Podcasts about Iestyn Davies

[@2 min] Alright, this week...THE Iestyn Davies takes a Free Throw on one of his signature role, Didymus in Handel's Theodora. A role, incidentally, which will mark his debut with Chicago's Music of the Baroque this weekend. And since Oliver loves Iestyn so much, we'll revisit a favorite Inside the Huddle with the British countertenor from the OBS archives. [@44 min] And then, in the 'Two Minute Drill'…America will FINALLY celebrate Christ at Christmas. And it's supposed to be BARBER of Seville, not CHEESEMONGER of Seville... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 bsky @operaboxscore

 I'm so pleased to share a conversation I recorded back in September with Iestyn Davies. Iestyn is one of the world's most sought after countertenors. A noted interpreter of Handel. His repertoire also extends beyond the traditional confines of the Baroque repertoire, having recently released a disc of English song, and relishing the challenges of contemporary music, as you'll hear later in this conversation. Iestyn and I talked about a range of topics, including his favourite Handel roles, his thoughts on Baroque ornamentation, acting, what it was like working with Sir Mark Rylance, the countertenor repertoire, and maintaining a career in the classical music industry, including some of his thoughts about the advantages and disadvantages of competitions and the music college system. I'd seen Iestyn a few months before in a concert performance of Handel's opera Orlando back in the summer with the Academy of Ancient Music at the Barbican; a terrific afternoon of music. We spent the first part talking about this concert, leading into a discussion about some of the more cumbersome aspects of Handel's writing and in concert performances. Thank you very much Iestyn for giving up your time, as well as your patience, your good humour and wise words throughout the hour or so we spent talking.

Ed is back in the chair again, and is joined by Caitlin to discuss another 3-1 home win against a team from the north. They talk about County's pragmatism in overcoming Accrington, lavish praise on Nick Townsend, and Caitlin starts a Madri-related beef... We also hear from Morecambe fan Dave Salmon about what to expect from next weekend's hosts.During the chat, we give a plug to the #HerGameToo initiative, we mention the open training session being held for NCAFC Trust members (full details here) and we also direct you to support the fundraiser for Chepstow Town's defender Iestyn Davies.We'll be back with Ian's matchday diary from Morecambe next weekend. In the meantime, you can contact us via Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn with your views, and buy a sticker pack if you want to support what we do. Thanks to Tinty & The Bucket Hats for letting us use Discoland as our theme tune, and thank YOU for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

August is a big month for debuts, and we have one of our own - listener Rob made his first appearance on the pod, to talk about Tuesday's defeat at Orient, alongside Ed who witnessed Saturday's glorious home win against Doncaster. Between them they discuss the switch from a back five to a back four, fizzy midfielders, and squad depth. This was recorded and edited in haste due to holiday plans and lack of access to our usual tech - so apologies for the shonky audio; normal service will be resumed next week.We also touch on Thursday night's meeting of the NCAFC Supporters Trust (join if you're not already a member), and we also gave a plug to the fundraiser for Iestyn Davies, Chepstow Town's young defender who was this week diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkins Lymphoma - please spare a few quid if you can. Get well soon, Iestyn.As always, get in touch via Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn with your views, and buy a sticker pack if you want to support what we do. Thanks to Tinty & The Bucket Hats for letting us use Discoland as our theme tune, and thank YOU for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Dame Lesley Regan is the Government's first Women's Health Ambassador for England. She is one of the main drivers behind the upcoming Women's Health Strategy which aims to tackle the gender health gap and improve services for women. As a former president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists – only the second woman to hold that post in its 94-year history – she shone a light on historically taboo subjects from period problems and contraception to the menopause. Lesley was born in London in 1956. When she was seven she told her father that she wanted to be a doctor and although the sciences weren't her strongest subjects at school, she won a place at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School in London in 1975. In 1991 she was appointed a senior lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St Mary's Hospital in London and consultant at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The following year she set up the Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic at St Mary's which is the largest miscarriage referral service in the world. In 2020 she was appointed a DBE for services to women's healthcare. DISC ONE: Mr Bojangles – Nina Simone DISC TWO: Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp. Composed by Mahler and performed by Berliner Philharmoniker DISC THREE: Agnus Dei. Composed by Bach and performed by Iestyn Davies, (counter-tenor), The English Consort, conducted by Harry Bicket DISC FOUR: I Cried for You - Katie Melua DISC FIVE: Norma: Act I, Scene 1: Casta diva (Norma/Coro) Composed by Vincenzo Bellini and performed by Maria Callas (soprano), The Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra, conducted by Tullio Serafin DISC SIX: The Best – Tina Turner DISC SEVEN: Metamorpheme – Shakespeare and the Bible DISC EIGHT: Clarinet Concerto In A, K. 622 - II. Adagio. Composed by Mozart and performed by Karl Leister (clarinet) and Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Herbert Von Karajan BOOK CHOICE: The Works of George Eliot LUXURY ITEM: Marmite on toast CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: The Best – Tina Turner Presenter Lauren Laverne Producer Paula McGinley

Albumil "Jumalik Muusika: Inglise lauluraamat" esitavad laule erinevatest ajastutest briti kontratenor Iestyn Davies ja pianist Joseph Middleton.

Albumil "Igavene jumaliku valguse allikas…" kõlavad aariad ja duetid Georg Friedrich Händeli oratooriumitest. Esitavad metsosopran Lea Desandre ja kontratenor Iestyn Davies ning ansambel Jupiter Thomas Dunfordi juhatusel.

Patrick Radden Keefe, who has been shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize of Prizes award, discusses his book Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty. It tells the shocking story of the Sackler family and the part their company, Purdue Pharma, played in America's opioid crisis. “The word ‘divine',” Iestyn Davies says, ”has changed its meaning to indicate nowadays beauty as well as Divinity.” The songs countertenor Iestyn Davies has selected for his new album, Divine Music: An English Songbook, reflect this change. There are settings by Purcell, Britten and Butterworth and words by Shakespeare, de la Mare and Housman. That prolific artist Anonymous makes a significant contribution, too. Iestyn Davies talks to Tom Sutcliffe about his choices and, accompanied by pianist Joseph Middleton, performs one of them, appropriately titled, ‘A Hymn on Divine Music'. Theatre is not only becoming increasingly focused on telling stories about our climate crisis, but also thinking more about how sustainably it actually stages those stories. Paddy Dillon, theatre architect and founder of the Theatre Green Book, and Kate McGrath, director of Fuel Theatre Company, talk about cutting the carbon footprint of fixed theatres and touring productions. Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Julian May

durée : 01:59:24 - Musique matin du jeudi 15 décembre 2022 - par : Jean-Baptiste Urbain - Après une année 2022 riche en opéra et en musique de chambre, la mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre sort un nouveau disque “Händel : Eternal Heavens” aux côtés du contre-ténor Iestyn Davies et de l'ensemble Jupiter, mené par le luthiste Thomas Dunford. - réalisé par : Yassine Bouzar

durée : 00:12:53 - Le Disque classique du jour du mardi 29 novembre 2022 - Eternal Heaven de Thomas Dunford, son ensemble Jupiter, et des chanteurs Lea Desandre et Iestyn Davies raconte une histoire d'amour à travers une sélection radieuse des plus belles musiques spirituelles de Haendel.

durée : 01:29:42 - En pistes ! du mardi 29 novembre 2022 - par : Emilie Munera, Rodolphe Bruneau Boulmier - Ce matin, nous partons en voyage au paradis éternel de Thomas Dunford et son ensemble Jupiter. Avec les chanteurs Lea Desandre et Iestyn Davies, ils interprètent les musiques spirituelles de Haendel. Nous écouterons aussi Roger Norrington ou encore le pianiste Burak Cebi.

Bore Cothi - Gruffydd Rees 16.11 Ydy gwenyn yn cysgu dros y gaeaf? Nac ydyn, ddim yn ôl y gwenynwr Gruffydd Rees o'r Dryswyn yn Sir Gaerfyrddin. Dyma Gruffydd yn dweud mwy wrth Shan Cothi….. Gwenyn Bees Cwch Hive Para To last Peillio To pollinate Hanfodol Essential Diwydiant Industry Cnwd Crop Trystan ac Emma – Gari'r Gwiningen Y gwenyn yn brysur yn bwyta mêl drwy'r gaeaf – braf on'd ife? Nesa dyma i chi hanes Gari, anifail anwes Emma o Lanbedrog ym Mhen Llŷn, sydd wrth ei fodd yn mynd am dro i'r traeth gyda thri o gŵn Emma. Dim byd yn rhyfedd am hynny nag oes? Wel oes, gan mai cwningen ydy Gari. Dyma Emma'n sgwrsio gyda Trystan ac yr Emma arall… Cwningen Rabbit Aballu And so on Dychmygu To imagine Ymateb Response Aled Hughes – Nyrsus Phillipines 14.11 Felly peidiwch â chael gormod o sioc tasech chi'n gweld cwningen yn mynd am dro ar draethau Pen Llŷn! Fore Llun cafodd Aled Hughes gyfle i sgwrsio gyda Noel Davies mab Lottie, nyrs o Ynysoedd Philippines yn wreiddiol, ddaeth draw i Gymru i weithio yn y Gwasanaeth Iechyd gyda nifer o nyrsys eriall o'r Ynysoedd. Llais Noel ei hunan dyn ni'n ei glywed ar ddechrau'r clip pan oedd e'n 6 oed. Mae e dipyn yn henach nawr ac ymunodd e gydag Aled i ddathlu 21mlynedd ers i nyrsys o'r Ynysoedd gyrraedd Cymru ac i roi ychydig o'i hanes personol e… Uffernol Hellish Cyn gyd-weithwraig annwyl A dear former colleague Yn gyfarwydd Familiar Poblogaidd Popular Hyfforddi To train I chdi I ti Beti – Iestyn Davies 20.11 Noel Davies oedd hwnna'n sgwrsio gydag Aled Hughes yn sôn gymuned Philippino y gogledd. Bnawn Sul ar raglen Beti a'i Phobl, cyn dditectif ac Uwch Arolygydd Heddlu Gogledd Cymru, Iestyn Davies oedd y gwestai. Dyma fe'n sôn am rywbeth doniol iawn ddigwyddodd iddo fe pan oedd e'n blismon ar Ynys Môn Uwch Arolygydd Superintendent Cau stopio Gwrthod stopio Buarth Farmyard Drewi Stinking Sylweddoli To realise Yn wirioneddol In reality Caryl – Wendy Williams 14.11 Wel dyna stori dda ‚on‘d ife ? Nos Lun a'r raglen Caryl roedd Wendie Williams o Gaerfyrddin yn sôn am y rhaglen deledu Yma O Hyd a'r effaith mae'r gân arbennig hon wedi ei gael y tu hwnt i fyd siaradwyr Cymraeg… Y tu hwnt Beyond Cysylltu To contact Torf Crowd Ias A shudder Aberth Sacrifice Ymgyrchu Campaigning Hunaniaeth Identity Llefain Crïo Angerdd Passion Bore Cothi – Manon Fisher Jenkins 15.11 Ac mae sawl fersiwn o'r gân i'w gael erbyn hyn on'd oes, ers Cwpan y Byd. Mae Manon Fisher Jenkins o Gaerdydd wedi newid gyrfa sawl gwaith er mai yn ei phedwardegau yn unig mae hi. Ond erbyn hyn mae hi wedi dod o hyd i yrfa sydd wrth ei bodd. Dyma hi'n esbonio wrth Shan Cothi... Gradd Degree Amgueddfa Museum TAR PGCE Tost Sâl Mamolaeth Maternity leave Hedyn A seed Tad-cu Taid Rhandir Allotment Dwlu Mwynhau Andros o ffodus Lwcus iawn

Dros y blynyddoedd mae'r cyn-dditectif a Phrif Arolygydd Iestyn Davies wedi gweithio'n ddiflino i sicrhau bod yr heddlu'n cynnig gwasanaethau Cymraeg. Wedi treulio 30 mlynedd gyda Heddlu'r Gogledd, mae Iestyn bellach yn Bencampwr y Gymraeg gyda'r cwmni sy'n gyfrifol am redeg cyrsiau i'r rhai sydd wedi eu dal yn goryrru. UKROEd (UK Road Offender Education) sy'n rhoi trwyddedau i gwmnïau eraill i hyfforddi pobol sydd wedi eu dal yn gyrru yn gyflymach na'r terfyn, a gwaith Iestyn yw sicrhau bod y cwmnïau yng Nghymru yn cydymffurfio â rheolau iaith. Cyn hynny, bu'r gŵr sy'n byw ym Mhorthaethwy ym Môn yn arwain y tîm oedd yn edrych ar droseddau difrifol, gan gynnwys llofruddiaethau a ddenodd sylw'r byd. Mae Iestyn yn rhannu straeon bywyd ac yn sôn am y sialensiau a'r mwynhad a gafodd o wneud y gwaith.

Presenter Tom Service visits the Pit Theatre at the Barbican to learn more about a new theatrical meditation on the bittersweet consolations of sorrow. He speaks to countertenor Iestyn Davies about the melancholy of John Dowland's music and its power to process grief, while the director Netia Jones tells Tom how she's weaved together creative visuals with philosophical musings of Robert Burton's 17th-century treatise The Anatomy of Melancholy as well as those of Freud and other contemporary experts of the human condition. As the BBC celebrates its centenary, Music Matters is joined by composers Matthew Herbert and Anna Meredith, and Artistic Associate of the Southbank Gillian Moore, to discuss the corporation's role as a commissioner of contemporary repertoire during the past 100 years. Tom catches-up with composer Tom Floyd, singer Sophie Goldrick, and Professor Marion Thain during rehearsals of a new opera, Veritable Michael, which charts the creative life and love affair of two women who operated together under the pseudonym Michael Field – a 19th century fictional author whose work was celebrated by the likes of Oscar Wilde and Robert Browning. And Tom takes a trip to the Victoria and Albert Museum where he'd joined by Harriet Reed, the co-curator of Re:Imagining Musicals – a new display of glittering costumes and musical memorabilia – to explore the craftmanship, creative renewal, and evolutionary impetus behind some of the most iconic musicals of the past seven decades.

Perhaps the shortest music that will ever feature on Cacophony, Eternal source of light divine is three beautiful and brilliant minutes of Handel, setting us up for the day as effectively as any yoga routine (though you can do that too of course)! It's a quietly awe-filled salute to the sun. Listening time: 10 mins (podcast 6', music 4') Performances here on Youtube, Spotify, Amazon and Apple Music sung by Iestyn Davies, with Crispian Steele-Perkins on trumpet and The King's Consort conducted by Robert King. If you like it, you can buy a recording as a high quality download here. The whole album is terrific.   What do you think? Let me know with an easy voicemail or comment at Cacophonyonline.com, Facebook or Twitter.   If you'd like to support Cacophony there are easy, great, ways: - share this episode with someone you know - share the 100 second trailer - send us a little something at ko-fi.com - subscribe/ review and keep listening!   Thanks for listening!

In this episode, Davina reviews two newly released albums hot off the press:  Handel's 'La Resurrezione' by The English Concert and 'John Wilbye – Draw on Sweet Night ' by I Fagiolini and Robert Hollingworth. The English Concert and Harry Bicket's acclaimed concert cycle of Handel operas and oratorios continues with its second release on Linn, following Handel's Rodelinda last year. La Resurrezione, composed by Handel in his mid-twenties, and first performed on Easter Sunday in 1708, marked the climax of Handel's time in Rome. The work details the events between and during Good Friday and Easter Sunday. This new album features some of today's finest voices including Lucy Crowe, Iestyn Davies, Sophie Bevan, Ashley Riches and Hugo Hymas. Davina is joined in The Classical Corner by Iestyn and Lucy to talk about their favourite arias, Handel's operatic writing and the process of recording the album.   To welcome the spring, I Fagiolini has put aside its beloved Monteverdi to uncover its own national heritage: the best of John Wilbye's classic Golden Age madrigals. The album marks the first specific recording of Wilbye's Madrigals released since the 1980s.  The album covers a central part of English choral culture that has been strangely out of fashion for so long, sung by a group that has matured into the repertoire. The plangent dissonance of ‘Draw on, sweet night' and ‘Weep, weep, mine eyes' evoke English melancholy, while ‘Sweet honeysucking bees' and ‘Adieu, sweet Amaryllis' are such sheer pleasure to sing that many listeners will scrabble to unearth old scores. Davina chats to Robert about how this new album came about, the choice of repertoire and the sheer delight of listening to and singing English madrigals. With special thanks to Linn Records and Coro for the use of these beautiful recordings. All the recordings discussed in this episode of The Classical Corner can be found in the Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7wbunpPpFKH36KIys8OF2D?si=996cd75080bb4997

Love it or hate it, London dominates the UK politically, economically and culturally. It's nearly 200 years since one critic famously described the capital as ‘the Great Wen' a monstrous cyst sucking the life blood from the rest of the country. And for many that belief still stands. In The London Problem: What Britain Gets Wrong About Its Capital City the academic, and Londoner, Jack Brown untangles the complex strands of anti-London rhetoric, separating hyperbole from fact. In 2019 the former special advisor Dominic Cummings told journalists to ‘get out of London. Go and talk to people who are not rich Remainers', feeding into another perception of the capital. But the city is far from homogenous: 40% of Londoners voted for Brexit, and the population is the most ethnically and religiously diverse and has the greatest levels of poverty, compared to the rest of the country. The writer Jennifer Kavanagh spent two years getting out and talking to people on the streets of London – from beggars, to stall owners, to entertainers to thieves. Let Me Take You By The Hand tells the stories in their own words, of those who work and live in the capital. The German composer George Frideric Handel moved to London in 1712 and made it his home. The countertenor Iestyn Davies celebrates Handel's life in the capital, following his footsteps from his operatic triumphs in Covent Garden, past his local church in Hanover Square, to his Mayfair home. In Handel's London Altos, at King's Place on 24th June, Davies will perform a series of pieces showcasing his best work. Producer: Katy Hickman

In order to be a Roman Emperor, you had to be entirely cold-blooded. It was a violent world of infighting, ruthless slander, and take-no-prisoners politics -- a world where rulers would kill a million people and enslave a million more just to flex their power. This was the Game of Thrones setting that George Frideric Handel chose for Agrippina. The opera's name comes from Empress Agrippina the Younger, a woman of ambition and influence, and this episode focuses on someone who inadvertently stands in her way: the hapless Ottone. He doesn’t realize that becoming the heir to the throne has put a target on his back, and that Agrippina is aiming to take him down. Eventually she turns everyone against Ottone, leaving him in total despair.  Having lost his friends, his future, and the love of his life, Ottone asks “Why me?” in the aria “Voi che udite il mio lamento.” Host Rhiannon Giddens and three guests take you on a tour of the cutthroat politics of ancient Rome, a world of murder and mayhem that still has something to teach us today.  Countertenor Iestyn Davies likes singing the role of Ottone because as the only honest character in the opera, he’s an audience favorite. This was the last role he sang at the Met right before the lockdown, and he knows that his future performances will be deepened by his experience of the pandemic.  Handel expert Dr. Alison DeSimone is an assistant professor of musicology at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, where she teaches courses in music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. She loves how Handel gets to the emotional depths of all of his characters, making them feel like real people. She recently published a book called The Power of Pastiche about music and culture in 18th-century England. Historian Dr. Emma Southon is a recovering academic, writer, podcast host, and scholar of the ancient world. She's amused that ancient Romans are presented as paragons of civilization and culture even though their murder and mudslinging is anything but civilized. She wrote her first book, a biography of Agrippina, because she felt the Empress deserved her own book and no one else was stepping up to write it.

Ok, ok......this is not the new guest we promised in this week’s episode BUT it is a whole extra bonus edition with internationally renowned countertenor and star of episode 43, Iestyn Davies. Total bonus right?!As you will hear in Seb and Verity’s opening waffle, the past few weeks have been tricky to say the least. However, there are exciting episodes and events afoot which they share with you as well as an insight into the wonderful, wide ranging benefits of becoming a Three In A Bar Patreon (link below).The main feature of this edition is the previously ‘Patreon only’ Iestyn Davies extras. Iestyn chats about the fateful end to his oboe playing days, they share less than impressive piano lesson stories and Seb tells Iestyn about first hearing the countertenor voice.Seb and Verity are back next week with a new guest, that’s a promise! For the time being we hope you enjoy this extra slice of Iestyn Davies!Excerpt at the end from "Eternal Source of Light Devine", performed by Iestyn Davis, Alison Balsom, Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert. Listen in full here: https://open.spotify.com/track/5GuVpZJpX4C0nQzF63qnsi?si=3xoOy3uVR1Cj3DMH9sr8xQSUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREONThis show is purely funded by our patrons. Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards.Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabarMEZZO PIANO PATRONSLeonie HirstAnita Philpott Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Seb and Verity chat to multi award-winning, internationally renowned countertenor Iestyn Davies. It just so happens that Iestyn and Verity were at school together so this podcast acts as a catch up after 23 years, gulp. Iestyn was due to be singing the lead in Giulio Cesare at the Met on the evening they recorded, a run which was obviously scuppered by Covid. He chats about his frustrations and despondency this lockdown but also glimmers of hope with exciting projects on the horizon.Iestyn talks about his low-key professional debut at Zurich Opera conducted by Nicholas Harncourt and singing alongside Jonas Kaufman....no big deal right? They also discuss his stint in Farinelli and the King on Broadway, at the Globe theatre and in the West End, including tales of corpsing and Kris Akabusi.At at the end of their conversation, Seb gets a short lesson from Iestyn on improving his falsetto.....it’s fairly harrowing and should possibly come with a health warning. SUPPORT THREE IN A BAR ON PATREONThis Show is purely funded by our patrons. Join our Members’ Club for a bonus podcast feed plus many more rewards.Click here: https://www.patreon.com/threeinabarMEZZO PIANO PATRONSLeonie Hirst Anita PhilpottLinkshttp://www.iestyndavies.com/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/iestyn_davies/Iestyn’s YouTube channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCV4ajzjU8aQwCdEdWUcP-gAIestyn Davies and Alison Balsom Eternal Source of Light Devine, by Handel https://open.spotify.com/track/4FUwHeCqZZCVPmXA1i9tvi?si=urBQl615TwmBOUD06wzc_AIf: Michael Nyman, Henry Purcell. By Michael Nyman, Iestyn Davies, Fretwork. https://open.spotify.com/album/64HLCY8YcaTaXb6jdNDSjf?si=Jx6UfYiKSVKMjUQF11CswA Click here to join the Members' Club on Patreon! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In an archive interview from March 2016, Ben Eshmade speaks to composer George Benjamin and counter tenor Iestyn Davies, just before the premiere of the then new work, Dream of the Song, performed as part of a three concert series, entitled 'Benjamin at the Barbican'. This podcast has turned out to be a document of the composer and the composition process just before the premiere of this piece. From the Archive sees us dig into our extensive contemporary and classical music and cinema podcast archive as we rediscover interviews and discussions with artists, with our long-standing producer and presenter, Ben Eshmade. Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

All of the latest opera news. Don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe on your favourite podcast platform. Episode content 1) April 2020 news round-up - Catch-up on the BIG Operacast Quiz (https://www.facebook.com/operacast) - 'Krishna' at Grange Park Opera (https://bit.ly/3ak3nKp) - Metropolitan Opera 'At-Home Gala' (https://bit.ly/3bpZrJm) - Louise Alder (https://bit.ly/3cwqXFi) and Iestyn Davies (https://bit.ly/2XL1yU8) keeping us entertained - Make your own Opera House (https://bit.ly/3ctcrxP) 2) Watch-along with us: 'The House' (1996) - https://bit.ly/2XJzPTP 3) Interview with conductor Daniel Oren Round-up recorded in Leeds, UK on 19 April 2020 Interview with Daniel Oren recorded in London, UK on 20 January 2020 Produced by Northern Opera Group Host – David Ward

We revisit our Composer Focus series from November 2018, as Edward Seckerson and countertenor Iestyn Davies delve into the life and music of composer George Frederic Handel.Subscribe to Nothing Concrete on Acast, Spotify, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What's brewing backstage with the Orchestra?In September 2019, Netty met up with countertenor Iestyn Davies during our run of Handel's Agrippina at the Royal Opera House, where he sang the role of Ottone.They discuss Iestyn's archaeology degree, how you don't choose to become a countertenor, and the important role of Cathedrals in British musical life. 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.Iestyn performs with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Vivaldi and Pergolesi: Sacred Baroque, touring to London, Saffron Walden, New York and Ohio in November 2019.

Join Sam and Tim as they take a closer look at Sibelius' masterpiece Finlandia, discuss the recent Boulanger Total Immersion, review Fretwork's new CD of Michael Nyman music AND interview classical crossover soprano Joanna Forest.Music Credits: Gioachino Rossini, ‘Cat Duet, performed live by Kiri Te Kanawa & Norma Burrows Ludwig van Beethoven, ‘Fur Elise' performed by Timmy Fisher Jean Sibelius, ‘Finlandia', performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski in 1931 Barrington Pheloung, main theme from ‘Inspector Morse' performed by Timmy Fisher Jean Sibelius, ‘Finlandia', performed by The Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki and several thousand Finns Michael Nyman, arr. Richard Boothby, ‘The Diary of Anne Frank', performed by Iestyn Davies and Fretwork on Signum RecordsJean Sibelius, Symphony No. 5 Mov. 4, performed by Timmy FisherFollow us here: instagram.com/classicalpod/ twitter.com/ClassicalPod facebook.com/ClassicalPod/And do check out: Yannick Nézet-Séguin's animal playlist on Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/a-cats-music-playlist/pl.u-NE2GSWXzJ8Or Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/58wzLDWylhyq0fUxYklZNJ?si=fZVOK_EnTEWwgwPbpefDagJoanna Forest's website: http://www.joannaforest.com/‘If' by Iestyn Davies and Fretwork: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8546907--if-michael-nyman-henry-purcell The Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki and several thousand Finns performing ‘Finlandia': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUkzmJGi1Lo

Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with countertenor Iestyn Davies, who just finished a run of Handel’s “Ariodante” at Lyric Opera of Chicago, having recently been on Broadway in the play “Farinelli and the King”... But first, the OBS clowns take a look at Chicago Opera Theater’s 2019-2020 season announcement. Will the company beat its record-breaking Dodson Scale™ score from last season...? In the ‘Two Minute Drill’, conductors are repping it all over the biz... operaboxscore.com/thisweeksshow @operaboxscore

**Agenda** WISERD presentation: ‘Successful Futures for All’ * Dr Nigel Newton, Research Associate, WISERD Panel discussion: shared priorities for action and Q&A session * Rhea Stevens, Policy, Projects and External Affairs Manager, IWA (Chair) * Ben Cottam, Head of External Affairs, FSB Wales  * Iestyn Davies, Chief Executive, Colegau Cymru * Leigh Hughes, Chair, Cardiff Capital Regional Employment and Skills board * Nina Ruddle, Head of Public Policy Engagement, Wrexham Glyndŵr University Summary and thanks * Auriol Miller, Director, IWA

Musikalische Leitung: Ivor Bolton Inszenierung: Barrie Kosky Mit Alice Coote, Gianluca Buratto, Elsa Benoit, Iestyn Davies

Last year we covered Claire Van Kampen’s Farinelli and the King after it transferred from the Sam Wannamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe to the Duke of York’s Theatre in London’s West End. This past Sunday, it opened on Broadway. The reviews have been raves pretty much across the board. Getting just as many great notices as the play’s star are Sam Crane and Iestyn Davies who play Farinelli and Farinelli’s Voice respectively.

I programmet diskuteras bl.a. Melnikovs första vol av Prokofjevs pianosonater, countertenoren Iestyn Davies sjunger Bach samt Capucons tolkning av Glass Violinkonsert. Sofia möter Ann Hallenberg. I panelen Edward Klingspor, Johanna Paulsson och Niklas Lindblad som tillsammans med vikarierande programledaren Magnus Lindman betygsätter följande skivor:  JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Kantater Iestyn Davies, countertenor Arcangelo-ensemblen Jonathan Cohen, dirigent Hyperion CDA 68111 PHILIP GLASS LEONARD BERNSTEIN Violinkonsert nr 1 Serenade after Platos Symposium Renaud Capucon, violin Bruckner Orchester Linz Dennis Russell Davies, dirigent Orange Mountain Music 0114 SERGEJ PROKOFJEV Pianosonater nr 2, 6 och 8 Alexander Melnikov, piano Harmonia Mundi HMC 902202 FRANZ LISZT En Faust-symfoni Steve Davislim, tenor Chorus Sine Nomine Orchester Wiener Akademie Martin Haselböck, dirigent Alpha Classics ALPHA 475 Referensen Magnus jämför med och refererar till en inspelning av Liszts En Faust-symfoni med tenoren Kenneth Riegel, Tanglewood Festival Chorus och Bostons symfoniorkester allt under ledning av Leonard Bernstein. Inspelad på Deutsche Grammophon.    Sofia möter Ann Hallenberg Sofia Nyblom träffade världsmezzosopranen för ett samtal om bl.a. det stora intresset för barockmusik. Detta i samband med att sångerskan höll romansafton i Grünewaldsalen i Stockholms konserthus i april.  Andra i programmet nämnda eller rekommenderade inspelningar: Bachs kantat nr 82, Ich habe genug med Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau tillsammans med Münchens Bach-orkester ledda av Karl Richter på DG samt med Bach Collegium Stuttgart under Helmuth Rilling på Novalis; Lorraine Hunt Lieberson med Orchestra of Emmanuel Music dirigerade av Craig Smith på Nonesuch samt med alten Nathalie Stutzmann och Hannover Band ledda av Roy Goodman på RCA. Berlioz Symphonie fantastique i jämförelse med Liszts Faust-symfoni. Prokofjevs pianosonater med Emil Gilels inspelad på Chant du Monde samt med Svjatoslav Richter på Praga. Philip Glass Violinkonsert nr 1 med Gidon Kremer och Wiens filharmoniker ledda av Christoph von Dohnanyi på skivmärke DG. Philip Glass Violinkonsert nr 2  Svepet Magnus sveper över och spelar valda delar ur ett album med Philip Glass pianoverk. Pianisten heter Vikingur Olafsson och skivmärket är DG.

I programmet diskuteras Violinsonater av Brahms med Tetzlaff och Vogt, ovanliga rekvier av Cherubini och Plantade samt Job och den nionde symfonin av Vaughan Williams. Hanna väljer 4 countertenorer. I panelen Alexander Freudenthal, Bengt Forsberg och Måns Tengnér som tillsammans med programledaren Johan Korssell betygsätter följande skivor: RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Job och Symfoni nr 9 Bergens filharmoniker Andrew Davis, dirigent Chandos CHSA 5180 JOHANNES BRAHMS Violinsonaterna Christian Tetzlaff, violin Lars Vogt, piano Ondine ODE 1284-2 REKVIER Musik av Cherubini och C-H Plantade Le Concert Spirituel Hervé Niquet, dirigent Alpha ALPHA 251 Referensen Johan jämför med och refererar till en inspelning av Vaughan Williams nionde symfoni med Londons symfoniorkester under ledning av André Previn, inspelad år 1968 på RCA.  Hannas val Hanna Höglund väljer ur fyra nya countertenor-album: Iestyn Davies sjunger Bach, Mikael Bellini sjunger ur Kent Olofssons kammarverk "Champs detoile" utgiven på dB Productions; Philippe Jarousskys med tema Orfeus på Erato samt ur svenskboende venezuelanen Rodrigo Sosas Dal Pozzos "Pure haute-contre på egen utgåva. Andra i programmet nämnda eller rekommenderade inspelningar: Brahms violinsonater med Christian Tetzlaff och Lars Vogt i live-version på EMI; Itzhak Perlman och Vladimir Ashkenazy på EMI; Nils-Erik Sparf och Elisabeth Westenholz på Bis; Viktoria Mullova och Piotr Anderszewski på Philips; David Ojstrach och Frieda Bauer på märket Praga; Josef Suk och Julius Katchen på Decca samt med Henryk Szeryng och Artur Rubinstein på RCA. Cherubinis Requiem c-moll med Ambrosian Singers och Philharmonia Orchestra, London under ledning av Riccardo Muti på EMI. Vaughan Williams balett Job med både Londons filharmoniker och Londons symfoniorkester under Adrian Boult på bl.a. EMI samt med Londons filharmoniker ledd av Vernon Handley på EMI. Vaughan Williams nionde symfoni med Sovjetiska kulturministeriets symfoniorkester, Moskva ledd av Gennadij Rozjdestvenskij på Melodija; Londons filharmoniker ledda av Adrian Boult på Decca; Leopold Stokowski med egna orkestern från en radioupptagning i New York 1958 samt med BBCs symfoniorkester under ledning av Andrew Davis på Warner Classics.  Svepet Den här veckan sveper Johan över två album. På det ena spelar pianisten Alexander Melnikov Prokofjevs pianosonater nr 2, 6 och 8 i en utgåva på Harmonia Mundi. På det andra betitlad 4 x Anders Eliasson, framför Norrbotten Neo fyra verk av Anders Eliasson, utgiven på Bis.

Highlights from the week on In Tune including opera star Renée Fleming on her new CD which includes her take on Björk, composer Mark-Anthony Turnage on his latest piece for Simon Rattle. Film music expert and all round musical genius Neil Brand gives us his take on the musicals ahead of his new BBC 4 series. Harvey and the Wallbangers bring some close harmony magic to the proceedings as they return with a new line up after 30 years out of the limelight. Jonathan Cohen, conductor of Arcangelo, talks baroque and about his new CD with counter tenor Iestyn Davies. Classical Opera round off with a snippet from their epic Mozart series with performance from soprano Gemma Summerfield, bass-baritone Ashley Riches and Ian Page on piano.

Iestyn Davies, Samuel West, Joshua Bell, Southbank Gamelan, James Gilchrist.

Composer Nico Muhly and countertenor Iestyn Davies discuss their collaboration Old Bones

Hear our experts' many tips and tricks for warming up – from practising in Italian, to talking in a higher voice, and why basses can enjoy longer lie-ins before morning rehearsals than sopranos. Our experts vocal trainer Mary King, counter-tenor Iestyn Davies, soprano Angel Blue and baritone Roderick Williams explain all, in this episode of Singers on Singing, part of the Classical Voice season on BBC Radio 3.

Why is singing in Italian like riding a racehorse? Why is French such a tricky language to sing in? And what's with all those German consonants? Find out more from our experts baritone Roderick Williams, counter-tenor Iestyn Davies and soprano Angel Blue, in this episode of Singers on Singing, part of the Classical Voice season on BBC Radio 3.

How do you deal with an instrument you can't see, only imagine? How can you practice throwing your voice? And why is counter-tenor technique akin to that of yodelling? Hear tips and tricks on technique from our experts baritone Roderick Williams, counter-tenor Iestyn Davies and soprano Angel Blue, in this episode of Singers on Singing, part of the Classical Voice season on BBC Radio 3.

An ageing King is driven to murderous intent by the youthful heroisms of David, he of giant-slaying fame. The setting is ancient Israel but the story of a nation in transition hit home to an eighteenth century England still in political flux when Handel premiered Saul in 1739. In this podcast, Suzanne Aspden, associate professor of music at the University of Oxford, Handel specialist Dr Ruth Smith, conductor Ivor Bolton and singers Iestyn Davies and Christopher Purves, discuss the music and themes of Handel’s first great oratorio in English. Presenter: Katie Derham Produced by Katherine Godfrey for Whistledown Productions for Festival 2015.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to countertenor, Iestyn Davies about his time as a Cambridge chorister under legendary music director, George Guest.

Countertenor, Iestyn Davies, and bass Christopher Purves in two new recordings with the ensemble Arcangelo directed by Jonathan Cohen.

Mark Lawson talks to three tenors and a counter-tenor: Joseph Calleja (pictured), Ian Bostridge, Mark Padmore and Iestyn Davies reflect on repertoire, singing teachers and the perils of phlegm. Producer Georgia Mann.

Milos Karadaglic, Iestyn Davies and Véronique Gens: the Gramophone Podcast - October 2011

Stanley Wells CBE (Shakespeare specialist), Rosie Millard (journalist and broadcaster) and Leo Hussain join Christopher Cook to discuss A Midsummer Night's Dream, with a sung extract by counter-tenor, Iestyn Davies.