Joby Talbot and Craig Hella Johnson on setting Octavio Paz’s poem ‘Piedra de sol’
In the latest edition of the Gramophone Podcast, composer Joby Talbot and the conductor of vocal ensemble Conspirare Craig Hella Johnson join Editor Martin Cullingford to talk about their fascinating ...
21 Aug 41min
From the Archive: Charles Villiers Stanford – Exploring the composer's music with Jeremy Dibble
For this week’s Gramophone Podcast we dip into the archives and offer you another opportunity to hear a fascinating conversation about Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, the Anglo-Irish composer, teacher ...
14 Aug 1h 3min
Pianist Bruce Liu on his moon-themes recital 'Lunaris'
Pianist Bruce Liu’s new album ‘Lunaris’ is just out from Deutsche Grammophon – it explores the cosmos, the moon and the stars through music, taking in music by Chopin, Beethoven, Scriabin, Mompou, Agn...
7 Aug 23min
Gavin Higgins and Grace-Evangeline Mason on the Three Choirs Festival
Hattie Butterworth is joined by composers Gavin Higgins and Grace-Evangeline Mason to discuss the Three Choirs Associate Composer programme, the realities to life as a composer and writing choral musi...
31 Jul 31min
The Gramophone Listening Room – Episode 3, with Thomas Dunford & Lucine Musaelian
In this week's episode of The Gramophone Listening Room, presented in partnership with dCS Audio, host Charlotte Gardner welcomes lutenist Thomas Dunford and viola da gamba player, singer and composer...
24 Jul 56min
Conductor Dalia Stasevska on her Ukrainian mixtape and the First Night of the Proms
This week’s guest is the Finnish-Ukrainian conductor Dalia Stasevska. Her new ‘Ukrainian Mixtape’, just out from Platoon, showcases four Ukrainian composers – Levko Kolodub, Borys Liatoshynsky, Fedir ...
17 Jul 28min
George Fu on Schubert and grief
Pianist George Fu joins Hattie Butterworth to speak about his new album of Schubert and how the composer helped him through the loss of his father. They speak about the late sonatas and their complexi...
10 Jul 32min
Peter Jablonski and Bomsori Kim on the Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz
The music of the Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz is undergoing a long-overdue renaissance. Her output was extensive and extraordinarily rich, as both the pianist Peter Jablonski and the violinist Bom...
3 Jul 29min
