Classical Music Podcast

The podcast for Classical Music, the UK’s only insightful and entertaining current affairs magazine for the classical music industry.

MusicPlus: Rachel Webber 12/23/2020

MusicPlus: Rachel Webber Rachel Webber recently discovered, as part of her postgraduate research, the earliest known Church of England anthem written by a woman. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/17306105

MusicPlus: Ben Levy 09/04/2020

MusicPlus: Ben Levy Chris Gunness speaks to musician and cartoonist Ben Levy whose animations about classical masterworks have become an internet sensation over lockdown. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/15882968

MusicPlus: James Clutton 07/29/2020

MusicPlus: James Clutton James Clutton, director of Opera at Opera Holland Park, speaks to Chris Gunness about making performances work in the 'new normal'. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/15397211

Roderick Williams 05/22/2020

Roderick Williams Chris Gunness speaks to baritone Roderick Williams about coronavirus and its impact on the music industry. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/14524895

Kirill Karabits 05/06/2020

Kirill Karabits Kirill Karabits, chief conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, speaks to Chris Gunness from lockdown in Paris about the impact of Covid-19. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/14305007

John Gilhooly 04/10/2020

John Gilhooly John Gilhooly is the artistic and executive director of Wigmore Hall. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/13932347

Alexander van Ingen 04/07/2020

Alexander van Ingen /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/13884458

Matan Porat 04/02/2020

Matan Porat Chris Gunness speaks to Israeli pianist and composer Matan Porat about how he's adapting to making music in the Covid-19 pandemic. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/13815827

Julia Desbruslais 03/26/2020

Julia Desbruslais Chris Gunness speaks to Julia Desbruslais, co-principal cellist and executive director of the London Mozart Players, about the ensemble's move to digital music-making in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/13712180

Stephen Langridge 02/27/2020

Stephen Langridge Stephen Langridge is artistic director of Glyndebourne and former director of Gothenburg Opera. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/13324751

Odaline de la Martinez 12/16/2019

Odaline de la Martinez Chris Gunness speaks to Cuban-American conductor and composer Odaline de la Martinez, the first woman to conduct at the BBC Proms in 1984. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/12415928

Errollyn Wallen 12/06/2019

Errollyn Wallen Chris Gunness speaks to one of the country's most exciting composers, Errollyn Wallen, who has worked with women affected by conflict and with people with disabilities. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/12304013

Allyson Devenish 10/25/2019

Allyson Devenish Allyson Devenish is the artistic director of a capella group NitroVoX, which tells stories of the African diaspora through song. She speaks to Chris Gunness about decolonising the musical curriculum, and the importance of race and identity in her career so far. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/11768672

Raphael Wallfisch 10/11/2019

Raphael Wallfisch Raphael Wallfisch is an internationally renowned cellist, and a man on a mission to bring to world attention to music of little-known Jewish composers, some of whose work was partly destroyed by the Nazis. He speaks to Chris Gunness about the rise of antisemitism, the legacy of his mother, a Holocaust survivor, and his Jewish composers project. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/11589950

Clare Hammond 10/03/2019

Clare Hammond Aside from her work on the concert platform, Clare Hammond is engaging in outreach to schools and prisons and immigration removal centres. She has also written movingly about her experiences of postnatal depression. She talks to Chris Gunness about managing mental health while sustaining a career, and healing through music-making. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/11499560

Jonathan Darbourne 09/19/2019

Jonathan Darbourne Composer and countertenor Jonathan Darbourne is on a mission to spread the message of environmentalism through music. His new choir, Nature's Voice, launches this autumn /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/11313710

Charles Hazlewood 09/05/2019

Charles Hazlewood Chris Gunness speaks to Charles Hazlewood, conductor and co-founder of the British Paraorchestra. Its mission is to perform music that captivates any audience, proving beyond doubt that disability is no barrier to talent. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/11134862

Evelyn Glennie 08/22/2019

Evelyn Glennie Evelyn Glennie is the world’s first musician to create a full-time career as a solo percussionist. Her mission is to teach the world to listen, thereby enhancing communication and social cohesion. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/10954349

Ralph Allwood 08/09/2019

Ralph Allwood Ralph Allwood MBE was for 26 years director of music at Eton College where he set up the Eton Choral Courses. He conducts Inner Voices, a choir for state school children in London. He speaks to Chris Gunness about the joys of working with young people and of keeping alive the English choral tradition. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/10834469

John Lubbock 07/26/2019

John Lubbock Conductor John Lubbock is founder of the Orchestra of St John's, a group with a social mission to serve the community. He talks to Chris Gunness about playing music for people with conditions such as autism and dementia. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/10665959

Cayenna Ponchione 07/11/2019

Cayenna Ponchione Cayenna Ponchione is the associate conductor of St John's, Oxford, and is committed to the promotion of gender and ethnic equality in conducting and composition. She speaks to Chris Gunness about promoting social justice through music, and her experience of hosting the Afghan Women's Orchestra in Oxford. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/10483826

Nicholas McCarthy 06/21/2019

Nicholas McCarthy Despite being born with one hand, Nicholas McCarthy told his mother at an early age he wanted to become a concert pianist. He talks to Chris Gunness about his journey towards realising this dream. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/10234049

Frank Horvat 06/14/2019

Frank Horvat Composer and pianist Frank Horvat talks to Chris Gunness about working with depression in the music industry, and his campaigns for causes ranging from human rights to environmentalism. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/10149327

James Rose 05/31/2019

James Rose Chris Gunness talks to conductor James Rose about working in the music world with a disability, and the challenges Rose has overcome along the way. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/9994367

Julian Lloyd Webber 05/16/2019

Julian Lloyd Webber Julian Lloyd Webber is principal of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and one of the leading musicians of his generation. He speaks to Chris Gunness about the power of music education and the importance of a broad curriculum for all young people. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/9806762

Gabriela Montero 05/01/2019

Gabriela Montero Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero's talent for real-time improvisation has earned her many followers around the world. She explains how she uses music to respond to the current political crisis in her home country. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/9603338

Chi-chi Nwanoku 04/18/2019

Chi-chi Nwanoku Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE is founder and artistic director of the Chineke! Foundation, which gives a platform to musicians from BAME backgrounds. A former sprinter, she also helped to found the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and was its principal double bass for 30 years. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/9444719

Mark Wigglesworth 03/31/2019

Mark Wigglesworth British conductor Mark Wigglesworth speaks about Brexit, the challenges of a career in the music industry, and the qualities that make a good leader. /episode/index/show/classicalmusic/id/9205484

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