Episodes
Published 12/23/20
Published 12/23/20
Chris Gunness speaks to musician and cartoonist Ben Levy whose animations about classical masterworks have become an internet sensation over lockdown.  
Published 09/04/20
James Clutton, director of Opera at Opera Holland Park, speaks to Chris Gunness about making performances work in the 'new normal'.
Published 07/29/20
Chris Gunness speaks to baritone Roderick Williams about coronavirus and its impact on the music industry. 
Published 05/22/20
Kirill Karabits, chief conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, speaks to Chris Gunness from lockdown in Paris about the impact of Covid-19.
Published 05/06/20
John Gilhooly is the artistic and executive director of Wigmore Hall. 
Published 04/10/20
Published 04/07/20
Chris Gunness speaks to Israeli pianist and composer Matan Porat about how he's adapting to making music in the Covid-19 pandemic. 
Published 04/02/20
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. 
Published 03/26/20
Stephen Langridge is artistic director of Glyndebourne and former director of Gothenburg Opera. 
Published 02/27/20
Chris Gunness speaks to Cuban-American conductor and composer Odaline de la Martinez, the first woman to conduct at the BBC Proms in 1984.
Published 12/16/19
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. 
Published 12/06/19
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.
Published 10/25/19
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.
Published 10/11/19
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.
Published 10/03/19
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
Published 09/19/19
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.
Published 09/05/19
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.
Published 08/22/19
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.
Published 08/09/19
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. 
Published 07/26/19
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.
Published 07/11/19
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.
Published 06/21/19
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.
Published 06/14/19
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. 
Published 05/31/19