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Three In A Bar

Hosted by Seb Philpott and Verity Simmons · music · EN · 165 episodes

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London based musicians Seb Philpott (trumpet) and Verity Simmons (cello) meet musicians, music industry insiders and music enthusiasts for informal, insightful and lighthearted chats. We delve into their musical backgrounds, careers or in some cases, specifically avoid talking about music at all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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What is Three In A Bar about?

London based musicians Seb Philpott (trumpet) and Verity Simmons (cello) meet musicians, music industry insiders and music enthusiasts for informal, insightful and lighthearted chats. We delve into their musical backgrounds, careers or in some cases, specifically avoid talking about music at all.

Who hosts Three In A Bar?

Three In A Bar is hosted by Seb Philpott and Verity Simmons. The show has published 165 episodes to date.

What has Three In A Bar covered recently?

Recent episodes include "141. Imogen Whitehead - Launching an album, shooting a video, pre show nausea and a six month wait for an anecdote!" (17 November 2025, 80 minutes), "140. Jack Bazalgette - A Cheltenham Festival Special!" (11 July 2025, 43 minutes), and "139. Baroness Thangam Debbonaire and the underrated value of joy" (9 July 2025, 86 minutes).

How often does Three In A Bar publish?

Three In A Bar publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 53 minutes across 165 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Three In A Bar?

Booking probability for Three In A Bar is 25%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Three In A Bar requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Three In A Bar's contact route on record: verified email.

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About the host

Seb Philpott and Verity Simmons hosts Three In A Bar, a music show with 165 episodes published.

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    141. Imogen Whitehead - Launching an album, shooting a video, pre show nausea and a six month wait for an anecdote!

    Nov 17, 20251h 20m

    Hello lovely listeners! It’s been a while eh? We are dropping in briefly with an episode spanning six months in the life of Trumpet soloist and principal of Britten Sinfonia , Imogen Whitehead. Part one of this pod was...

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    140. Jack Bazalgette - A Cheltenham Festival Special!

    Jul 11, 202543 min

    In this bonus episode of TIAB we speak to the new artistic director of Cheltenham Music Festival, Jack Bazalgette. Jack is an inspired choice for Cheltenham - as cofounder and director of Through The Noise he has...

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    139. Baroness Thangam Debbonaire and the underrated value of joy

    Jul 9, 20251h 26m

    This week, Seb and Verity welcome the brilliant and utterly charming Baroness Thangam Debbonaire - cellist, former MP, and now fully-fledged member of the House of Lords.  With such a huge...

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    138. Aaron Akugbo X Seb Philpott

    Jun 27, 20251h 28m

    Aaron is back already! And this time Verity is nowhere to be seen. That's right, it's Seb's first solo interview. Well, it's not an interview really, more a chat, digging further into many aspects of being a trumpet...

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    137. Jack Jones - Acid Brass @ EartH Hackney

    Jun 9, 202540 min

    Your eyes do not deceive you - it’s two episodes in two days! Fresh off of zencastr we wanted to whip out this chat with trumpeter Jack Jones as he has a HUGE gig this Friday (13 June ‘25) at EartH Hackney entitled The...

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    136. Aaron Akugbo - high stakes Haydn, tactical programming, touring tales and the mystery of the International date line.

    Jun 9, 20251h 6m

    This week, Seb and Verity are joined by trumpet sensation  Aaron Akugbo. From unwittingly making it to the finals of a trumpet competition to playing the  Haydn Concerto from memory  and then smashing...

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    Petit Trois - Dame Sarah Connolly

    May 22, 202513 min

    An extra slice of Dame Sarah Connolly who graciously and patiently answered a few vaguely daft quickfire questions! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    135. Dame Sarah Connolly - Positive thinking, evolving roles, fat suits and every singer’s nemesis…the common cold.

    May 20, 20251h 1m

    Sound the klaxon - it’s a national treasure alert! This week we are honoured to be joined by internationally celebrated Mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly. Dame Sarah has had an incredible career to date with standout...

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    Petit Trois - James Flannery

    May 15, 202514 min

    Want a bit more James Flannery in yer life? Who wouldn’t we say! So here’s an extra serving where we discover who he’d choose as his ideal co-pilot and what went on when he toured with an ‘interesting’ artist…..Enjoy...

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    134. James Flannery - the missing link between Easy Jet, Worzel Gummidge and the viola

    May 12, 202544 min

    This week’s guest is Viola player, Negroni specialist and potential pilot of the future, James Flannery. You may well recognise James’ dulcet tones as he has previously guest hosted the podcast for an Ivor Novello...

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    Petit Trois - Stephanie Cummins

    May 6, 202514 min

    It’s round two of our new feature where we throw extra questions at our poor, unsuspecting guests! This week it’s our guest from the main episode, cellist Stephanie Cummins sitting in the hot seat. If you would like to...

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    133. Stephanie Cummins - Transatlantic ‘cello relations

    Apr 28, 202545 min

    In this week’s episode we chat to cellist Stephanie Cummins. Having spent many years working as a freelance cellist in New York Stephanie relocated to London and has since been working in the West End on shows including...

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    Petit Trois - Ian Wilson

    Apr 24, 202517 min

    Road testing our ‘Petit Trois’ bonus feature is our guest from this week’s main episode, Ian Wilson. We throw some quick fire questions at Ian and he responds appropriately… If you would like to send over any questions...

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    132. Ian Wilson - a plethora of recorders, birdsong, panels, pedagogy and the Mexican Hat Dance.

    Apr 22, 20251h 8m

    We are joined for episode 132 by recorder player supremo Ian Wilson. Ian is the principal recorder professor at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, the Head of Woodwind at Eton College and is the visiting recorder...

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    Bonus Episode - What’s in yer bag & murdering a mermaid

    Apr 3, 202529 min

    What, another one?! Yep…it’s mid week bonus time! In the first of our new bonus episodes we are basically road testing quickfire/emergency questions on each other to see if this hastily planned format will work. Over...

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    131. Jordan Li-Smith - Child star to composition king with a big dose of Dolly!

    Mar 31, 20251h 8m

    Our guest for episode 131 is composer, arranger and musical director Jordan Li-Smith. On a music theatre bingo card we are looking at an impressive full house for Jordan - as a child he performed in West End productions...

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    130. Emma Bassett - Bass trumpets, Cornish carols, ultimate stress situations and embodying Norma Desmond

    Mar 24, 20251h 22m

    We’re back again with a string of great guests to get in yer lugholes! Kicking off this season it’s trombone titan, singing sensation and all round good egg Emma Bassett. Emma has performed and toured with a vast number...

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    Resolutions, Running, Wigs and Linda - a Quintessential January Chat

    Jan 24, 20251h 33m

    Hello dear listener! Welcome to our first episode of 2025, in which you find us having a much needed catch up in the foyer of the National Theatre. We really had not chatted for ages, so before we get going with...

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    129. Ivor’s Classical Awards special featuring James Flannery - composers, capers and canapés at the BFI

    Nov 26, 202458 min

    Welcome to a special episode recorded guerilla style at the Ivors Classical Awards 2024! You may have heard our previous two pods with Ivors Special Award winners, Roxanna Panufnik and Gavin Bryars - this is a very...

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    128. Roxanna Panufnik - Composing by Royal appointment, building bridges between faiths through music and creating an outstanding body of work.

    Nov 14, 202458 min

    In the second of our Ivors classical awards special episodes we chat to world renowned and celebrated composer Roxanna Panufnik. As we air this interview, Roxanna has just been presented with the Ivors special award for...

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