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Thoroughly Good Classical Music Podcast

Thoroughly Good Classical Music Podcast

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 Jon Jacob talks to artists, writers, and audience members about classical music.Thoroughly Good Classical Music Podcast Art Entertainment & Performing Arts
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  • 227: Claire Booth

    227: Claire Booth
    Apr 24 2026

    Sheffield Chamber Music Festival 2026 curator Claire Booth was asked a blunt question when she was invited her to put together this year's programme: why is selling a song recital so difficult? This year's Sheffield is the answer — or rather, her answer, or the argument. Or maybe its her case for it.

    Across a week of concerts, she pulls in Ravel's Scheherazade into the orbit of folk tales, positions Judith Weir's King Harald's Saga alongside a repeat performance of Gavin Higgins's Speak of the North, and premieres Julian Philipps's multilingual children's opera Henny Penny. Song sells itself because song tells a story.

    Recorded in the Royal Opera House café after a day of rehearsals, Claire talks about the Festival, a planned collaboration with Rufus Norris on Beckett, her 2025 RPS Singer Award, and — briefly, and with more disappointment than heat — Timothy Chalamet.
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    43 mins
  • 226: Huw Watkins

    226: Huw Watkins
    Mar 26 2026

    Composer and pianist Huw Watkins explores his work, his musical language, his collaborations with musicians including Tamsin Waley-Cohen with whom he has released a new album on Signum, Reflection.
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    41 mins
  • 225: Gen Z, Gen A, and Forgotten Older People

    225: Gen Z, Gen A, and Forgotten Older People
    Feb 19 2026

    When branding gets louder than the art.
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    7 mins
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