MusicPlus: Rachel Webber

Rachel Webber recently discovered, as part of her postgraduate research, the earliest known Church of England anthem written by a woman.

MusicPlus: Ben Levy

Chris Gunness speaks to musician and cartoonist Ben Levy whose animations about classical masterworks have become an internet sensation over lockdown....

MusicPlus: James Clutton

James Clutton, director of Opera at Opera Holland Park, speaks to Chris Gunness about making performances work in the 'new normal'.

Roderick Williams

Chris Gunness speaks to baritone Roderick Williams about coronavirus and its impact on the music industry. 

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.

John Gilhooly

John Gilhooly is the artistic and executive director of Wigmore Hall. 

Alexander van Ingen

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. 

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 digi...

Stephen Langridge

Stephen Langridge is artistic director of Glyndebourne and former director of Gothenburg Opera. 

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.

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...

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 C...

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...

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 als...

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, l...

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...

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, thereb...

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 st...

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...

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 c...

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 a...

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 fro...

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. 

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...

Gabriela Montero

Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero's talent for real-time improvisation has earned her many followers around the world. 
She explains how she u...

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 fo...

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.