Richard and Eric hobnob about the concept of 'theme' in music programming. Do themes play too prevalent of a role in the programming craft of a choral conductor? What's the purpose of a theme anyway, and what might it look like to have program without any theme? Perhaps a theme is inevitable, but its worth thinking about to keep things in context.
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Richard and Eric make their return after a short winter hiatus. They begin 2020 discussing the choral "canon" and some composers therein. What is it? What do we do with it or how do we engage with it? Does it matter whether we engage with it or not nowadays? Should we care that some "great" composers may find themselves generally forgotten?