Derry Choir Fest Podcast

From Fauré to Des'ree, it’s all in a day’s work for Chanticleer, America's a cappella pride and joy. Lorcan Doherty chats to Tim Keeler, the ensemble’s music director, and Gerrod Pagenkopf, countertenor and assistant music director, about what viewers can look forward to in their beautiful concert film, After a Dream. City of Derry International Choir Festival 2021 programme 2021 podcast programme Chanticleer Tim Keeler Gerrod Pagenkopf Music Claudio Monteverdi - Lauda Jerusalem, from Vespro della Beata VergineOrlande de Lassus - Indi per alto mar, from Standomi un giornoGabriel Fauré arr. Adam Ward - Après un rêve (solo: Cortez Mitchell)Burton Lane arr. Gene Puerling - On a Clear DayAyanna Woods - close[r], nowVicente Lusitano - Regina caeli - Resurrexit Wouter De Backer (Gotye) arr. Darmon Meader - I Feel BetterDes'ree Weekes & Ashley Ingram arr. Jason Hainsworth - You Gotta Be

Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson speak to two Irish composers with two brand new pieces for this year’s festival. Elaine Agnew on her new work Remarkable, created in response to stories shared during different stages of the pandemic, which features in Wednesday's concert The Voyage. Eoghan Desmond on his piece for choir and solo cello celebrating the life and legacy of Colmcille, part of Thursday's The Road Home concert. Show notes City of Derry International Choir Festival 2021 programme 2021 podcast programme Eoghan Desmond eoghandesmond.com CMC composer page Elaine Agnew elaineagnew.com CMC composer page Remarkable Project Music Eoghan Desmond Oxen of the Sun (UCD Choral Scholars, Desmond Earley) Thomas Morley - Nolo mortem peccatoris Bach - Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 140 No.1 The Morningstar (Chamber Choir Ireland, Paul Hillier) This is My Prayer to Thee (Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Ian Keatley) Mother Goose’s Melodies (Chamber Choir Ireland, Paul Hillier) Amra Choluim Chille – A Dheascabháil agus a Shaol (Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Ian Keatley) Elaine Agnew I am a Miracle (European Union Chamber Orchestra, St Colman’s College Choir, conductor Elaine Agnew) The God of Rain (RTÉ Cór na nÓg, Mary Amond O’Brien) Remarkable (Remarkable Voices, Codetta, Ulster Orchestra, Dónal Doherty) Child Within (Cantairí Óga Átha Cliath, Bernie Sherlock) Turnabout (Belfast Philharmonic Youth Choir and Belfast Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Lynsey Callaghan)

Sing Ireland explores the many health and well-being benefits of group singing, as well as the current research on group singing during the pandemic. Dermot O'Callaghan of Sing Ireland is joined by Ailbhe Kenny of Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Martin Ashley of the Association of British Choral Directors, and Sophie Lee, a music and health researcher and practitioner.

Derry-born composer Seán Doherty talks to Evonne Ferguson about his background in choral singing and composing for choir, and conductor Orla Flanagan talks to Jonathan Grimes about her work with the Mornington Singers and Irish composers. Episode 27 of CMC’s podcast ‘amplify’. Show notes: www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-27

Conductor and composer Ragnar Rasmussen chats to festival Artistic Director Dónal Doherty about growing up in an Arctic community, discovering the paradise of practice rooms, and retaining a child-like curiosity for all things musical throughout his life. Ragnar was Chair of the Adjudication Panel from 2013 to 2015 and has twice brought the chamber choir Utopia & Reality to perform in Derry. He is Professor of conducting at the NTNU in Trondheim.