmonin under Kirill Kondrasjin på Supraphon.  Svepet Den här veckan sveper Johan över två album; Beethovens tredje symfoni, Eroica med Londons filharmoniska orkester under Vladimir Jurowski på egna märket LPO samt över en live-inspelning från Gasteig, München med Mahlers nionde symfoni framförd av Bayerska radions symfoniorkester ledd av Mariss Jansons på märke BR Klassik.

Los conciertos de la 96.7
Martín Oro y Dolores Costoyas

Los conciertos de la 96.7

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2017 72:42


En junio de 2016 recibimos al dúo que conforman el contratenor Martín Oro y la laudista Dolores Costoyas. El programa comprendió obras vocales e instrumentales de compositores del Barroco temprano, entre los que se encuentran Claudio Monteverdi, Giulio Caccini y Benedetto Ferrari. Martín Oro, contratenor Antes de volcarse al canto, estudió viola y llegó a perfeccionarse junto a Yuri Bashmet en el Conservatorio Chaikovsky de Moscú. Su formación vocal la realizó en los conservatorios de Friburgo y Neuchâtel especializándose, luego, en la Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Su repertorio está centrado en la música del Barroco, tanto la sacra como la secular y ha actuado junto a cantantes de la talla de Cecilia Bartoli, María Bayo, Jennifer Larmore, Emma Kirkby y Sara Mingardo. Además, ha sido dirigido por grandes referentes del movimiento historicista, como René Jabobs, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Marc Minkowski, Gabriel Garrrido o Jordi Savall. En su haber se cuentan, también, numerosas grabaciones centradas, principalmente, en el repertorio barroco.   Dolores Costoyas, laudista Se formó y obtuvo su grado como guitarrista en el Conservatorio Juan José Castro y se perfeccionó luego en la célebre Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, de Suiza. Interpretando laúd, tiorba, vihuela o guitarra barroca, se ha especializado en la música del Renacimiento y la del Barroco. Desarrolla una intensa actividad en la práctica del bajo continuo en óperas y oratorios y es invitada, frecuentemente, a participar en los más prestigiosos festivales americanos y europeos de música antigua. Ejerce la docencia y ha grabado junto a reconocidos artistas para los sellos discográficos Harmonia Mundi, Archiv, Sony, Astrèe y Glossa.

Interplay
Didos dolda klagan

Interplay

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2015 7:26


Den är en av världens mest kända kärleksarior, och den bär på nycklar till barockens föreställningsvärld om hur exempelvis sorg skulle gestaltas i musiken. I den här "Interplay i P1"-programmet från den 14 februari och 6 april 2015 berättar sångerskan och barockkännaren Sandra Lindqvist om Didos klagan. - Didos klagan är ju en fantastisk aria som representerar barocken och representerar starka, starka känslor i operamusik under 1600-talet, säger Sandra Lindqvist. Under 1600-talet började tonsättarna att sätta texterna i centrum. Då lades grunden till det som vi idag tycker är en självklar kompositionsform, i alla fall inom populärmusiken, nämligen att ett verk har en huvudstämma och ett ackompanjemang. Kompet då kallades för generalbas och parallellt med det införde man också retoriska figurer i musiken. Det var figurer som skulle lyfta fram texten och påverka lyssnarna i samma känslomässiga riktning som texten gav uttryck för - på ett objektivt, vetenskapligt sätt, tänkte man, men hur skulle då de här figurerna utformas? Ja, det diskuterades en hel del och det blev också en slags samsyn på många punkter, men alla de här idéerna kom sedermera med ett gemensamt namn att kallas för affektläran. Didos klagan ligger i slutet av operan Dido & Aeneas från 1689 av den brittiske barocktonsättaren Henry Purcell, och i det här programmet framförs den av den brittiska sopranen Emma Kirkby. Bland de figurer som Lindqvist berättar om finns lamentobasen. Det är den som inleder arian och som upprepar samma toner om och om igen. Vidare finns det en annan figur i melodistämman som kallas 'katabasis'. Den markerar i ett nedåtgående intervall bland annat ordet 'laid'. Det är då hon sjunger om att hon ska läggas ner i graven, i sorgen, för att ta ett par exempel. Producent Berit Nygren. Av upphovsrättsliga skäl är musiken i det nedladdningsbara avsnittet kraftigt förkortad.

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The Gramophone podcast
Dame Emma Kirkby talks about her career

The Gramophone podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2015 23:25


Dame Emma Kirkby talks to Gramophone Editor-in-Chief James Jolly, on the occasion of the release of a 12-CD set issued by Decca celebrating the soprano's career. A Gramophone Milestones Podcast, in association with EFG International.

Interplay
Didos dolda klagan

Interplay

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2015 7:32


Den är en av världens mest kända kärleksarior, och den bär på nycklar till barockens föreställningsvärld om hur exempelvis sorg skulle gestaltas i musiken. I den sjätte delen av "Interplay i P1 - dolda mönster i musiken" lördag 14 februari 2015 berättar sångerskan och barockkännaren Sandra Lindqvist om arian Didos klagan. - Didos klagan är ju en fantastisk aria som representerar barocken och representerar starka, starka känslor i operamusik under 1600-talet, säger Sandra Lindqvist. Under 1600-talet började tonsättarna att sätta texterna i centrum, och då lades grunden till det som vi idag tycker är en självklar kompositionsform, i alla fall inom populärmusiken, nämligen att ett verk har en huvudstämma och ett ackompanjemang. Kompet då kallades för generalbas, och parallellt med det införde man också retoriska figurer i musiken. Det var figurer som skulle lyfta fram texten och påverka lyssnarna i samma känslomässiga riktning som texten gav uttryck för - på ett objektivt, vetenskapligt sätt, tänkte man, men hur skulle då de här figurerna utformas? Ja, det diskuterades en hel del och det blev också en slags samsyn på många punkter, men alla de här idéerna kom sedermera att kallas för affektläran med ett gemensamt namn. Didos klagan ligger i slutet av operan Dido & Aeneas från 1689 av den brittiske barocktonsättaren Henry Purcell, och i det här programmet framförs den av den brittiska sopranen Emma Kirkby. Bland de figurer som Lindqvist berättar om finns lamentobasen som inleder arian och som upprepar samma toner om och om igen. Samtidigt finns det en annan figur i melodistämman som kallas 'katabasis'. Den markerar i ett nedåtgående intervall bland annat ordet 'laid'. Det är då hon sjunger om att hon ska läggas ner i graven, i sorgen, för att ta ett par exempel. Producent och programledare Berit Nygren. Av upphovsrättsliga skäl är musiken i det nedladdningsbara avsnittet kraftigt förkortad.

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In Tune Highlights
Dame Emma Kirkby

In Tune Highlights

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2014 10:57


Dame Emma Kirkby talks to Sean Rafferty about her career as an early music specialist with particular emphasis on lutesong, and her working relationship with lutenist Jakob Lindberg.

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Record Review Podcast
Emma Kirkby and Catherine Mackintosh on recording Handel's Messiah with Christopher Hogwoo

Record Review Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2014 21:05


In an interview originally broadcast in April 2014 Andrew talks to soprano Emma Kirkby and violinist Catherine Mackintosh about the recording they made of Handel's oratorio Messiah with conductor Christopher Hogwood back in 1980. This iconic recording changed the way we hear this staple of choral societies up and down the land; and the cast of musicians now reads like a Who's Who from the world of Historically Informed Performance Practice.

Great Lives
Emma Kirkby on Henry Purcell

Great Lives

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2014 24:26


Soprano Emma Kirkby discusses the life of English composer Henry Purcell with Matthew Parris. Despite dying at the age of 36, Purcell was arguably the first composer to become a national figure, as shown by his funeral at Westminster Abbey. Living through turbulent times, and through the reign of three monarchs, Purcell had to cope with shifting Catholic and Protestant regimes while producing a steady output of religious music. But he also did some of his most memorable and enduring work for the commercial theatre. Few composers have set the English language to music so felicitously. After his death, Britain produced few world class composers for 200 years. To discuss his legacy, Emma and Matthew are joined by Purcell scholar Michael Burden Producer: Jolyon Jenkins First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.

The Early Music Show
Seasonal Music with Emma Kirkby

The Early Music Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2013 12:30


Early music stalwart, the soprano Dame Emma Kirkby is today's guest presenter of The Early Music Show, and chooses some of her favourite seasonal music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque. (photo: Bibi Basch).

The Early Music Show

The Renaissance English composer John Dowland was a prolific writer of songs accompanied by the lute, and the performance of those songs has sustained and informed the careers of many great singers and lute players over the decades. Lucie Skeaping takes a look back at how the interpretation and performance style of Dowland songs has evolved over the last century and plays a selection of recordings from singers and lute players past and present. To help her are studio guests Jacob Heringman, currently one of Britain's foremost lutenists, and the singer Emma Kirkby, whose seminal recordings and performances of Dowland songs have enchanted audiences for many years.

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Soul Music
Bach's St Matthew Passion

Soul Music

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2012 27:41


Bach's St Matthew Passion was written in 1727 and was probably first performed as part of the Good Friday Service at Thomaskirche in Leipzig. This programme explores ways in which Bach's St Mattew Passion touches and changes people's lives. Guitarist Andrew Schulman describes what happened when he was played this music whilst he was in a coma. James Jacobs talks about the St Matthew Passion providing solace in difficult times during childhood. And singer Emma Kirkby, conductor Paul Spicer and musical historian Simon Heighes explore how the music works and what it's like to perform. Producer: Rosie Boulton.

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Musica classica y beyond
Set 35 - Pekka Kuusisto. Emma Kirkby. Cage. Nepomuceno.

Musica classica y beyond

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2011 14:37


1 - "Lost landscapes - IV. West 23rd Street, NY" (Rautavaara). Pekka Kuusisto, violino/violin. Paavali Jumppanen, piano. 2 - "Rejoice greatly" de/from "Messiah" (Handel). Emma Kirkby, soprano. Taverner Players. Andrew Patton, regente/conductor. 3 - "Sonata N.12 para/for piano preparado/prepared piano" (John Cage). Grace Torres, piano. 4 - Canto do azulão do Paraná/ Brazilian birdcall 5 - "Batuque" de/from "Suite brasileira" (Alberto Nepomuceno). Orquestra Sinfônica Nacional da UFF. Lígia Amadio,regente/conductor

Stichwort - Lexikon der Alten Musik

Englische Sopranistin (geboren 1949 in Cambridge)

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Soul Music
Dido's Lament

Soul Music

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2010 27:48


Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal. Dido's Lament is a popular name for a famous aria, 'When I am laid in earth', from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell, with the libretto by Nahum Tate. Mezzo soprano Sarah Connolly talks about why she finds the piece, sung by the likes of Janet Baker and Emma Kirkby, so extraordinary, and the skill it takes to perform it. Composer and cellist Philip Shepperd's musical life was transformed when he was part of the rock singer Jeff Buckley's performance of the piece at the 1995 Meltdown Festival.

creation podcasts: newsnight
Newsnight Podcast # 21

creation podcasts: newsnight

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2006 18:18


Welcome to the coming of age edition of the Classic Newsnight podcast – yes, we're twenty-one this week! We send our roving reporter, Bob Jones, to Newcastle to check out the latest production by Streetwise Opera – the company that gives homeless people the chance to stage a production at a professional level. We have our regular consultation with Classic FM's resident GP, Rob Hicks; and the early music soprano, Emma Kirkby, drops in for a chat. Three very good reasons why you should listen on….