Interlude: Chamber Orchestra of Europe Podcast

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Podcast about the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, an orchestra that trail-blazed the idea of players from many countries dropping their normal commitments and travelling to perform together with the world's greatest conductors and soloists. Through our interviews, we will explore the stories of the people who formed, built and run the orchestra as well as those who perform in and with it. We'll introduce new recordings and talk about the music with the people who know it best – those who bring it off the page and into our heads.

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21: Interlude: Interview with Julian Poore, COE's second trumpet and founder member

May 18 2023 23 mins  
In this episode, Simon Mundy talks with Julian Poore who has been the COE's second trumpet since its creation in 1981. Aside from telling us all about the many different types of trumpets and the challenges of bringing them on tour, he also tells us a story about Claudio Abbado's shirt... featuring COE co-principal cello, tenor Will Conway!

20: Interlude: Interview with Julian Rachlin, Violinist and Conductor

Mar 31 2023 23 mins  
Julian Rachlin explains what it means to him that the Chamber Orchestra of Europe is the resident orchestra at Schloss Esterhazy, how he feels about the COE and what he would like to do with them next.

19: Interlude: Interview with COE Honorary Member Sir András Schiff

Dec 07 2022 29 mins  
In this episode, Simon Mundy is in conversation with Sir András Schiff, a long-standing artistic partner and Honorary Member of the COE. Together, they recall how the relationship with the Orchestra started, back in the eighties, and how it developed over the years. Sir András remembers with great fondness his friendship with Sandor Vegh who also taught to a number of COE members

18: Interlude: Interview with COE Planning and Personnel Manager Caroline Ferry

Sep 30 2022 20 mins  
In this episode, Caroline shares her memories of the past 5 years at the COE, what particular challenges she encountered, which programmes she fondly remembers, which soloists wowed her...

17: Interlude: Interview with French oboist François Leleux

May 24 2022 21 mins  
François Leleux recalls his COE story with much enthusiasm: how he got to know the Orchestra, when became a member, what his influence on the COE was and how the COE influenced him, particularly as he has now become a renowned conductor as well as a world-class oboist.

16: Interlude: Interview with Sir Roger Norrington

Apr 26 2022 32 mins  
In this episode, Simon Mundy interviews British conductor Sir Roger Norrington about his COE adventure. Now retired, Sir Roger looks back at some of his most cherished memories with the COE: concerts at Die Glocke in Bremen, performances of the Creation and the Seasons... He also talks about period performances on modern instruments, revising the orchestra seating and the importanc

15: COE@40 Episode 5: The COE in the eyes of its artistic partners

Mar 09 2022 22 mins  
In the 5th episode of our series celebrating 40 years of COE, Simon Mundy asks world-class artists who regularly work with the COE - conductors Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Honorary Member of the COE), Robin Ticciati, Sir Antonio Pappano and violinist Janine Jansen - about their own experience with the COE.

14: Interlude: Making of the Sibelius Symphonies (COE/Berglund, 1998) with Dougie Boyd

Jan 28 2022 36 mins  
In this episode, Simon Mundy interviews the COE's former principal oboe, now conductor, Dougie Boyd, who was the instigator of the Sibelius Symphony Cycle with Paavo Berglund at the Helsinki Festival in 1998. Dougie shares the story of how it all started, looks back at the special relationship between the Orchestra and Paavo and goes through the Symphonies themselves and the progre

13: COE@40 Episode 4 - "A life-changing learning experience"

Dec 20 2021 25 mins  
Simon Mundy talks to Clara Andrada, Lorenza Borrani, Will Conway, Richard Hosford, Richard Lester, Jaime Martin and Elizabeth Wexler about their life-changing learning experience within the COE and who has had the most influence on their music-making, whether it be conductors and soloists with whom the Orchestra worked over the years or their COE colleagues themselves.

12: Interlude: Making of the second COE/Harnoncourt box-set with bassoonist Matthew Wilkie

Nov 08 2021 31 mins  
In this episode, Simon Mundy interviews a COE player who performed in all of the pieces featured in our second COE/Harnoncourt box-set, released by ICA Classics on 22/10/2021. The box-set covers an extensive period of time, from 1989 to 2007.