HeyJaredThoroughly Good Classical Music Podcast
Jon Jacob talks to artists, writers, and audience members about classical music.
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241: Nigel Short on 25 years of Tenebrae (opens the original)
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Tenebrae began with no plan, no name and a dinner Nigel Short tried to get out of. Twenty-five years on, the choir marks its anniversary with concerts and a new album, The Journey . In this conversation, Nigel talks about the chance encounters that founded it, the pocket-money calculation that swapped a paper round for a parish church choir, and the Handel opera, learned overnight, that got him thrown out of the Royal College of Music. It's a story about risk, and about the self-trust it takes t
240: Fran Wilson's 'Facing the Music' (opens the original)
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Writer Fran Wilson's debut publication 'Facing the Music' captures a lifelong love of experiencing music both from a performer and an audience member's perspective. Buy the book in bookshops, Amazon and on Kindle Unlimited .
239: Eleanor Alberga & Thomas Bowes (opens the original)
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Does the world need another recording of the Elgar Violin Concerto? Yes, I think it does. This episode makes the case: a conversation with violin Thomas Bowes and pianist, composer and arranger Eleanor Alberga, celebrating a touching lifelong musical partnership with a new release on the Rubicon label featuring Sinfonia Arcadiana conducted by Nic Fallowfield.
238: Jessica Walker (opens the original)
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In this episode, listen to singer Jessica Walker introduce the story of Barbara — the singer, composer and lyricist whose output equals Jacques Brel's, someone who sold over a million copies of a single song in a day, but who remains little known in the UK. Walker has spent years translating these songs, many of which are released in English for the first time on her new album La Solitude . We talk about the translation process … eventually. After we've tackled our view on the industry and the s
237: Three Choirs 2026 in Gloucester with composer Grace Evangeline-Mason (opens the original)
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A scrapbook in sound: voices, reflections and field recordings from Three Choirs Festival 2026 in Gloucester — a postcard from two life-enhancing days.
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