Episodes
The Sarah’s Music Horn Challenge has been a regular - and very popular - element of Sarah’s Music. In this episode, Sarah Willis features the best of the Horn Challenges Part 2. Who is YOUR favourite?
Published 01/25/19
All people deserve access to a creative and expressive life, says Vijay Gupta, the founder of Street Symphony. Sarah Willis meets and performs with some of the residents of the infamous Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles.
Published 12/13/18
Oscar D´León, known as "El Sonero del Mundo", is a true living salsa legend. He meets Sarah Willis in Los Angeles and during a concert together with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Sarah manages to surprise him...
Published 11/30/18
Cuban trumpet player and jazz legend Arturo Sandoval invites Sarah Willis for a visit at his home in Los Angeles. They talk about music, social media and high notes on the trumpet.
Published 11/02/18
Sarah Willis visits the iconic Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles at the invitation of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and their star conductor Gustavo Dudamel.
Published 09/28/18
The violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja is performing in Bonn at the annual Beethovenfest with the Camerata Bern. She prefers taking risks with her music rather than perfection and Sarah Willis finds out why.
Published 09/15/18
Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel dedicates a concert to his mentor, Maestro José Antonio Abreu. To celebrate this inspiring man, musicians from all over the world have gathered in Santiago de Chile for this very special concert.
Published 07/06/18
Violinist Pekka Kuusisto and artist Aamu Song bring their extraordinary Reddress Project to the Boulez Saal in Berlin and reserve a pocket of the dress for Sarah Willis. A unique episode about a unique concert!
Published 06/28/18
Berlin, Berlin! Germany's capital is full of music and many episodes of Sarah's Music have been filmed here. Sarah Willis shares some of her favorite Berlin episodes so far.
Published 06/22/18
Sarah Willis creates a concert for children about the American composer George Gershwin with the help of pianist Stefano Bollani, conductor Gustavo Gimeno and the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg. Dance with us!
Published 06/15/18
101 musicians from all over the world, all music lovers, not professionals, perform in the Philharmonie with the conductor Sir Simon Rattle. Sarah Willis follows this very special and inspiring event.
Published 05/31/18
The Danish String Quartet delights the audience and Sarah Willis at the Klassiske Dage Festival in Holstebro, Denmark with their eclectic mixture of music from classical to folk.
Published 05/25/18
Trumpet fanfares at the castle, practising horn at the beach, an open air concert in the garden – Sarah Willis meets the young musicians of the Brass Academy Alicante and enjoys their typically Spanish hospitality.
Published 05/18/18
A very British episode featuring the Band of the Coldstream Guards, one of Britain's oldest and best known military bands. Sarah gets an exclusive, behind the scenes insight into a day in the life of the Band.
Published 05/11/18
In this episode Sarah Willis presents some highlights of a big fundraising event in Bonn - the 7th German AIDS-Foundation Opera Gala. International opera singers perform, accompanied by the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn.
Published 05/04/18
Sarah spends the day with bagels and Brooklyn Rider, one of New York´s finest and most experimental string quartets. In this episode they play a concert at National Sawdust as part of the New York Philharmonic Biennial.
Published 04/26/18
Johann Sebastian Bach´s much loved Chaconne for solo violin is performed at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin - in more ways than one. Sarah Willis explores this famous piece with the world class musicians performing it.
Published 04/20/18
Sarah Willis meets star singer Thomas Hampson as he coaches young singers in the art of singing Lieder at his Lied Academy in Heidelberg.
Published 04/12/18
A wonderful collection of orchestras - classical, jazz, female, youth, airline and musical! Sarah Willis revisits some of her favourite - and rather unusual - orchestras which she has featured on Sarah's Music so far.
Published 04/06/18
Sarah Willis explores the Barbican Centre´s Sound Unbound Festival and finds exciting music in every corner of the performing arts centre including the London Symphony Orchestra and Sarah´s own Pop-Up Horns event.
Published 03/29/18
The Berlin Philharmonic Winds share their love of a popular form of chamber music known as Harmoniemusik.
Published 03/23/18
Sarah Willis gets an exclusive look behind the scenes at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv during the preparations for a performance of Gounod´s “Faust” and meets Israeli musicians Na´ama Goldman and Dan Ettinger.
Published 03/15/18
Sarah Willis meets Adalberto Álvarez, known as “El Caballero del Son”, in Havana to talk about this much beloved form of Cuban music.
Published 03/09/18
Sarah Willis visits the New World Symphony in Miami and follows the preparations for a “Wallcast Concert”. She talks to conductor and co-founder Michael Tilson Thomas and explores the Gehry building - even the roof!
Published 03/02/18
From Lucerne to Sapporo: Sarah Willis takes you to some of her favorite classical music festivals and meets the great musicians who are performing there!
Published 02/23/18