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Pēteris Vasks
18th Apr 2019
The Latvian composer talks to David about his new album of choral works, featuring two large-scale liturgical compositions and written as a centenary present to his country.
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Iestyn Davies on Michael Nyman and Henry Purcell
9th Apr 2019
The countertenor talks to David about his new album with Fretwork, playing off the juxtaposition of baroque works by Henry Purcell with works by contemporary composer Michael Nyman.
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Jordi Savall directs JS Bach's Markus Passion
5th Apr 2019
David listens to a newly-reconstructed version of JS Bach's lost St Mark Passion, from Jordi Savall and the Capella Reial de Catalunya.
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Kinan Azmeh on Uneven Sky
4th Apr 2019
Syrian clarinettist Kinan Azmeh talks to David about his new double album showcasing his own compositions and those of three other composers from his native country.
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Madeleine Mitchell on Grace Williams
18th Mar 2019
Violinist Madeleine Mitchell talks to David about her new album showcasing the rarely-heard works of the Welsh composer Grace Williams.
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Isabelle Faust plays Bach Concertos
15th Mar 2019
The German violinist joins forces with oboist Xenia Löffler and Bernhard Forck's Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin for a tour of Bach's violin concertos, interspersed with alternate versions of sinfonias and sonatas that have been reconstructed for the first time.
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Richard Watkins on The Romantic Horn
14th Mar 2019
The British horn-player talks to David about his new album of music by Beethoven, Strauss, Schumann, Scriabin and more with the pianist Julius Drake, out now on Signum Classics.
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Andreas Ottensamer on Blue Hour
11th Mar 2019
Clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer talks to David about his new album of Romantic clarinet works, with Yuja Wang and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Peter Hurford (1930-2019)
4th Mar 2019
The British organist and composer, particularly renowned for his interpretations of Bach, has died aged 88.
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Guy Johnston and Tom Poster on Themes and Variations
27th Feb 2019
Cello and piano duo Guy Johnston and Tom Poster talk to David about their new album celebrating twenty years of music-making together.
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Themes and Variations
Guy Johnston (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
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Mark Bebbington on Private Passions
25th Feb 2019
The British pianist talks to David about his new album of works by Arnold Bax & Harriet Cohen.
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The Foyle-Štšura Duo on Penderecki and Lutosławski
18th Feb 2019
David talks to the Duo about their new album exploring chamber works by two Polish twentieth-century giants.
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Will Todd on his Jazz Missa Brevis
24th Jan 2019
The composer talks to David about his new album of jazz-infused choral works, pairing a set of Passiontide works with a new Missa Brevis.
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Will Todd on his Jazz Missa Brevis
24th Jan 2019
The composer Will Todd talks to David about his new album of jazz-infused choral works, pairing a set of Passiontide works with a new Missa Brevis.
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Boris Giltburg on Liszt
16th Jan 2019
David talks to the Russian-born Israeli pianist about his recording of the Études d'exécution transcendante, released last Friday on Naxos.
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Liszt: Études d'exécution transcendante
Boris Giltburg (piano)
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John Joubert (1927-2019)
8th Jan 2019
The South African-born British composer, particularly known for his choral works, has died aged 91.
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William Vann on A Vaughan Williams Christmas
6th Dec 2018
William Vann talks to David about a new album recorded by the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, devoted entirely to Christmas works by Vaughan Williams and featuring a number of world-première recordings.
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100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols from King's
30th Nov 2018
David enjoys a retrospective recording from the choir of King's College, looking back on a century of festive music-making and forward to a new era.
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Colin Currie on The Scene of the Crime
26th Nov 2018
Trailblazing percussionist Colin Currie talks to David about his recent duo recording with trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger.
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Choral Works by Owain Park
20th Nov 2018
The young singer, conductor and composer talks to David about his choral works as recently recorded on Hyperion by Stephen Layton and The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge.
