BARBICAN: Classical Music Podcasts
Delighted to be hosting a regular new series of podcasts for the Barbican.
Hear interviews, performances and exclusive tracks from the world’s finest classical musicians and performers, Barbican resident orchestras and international associates in Barbican Classical Music podcasts.
Composer Focus – Episode 1: George Frideric Handel with Iestyn Davies
In a five-part mini-series we explore the life, times and work of some of classical music’s greatest composers.
In episode one, host Edward Seckerson is joined by countertenor Iestyn Davies to discuss George Frideric Handel, the German-born composer whose prolific portfolio of operas and hits such as the Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks, and Messiah, won the hearts of the British public.
Composer Focus – Episode 2: Benjamin Britten with Roderick Williams
In this five-part mini-series we explore the life, times and work of some of classical music’s greatest composers.
In episode two, host Edward Seckerson is joined by baritone and composer Roderick Williams to discuss Benjamin Britten, a complex and often contradictory character, and one of the 20th century’s greatest opera composers.
Composer Focus – Episode 3: Gustav Mahler with Sir Antonio Pappano
In this five-part mini-series we explore the life, times and work of some of classical music’s greatest composers.
In episode three, host Edward Seckerson is joined by conductor and pianist Sir Antonio Pappano to discuss Gustav Mahler, whose extreme, powerful and raw symphonic writing stretches both conductors and orchestras to their limits.
Composer Focus – Episode 4: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Richard Tognetti
In this five-part mini-series we explore the life, times and work of some of classical music’s greatest composers.
In episode four, host Edward Seckerson is joined by violinist, composer, and Australian Chamber Orchestra artistic director Richard Tognetti to discuss the genius, larger than life character, and prodigious talent of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Composer Focus – Episode 5: Jean Sibelius with Sakari Oramo
In this five-part mini-series we explore the life, times and work of some of classical music’s greatest composers.
In the final episode in this Composer Focus series, Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo talks to Edward Seckerson about his countryman, Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
