A Conversation with Harry Christophers, Founder and Director of The Sixteen

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

Joshua Weilerstein

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🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This week I spoke with Harry Christophers, who wears many different hats in his jobs as Artistic Director of the Handel and Haydn Society, and as the Founder and Director of The Sixteen, one of the world's most renowned choirs. I spoke with Harry about A Choral Odyssey, a new program debuting TONIGHT on thesixteen.com. The show explores great choral repertoire while exploring the venues in which it was first created. We also talked about choral conducting vs. orchestral conducting, and much much more.

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0:00.0	Hello and I'm
0:02.0	I'm a classical music podcast.
0:04.0	My name is Joshua Wilerstein, I'm a conductor,
0:12.0	and I'm the artistic director of the
0:13.9	Lozan Chamber Orchestra in Lozan Switzerland. This podcast is for anyone who
0:17.9	loves classical music, works in the field, or is just getting ready to dive in to
0:21.6	this amazing world of incredible music.
0:24.0	Before we get started, I want to thank my new Patreon sponsors, Carmen and Jeffrey, and all of my
0:28.1	Patreon sponsors for making season six possible.
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0:44.6	and it is greatly appreciated.
0:47.3	So a little detour from Mahler 3 today to bring you a conversation I had with Harry
0:52.0	Christopher's, who is currently the artistic director of the
0:55.2	Handle and Heiden Society in Boston, the principal guest conductor of the Orkesta Ciudad Granada,
1:00.6	and the founder and conductor of the 16, one of the world's most renowned choirs.
1:06.7	As you can see, Harry wears many different hats and is constantly dreaming up new ways to engage
1:11.8	with audiences all over the world.
1:13.9	The occasion for our conversation today is a new project debuting tomorrow from The 16, called
1:19.6	a Coral Odyssey.
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