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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.
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Rory McCleery on Pater Peccavi
15th Nov 2018
The Marian Consort's conductor talks to David about his new recording exploring a fascinating and unique corner of Iberia's musical history.
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Dame Sarah Connolly on A Walk with Ivor Gurney
8th Nov 2018
The great English mezzo talks to David about her new album exploring the music and poetry of the wartime composer Ivor Gurney, with Tenebrae and the Aurora Orchestra.
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Eric Lu on The Leeds International Piano Competition
22nd Oct 2018
The 20-year-old Chinese-American pianist talks to David about his victory last month and his plans for the immediate future.
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The Calidore Quartet on 'Resilience'
11th Oct 2018
The members of the young American string quartet talk to David about their début recording, which features four quartets from composers experiencing a variety of personal and political traumas.
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Resilience
Calidore String Quartet
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Masaaki Suzuki completes his Bach cantata cycle
28th Sep 2018
Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium bring their mighty Bach cycle to a close with a pairing of two 'Cantatas of Contentment'.
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Sakari Oramo on Langgaard
17th Sep 2018
The conductor of the Wiener Philharmoniker talks to David about his new album of works by the forgotten Danish Romantic composer Rued Langgaard.
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Roxanna Panufnik on 'Celestial Bird'
3rd Sep 2018
David talks to composer Roxanna Panufnik about her forthcoming collection of eclectic vocal works performed by Ex Cathedra and Milapfest under Jeffrey Skidmore.
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Scott Metcalfe on The Peterhouse Part-Books
20th Aug 2018
David talks to the founder and artistic director of Renaissance vocal ensemble Blue Heron about the culmination of his project to record lost pre-Reformation choral works from the Peterhouse Partbooks.
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Christian Lindberg on Stenhammar
14th Aug 2018
The Swedish conductor talks to David about his new recording of Stenhammar's mighty Second Symphony with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.
