OUR FUTURE PAST - The Early Music Podcast

In this last episode, Darina meets the artistic director of the Zefiro Torna ensemble, Jurgen De Bruyn, to discuss the shift towards ecological awareness and the collaborative approach as an example of interest in and respect for other cultures. In the course of this conversation, Jurgen de Bruyn mentions a project he launched during the Covid-19 pandemic about ecological sustainability and how this theme is a priority for the music sector. CREDITS guest Jurgen De Bruyn, Zefiro Torna interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music "With endless tears that never cease", Robert Johnson performed by Zefiro Torna 2009 Excerpt "Les Tisserands" performed by Zefiro Torna, Amorroma and Philippe Laloy 2006

In this episode, Darina talks to three female guests, Laura Granero, Hannah Ely and Aino Peltomma, who share their views on diversity in their country and the inspiration they draw from influential women of the past. We look at what it meant to be a musician in the 19th century, what it meant to have a traditional upbringing in Victorian England, and how religious dynamics influenced women artists in medieval Finland. CREDITS guests Hannah Ely, soprano Aino Peltomaa, soprano Laura Granero, pianist interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music "Come fiammeggia e splende", Maddalena Casulana performed by Fieri Consort 2024 "Il contrasto di cinque sensi", Barbara Strozzi performed by Fieri Consort 2024 "Come fiammeggia e splende", Maddalena Casulana performed by Fieri Consort 2024 "Kinderszenen", Robert Schumann  performed by Fanny Davies 1929 "Sonata Opus 18 Nr 5 in A Major", Johann Christian Bach performed by Fanny Davies Ensemble 2021 Excerpt "Lapsed caick laolacatt", Jaakko Suomalainen - Piae Cantiones performed by Ensemble Gamut! 2021 "Trina caeli hierarchia" performed by Ensemble Gamut! 2022

With the director of the early music department at the Royal Conservatory The Hague, Teunis van der Zwart, we discuss the challenges of making a conservatoire more diverse and inclusive safe space, as well as open to interdepartmental collaborations. Finally, we find out how the lives of students and teachers can be made safer in an institution, and look at the development of music conservatoires in general. CREDITS guest Teunis van der Zwart, Koninklijk Conservatorium interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music "Symphony no 7 in B minor D759", Franz Schubert performed by students from the Early Music department of the Royal Conservatoire The Hague, the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, conducted by Sir Roger Norrington 2019

How do we tackle gender equality issues in our sector? How do we deal with problematic texts of music works? Lila Hajosi, director of Ensemble Irini and co-founder of the French network #EllesDirigent, which supports women ensemble directors, will share her views on the challenges raised by these issues and the importance of creating an atmosphere of collaboration. CREDITS guest Lila Hajosi, Ensemble Irini interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music "Liturgie de Saint-Jean Chrysostome: Cheruvikon, Hymne des Chérubins", Anonymous performed by Ensemble Irini 2021

This episode is devoted to a guest straight from America: Karin Cuéllar Rendón, from the Early Music America network, historic Bolivian violinist, researcher and social justice advocate. Together with Darina, they will discuss issues of inclusivity and diversity in the field of early music, as well as interaction with the LGBTQI+ community and enlarging audiences, resources and funding. CREDITS guest Karin Cuéllar Rendón, Early Music America interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music "La Primavera - Le Quattro Stagioni", Antonio Vivaldi  performed by Karin Cuéllar Rendón and L'Harmonie des saisons 2023 Musicking Off the Cuff: Models for Early Music Improvisation performed by Karin Cuéllar Rendón and Linda Pearse 2020 "Una panthera", Johannes Ciconia performed by CWRU Medieval Ensemble 2015

In this episode, Jan Van den Borre, artistic director of MAfestival Brugge, presents his approach to programming one of the oldest early music festivals in the world. We talk about communication, mediation and engagement of the audience, the importance of empathy and respect in relationships with artists, and the challenges raised by today's genre definitions. CREDITS guest Jan Van den Borre, MAfestival Brugge interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music "Ruins" performed by Pitou and B.O.X. 2020 "Leçons de ténèbres pour le Mercredi saint", François Couperin performed by Capriola di Gioia, conducted by Bart Naessens 2020 "Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse", Joseph Bodin de Boismortier performed by Le Concert Spirituel, conducted by Hervé Niquet 2016

Anna Karinsdotter, managing director of Drottningholm Theatre in Sweden, shares in this episode the strategies used by the Theatre to be more effective and inclusive in terms of audiences, and how this artistic genre is taking steps to include children and artists with special needs in a baroque opera performance. CREDITS guest Anna Karinsdotter, Drottningholms Slottsteater interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music "Come nube che fugge - Agrippina", George Frideric Handel performed by Bruno de Sá 2021 "Overture - The Magic Flute", Wolfang Amadeus Mozart performed by Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra, Drottningholm Theatre Chorus, conducted by Arnold Östman 2015 "Il Gustino", Antonio Vivaldi performed by Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra, conducted by George Petrou 2022

This episode is devoted to the EEEmerging programme and its lasting change, openness to mental health issues and the mid-career diversion of professional musicians. Isabelle Battioni, director of the Centre culturel de rencontre d'Ambronay, shares her rich professional experience on these current issues. CREDITS guest Isabelle Battioni, Centre culturel de rencontre d’Ambronay interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music "Sr. Ulick Burk", "The soup of good drink" and "The high road to Dublin", Anonymous performed by The Curious Bards 2016 "Cello concerto in C minor, RV 401", Antonio Vivaldi performed by Les Contre-Sujets 2015

In this episode, we're off to discover the traditions of historical queer theatre and the problem of ‘ideological’ traditionalist practices in music. Darina will discuss the possibility of re-examining the original texts with members of the ĀRT HOUSE 17 ensemble: Michael Hell, Thomas Höft and Georg Krones. CREDITS guests Michael Hell, Thomas Höft and Georg Krones, ĀRT HOUSE 17 interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music Excerpts "Kaffeekantate" performed by ĀRT HOUSE 17 2022 Excerpts "The Crocodile Bar" performed by ĀRT HOUSE 17 2023 Excerpts "Geister von Sanssouci" performed by ĀRT HOUSE 17 2023

In this first episode, Darina shares a discussion with the artistic director of the ECOS festival and director of the Cantoría vocal ensemble, Jorge Losana, about the evolution of the young festival he organises, keeping in mind his unique approach to awareness-raising, repertoires diversity, and an empathetic and inclusive attitude towards the audience. CREDITS guest Jorge Losana, ECOS Festival  interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music "Oy comamos y bebamos", Juan del Encina performed by Ensemble Cantoría 2022 "¡Cucú, cucú!", Juan del Encina performed by Ensemble Cantoría 2021 "Dadme albricias, hijos d’Eva", Anonymous - Cancionero de Uppsala performed by Ensemble Cantoría 2021

Hello and welcome to the last special episode of the 4th season of the Early Music Podcast, dedicated to the impressions shared by the participants of the Early Music Summit with host Darina Ablogina.   CREDITS guests Richard Lorber, WDR and the Early Music Days in Herne Mélanie Froehly, ZAMUS Thomas Höft and Georg Kroneis, Kunsthaus 17 Lila Hajosi, Ensemble Irini Jorge Losana, ECOS Festival  Sofie Vanden Eynde, Imago Mundi Ensemble Jurgen De bruyn, Zefiro Torna Ensemble Karin Cuéllar Rendón, Early Music America interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music Nocturne in E major, Frédéric Chopin performed by Raoul Koczalski Historical recording, 1938 ¡Cucú, cucú!, Juan del Enzina performed by Ensemble Cantoria 2021 Ensemble Irini at La Cité de la Voix 2017 The White Rose, Florence Beatrice Price performed by Reginald Mobley and Agave American Orignals: A New World, A New Canon, Acis 2021 Introduction, Sofie Vanden Eynde Mistress Elizabeth Davenant, Her Songes, 2012 The Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a, Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 41 & Symphony No. 41 in C 'Jupiter', K. 551, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

How early music can be specific in its approach to new audiences? How are conservatoires tackling this issue? Isaac Alonso de Molina shares his views on the need for conservatoires to teach audience development, as the first step to develop the artists' skills to engage with society, and a focal point of the European Association of Conservatoires' Early Music working group discussions.  CREDITS guest Isaac Alonso de Molina, Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag  interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music Ave verum corpus, O sacrum convivium performed by La Academia de los Nocturnos and Ensemble La Danserye 2023

In a branch of music where research plays such a central role, how can there be such a disconnection between research and performance? How can we create cooperation between both fields? These themes, according to Rebekah Ahrendt, are central in "EarlyMuse", a research action funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). Listen to her describe her ideal world in this final episode of the 4th season of the Early Music Podcast!  CREDITS guest Rebekah Ahrendt, Utrecht University  interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1, "Razumovsky": III. Adagio molto e mesto, Ludwig van Beethoven performed by Quatuor Ébène Beethoven around the World, Erato 2019 The White Rose, Florence Beatrice Price performed by Reginald Mobley and Agave American Orignals: A New World, A New Canon, Acis 2021

What’s the current situation of recordings in Early Music? How can we innovate in a sector that has undergone such change in recent years? Listen to Hannelore Guittet’s view on the topic: starting as co-founder of recording label NomadMusic, she had to adapt to drastic changes in the recording industry and created interactive application NomadPlay. She shares some of her processes and reflects on the perks of this creative mindset! CREDITS guest Hannelore Guittet, NomadPlay interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music Partita No.1 in B-flat major, BWV 825, Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Jean-Luc Ho Intégrale des Partitas pour clavecin, NoMadMusic 2018

What’s the situation of inclusion in the Early Music sector? In this episode, countertenor Reginald Mobley puts the issues of race, gender, and more generally, identity under the spotlight. He talks about the challenges and discrimination he faced as an Afro-American singer, and opens our eyes to the progress that still needs to be made to make the sector more inclusive.    CREDITS guest Reginald Mobley, countertenor interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music Music for a while, Henry Purcell performed by Reginald Mobley and Brandon Acker 2022 The White Rose, Florence Beatrice Price performed by Reginald Mobley and Agave American Orignals: A New World, A New Canon, Acis 2021

What role do agents play in promoting early music? How can they help the sector evolve? Management, digitization, new expectations, news skills... Clémentine Richard from l'Agence Artist Management shares her views on the changes in the management business in this third episode of the Early Music Podcast.  CREDITS guest Raphaël Pichon, Ensemble Pygmalion interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music Les Boréades, RCT 31, Act IV, Scene 4: Entrée de Polymnie, Jean-Philippe Rameau performed by Ensemble Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon Enfers, Harmonia Mundi 2018 Cantata BWV82 - Ich Habe Genug, Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Ensemble Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon live performance, Philharmonie de Paris 2018

In this episode, Tiago Simas Freire discusses how research is also a means of connecting the past with present emotions. More than historically informed, Early Music can be culturally informed and resonate with our own experiences. And that’s the first step for successful research projects that will breach the market!  CREDITS guest Tiago Simas Freire, "Per esercitarsi nella dispositione di gorgia" (CNSMDL, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, HEM Geneva) interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music Ad Tenebras - Jerusalem surge - Responsório II, Dizidme qual de los dos, Requiem aeternam - Graduale - Anonyme, Zente Pleto - Vilancico Negro a2 & a6  performed by Capella Sanctae Crucis and Tiago Simas Freire Ad Tenebras, Artway Records / University of Coimbra 2023

What role do agents play in promoting early music? How can they help the sector evolve? Management, digitization, new expectations, news skills... Clémentine Richard from l'Agence Artist Management shares her views on the changes in the management business in this third episode of the Early Music Podcast.  CREDITS guest Raphaël Pichon, Ensemble Pygmalion interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music Les Boréades, RCT 31, Act IV, Scene 4: Entrée de Polymnie, Jean-Philippe Rameau performed by Ensemble Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon Enfers, Harmonia Mundi 2018 Cantata BWV82 - Ich Habe Genug, Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Ensemble Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon live performance, Philharmonie de Paris 2018

What role do agents play in promoting early music? How can they help the sector evolve? Management, digitization, new expectations, news skills... Clémentine Richard from l'Agence Artist Management shares her views on the changes in the management business in this third episode of the Early Music Podcast.   CREDITS guest Clementine Richard, Agence Artist Management interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music Aria, Nicola Matteis performed by Gli Incogniti and Amandine Beyer False Consonances of Melancholy, Alpha Classics 2019 III. Adagio molto e mesto String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1, "Razumovsky", Ludwig Van Beethoven performed by Quatuor Ébène Beethoven around the world, Warner Classics 2020 Symphonie No. 3 Eroica, Op. 55 Ludwig Van Beethoven performed by Orchestre Elektra live performance, Paris 2023

What’s the scope of early music? This unanswerable question impacts our practices and our approaches to the sector. Since reaching a common definition seems idealistic, why not embrace the different meanings given to these words, and what they imply for their supporters and their activities? In this second episode, Romina Lischka shares her specific vision of early music, influenced by an intercultural approach and a desire to pass on and broaden horizons by mixing oral and written traditions, early and contemporary music.  CREDITS guest Romina Lischka, leader of the Hathor Consort interview & editing Darina Ablogina production REMA design Doretta Rinaldi music King of Denmark’s Galliard Raga Bhairavi: Alap In Nomine When Daphne from fair Phoebus did fly performed by Hathor Consort and Uday Bhawalkar Dhrupad Fantasia, Fuga libera 2020