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This episode is a real feast of topics… from setting an improvisation challenge for comedians Paul Merton and Suki Webster, to talking together about showing emotion, and about how music can support you through sadness.

Jenna catches up with conductor. composer, founder of The Gesualdo Six, and incredible musician, Owain Park. Owain is soon to become Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers, so we get his reaction to that, as well as much more about Owain’s life in music, moving moments, and his musical guilty pleasures! 🎶

And on that note, Ben and Jenn chat about their own ones, related to food! There are some cracking lyrics in their choices, so definitely don’t miss that.

The duo also share some of your emails and ask the question, “Is there anything better than a laugh, a cry and a cup of tea, whilst chatting about music”? I think we all know the answer to that! 🎶

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Happiness, humour fun, laughter... it weaves its way through our music. We probably all have funny stories we associate with the music we love and undoubtedly, music brings us joy.

In this episode, Jenn and Ben explore the emotion of happiness in music as we chat about the humour in classical music, Ben shares some funny stories from his own career in music, and we hear amusing musical anecdotes from some of the people Jenna's chatted with across all musical genres, including Sir Tim Rice, Ardal O'Hanlon, Limahl, Tom McGuire and Spencer Flay.

The guys also discuss everything from elitism and accessibility of music, to the genuine humanity in it.

It's a fascinating, funny, and fresh discussion, approached with warmth and humour and guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

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In this fabulously festive episode of Moving Notes, Jenna and Ben catch up with film director, writer, lyricist, and creator of the Nativity! films, the brilliant Debbie Isitt.

We chat about how the first Nativity! film was made, improvisation in acting, the children's performances, and of course, the wonderful music and the emotion packed into it. We also explore how Debbie created the Nativity! stage show and we chat about some of her other theatre shows too. Plus, we discover her musical guilty pleasures!

Before all of that, Ben gives us a brilliant potted history of the tradition of Christmas carols and Jenn decides we should create a campaign to "bring back the festive horse!"

Intrigued? Get into the spirit of the season and give this festive edition a listen... whether you're on a Christmas walk or peeling your Christmas Day spuds! :).

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