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The clarinettist and conductor Andreas Ottensamer joins presenter Tom Service, ahead of his forthcoming performance as soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, to discuss family lineages, his chair at the Berlin Philharmonic, and the view from both sides of the conducting podium.

The Australian musicologist and author Sarah Kirby discusses her new book, 'Exhibitions, Music and the British Empire', alongside pianist and composer David Owen Norris, and explores music’s presence among the industrial, manufacturing and scientific achievements on show during the grand expos of the late nineteenth century.

As the archive of the Czech-born conductor Walter Susskind moves to its new home at the Exilarte Centre in the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Tom delves into the legacy of the man who began his career in Prague, before fleeing when Germany invaded the city in 1939, and learns about his contributions to, amongst other things, the musical life of Britain and the recording heritage of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

We hear too from Reylon Yount, co-director of 'Tangram', and the composer Tonia Ko whose new commission 'Farewell Dwelling' forms part of the programme the group will perform to ring in the Lunar New Year.