Classical Interviews
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John Nelson on Berlioz and Handel
18th Nov 2022
The veteran American conductor answers some quick questions about his new live recording of Les nuits d'été & Harold en Italie - and looks forward to his performance of Messiah at Coventry Cathedral next week...
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Anna Fedorova on Rachmaninoff concertos and the Davidsbündler Academy
16th Nov 2022
The pianist talks about her new recording of Rachmaninoff, her upcoming recording plans, and her extensive and ongoing efforts to support Ukrainian refugees through music.
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Owain Park on Lux Aeterna
14th Nov 2022
The director of the Gesualdo Six talks about the group's new album, featuring music for remembrance and commemoration.
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Leif Ove Andsnes on Dvořák's Poetic Tone Pictures
9th Nov 2022
The pianist talks about his new recording of Dvořák's rarely-heard contribution to the genre of pictorial piano miniatures.
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Lisette Oropesa on French bel canto
7th Nov 2022
As she prepares for the opening night of Handel's Alcina at Covent Garden tomorrow, the Cuban-American soprano discusses her new album of French opera arias by Donizetti and Rossini on Pentatone.
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Remembering George Walker on his centenary
3rd Nov 2022
With a cycle of Walker's Sinfonias underway from the National Symphony Orchestra, the composer's son Gregory and conductor Gianandrea Noseda reflect on his legacy.
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Amanda Lee Falkenberg and Nicole Stott on the Moons Symphony
31st Oct 2022
The composer and astronaut talk about their collaboration on an inspiring new work depicting seven of the Solar System's moons, and about art's role in communicating the wonders of scientific discovery.
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Midori Komachi on the violin works of Vaughan Williams
24th Oct 2022
The violinist talks about her recent album of Vaughan Williams's music for violin and piano, with Simon Callaghan.
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Jan Talich Jr on the art of quartet-playing
20th Oct 2022
In the wake of their new recording of Dvořák's 'American' Quartet, the Czech violinist and conductor discusses the history of the quartet which his father founded in 1964 - and which he himself has led for the past twenty-five years.
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Talich Quartet
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Víkingur Ólafsson on From Afar
13th Oct 2022
The Icelandic pianist recounts how meeting 'living legend' György Kurtág in Budapest last summer inspired his latest album - part 'fan-letter' to the composer himself and part musical autobiography...
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Joby Burgess on A Percussionist's Songbook
10th Oct 2022
The percussionist talks about his new album of solo commissions from contemporary composers, and about his lifelong relationship with the marimba.
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Bruno de Sá on Roma Travestita
6th Oct 2022
The Brazilian soprano discusses his debut album on Erato (exploring the period of operatic history when women were forbidden from performing on the Roman stage) and the process of 'finding his own path' as a high-voiced male singer...
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Domingo Hindoyan on life in Liverpool
5th Oct 2022
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's new Chief Conductor talks about his debut recording of Debussy, Roussel and Dukas on Onyx, his relationship with his mentor Daniel Barenboim, and how being part of the original El Sistema in Venezuela has informed his approach to music education and community work.
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Bjarte Eike on The Playhouse Sessions
26th Sep 2022
Violinist and music director Bjarte Eike talks about his new album and follow-up to the highly successful Alehouse Sessions, drawing further inspiration from the lively nightlife of Restoration England.
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Peter Gregson on Patina
24th Sep 2022
As his forthcoming album Quartets: One - Four is announced, the cellist and composer reflects on his previous project Patina (an 'alternative version' of which was released this summer) and why he's keen to move away from 'the Instagram version of music'...
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Peter Gregson (cello, mellotron, synthesizer, piano, pumporgan, programmer), Warren Zielinski (violin), Magnus Johnston (violin), Matthew Denton (violin), Richard Blayden (violin), James Boyd (viola), Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola), Meghan Cassidy (viola), Stephanie Edmundson (viola), Richard Harwood (cello), Reinoud Ford (cello), Ben Chappell (cello), Tim Lowe (cello), Tom Pigott-Smith (violin), Bryan Senti (violin), Laurence Ungless (doublebass), Daniel Pioro (violin), Anthony Weeden
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RIOPY on Bliss
22nd Sep 2022
The French-born pianist and composer explains how developing a daily meditation practice not only inspired the music on his latest album, but also transformed his life...
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Sean Shibe on Lost and Found
21st Sep 2022
The guitarist talks about his wide-ranging new album on the electric guitar, taking in Hildegard, Moondog, Chick Corea and more.
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Andrew Nethsingha on The Psalms
19th Sep 2022
The director of music at St John's College Cambridge talks about his new album of psalms, and looks ahead to his upcoming move to Westminster Abbey.
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Alison Balsom on Quiet City
14th Sep 2022
The trumpet-player discusses her new album of music by composers including Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein and Ives, and reflects on the unique qualities of Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie...
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Jenny Q Chai on Songs of Love
12th Sep 2022
The pianist and entrepreneuse talks about her album in memory of her teacher Seymour Lipkin, the Shanghai music school she set up in 2011, and her involvement in bringing music and AI together.
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