February 2007 Archives

To accompany our first podcast, we include a full transcript of the podcast here.

• (Read the transcript)

For the first of our Stage podcasts, I was lucky enough to join Lesley Garrett in her dressing room at the London Palladium for a chat about her new album, When I Fall In Love, and much more.

The new album, produced and orchestrated by Tolga Kashif, is a celebration of love “in all its forms”. Her first studio album for three years, it formed the basis for a discussion that talked about the challenges in choosing whether to sing operas in English or the composer’s original language, how she and Kashif arrived at the music choices and orchestrations, as well as musical TV talent shows, from Fame Academy and Soapstar Superstar to How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, used to select Connie Fisher as Garrett’s costar in The Sound of Music.

To access the podcast

There are several ways in which you can access the podcast.

• Use the player (the grey bar) above to listen to a streaming version of the podcast.

• Download the MP3 file (right click and select “Save As…”, “Download this file” or equivalent).

• Subscribe to the MP3 podcast in your podcast player.

• If you use iTunes, subscribe to the enhanced podcast to get album artwork, chapter points for easier navigation, and smaller file sizes for faster downloads.

When I Fall in Love is (P) and (C) 2007 Universal Music Classics & Jazz.

• Preview tracks and download via iTunes
• Buy the CD from Amazon.co.uk

Thanks to: Lesley Garrett, Adrian Read at Hyperlaunch, Clare Nash at UCJ, and the London Palladium

On Friday, we will be launching our new occasional series of podcasts with an interview with Lesley Garrett. Formerly a principal soprano with the English National Opera, Lesley is now a member of the ENO Board of Directors and a passionate supporter of the organisation. Her career has further diversified into CD recording, TV and radio presenting and now, playing the Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music, into musical theatre.

Returning to the studio for the first time in three years, her new album When I Fall In Love (her first with her new label, Universal Classics & Jazz) is a collection of classic tunes from the stage and screen.

We’ll provide you with ways to listen to the interview online, to download it to your PC or to subscribe to this, and all future, podcasts via iTunes and other podcast services, from Friday.

• Lesley Garrett official website
• When I Fall In Love - preview and buy the download via iTunes
• Order When I Fall in Love via Amazon.co.uk