creation podcasts: guestlist

On The Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall

talks to the principal conductor of The Royal Liverpool

Philharmonic Vasily Petrenko . Hear what the orchestra

have been up to so far this year as they hit the half way point

in the city's celebrations as the 'European Capital of Culture '08'.

Also on the show is actress Zoe Wanamaker who is taking

part in a performance at the Mostly Mozart Festival next week. Zoe is appearing in 'Truth About Love' , a programme exploring the theme of love through Mozart's operatic repertoire.

On The Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks

to Joanna Page , one of the stars of the hit TV show

'Gavin and Stacey'....Joanna is currently appearing in

the play 'Fat Pig' in London's West End and tells Anne-Marie

all about the production....

Find out how after yet another rejection when auditioning for a part she proceeded to book herself in to the 'Savoy' and drink the mini-bar dry !...

Also on the show is the queen of 'Chick-Lit' Jane Green whose

new book 'The Beach House' is out now...

This week the Guest List is from Liverpool Cathedral as

part of the celebrations of the city being the 'European

Capital of Culture'....

On the show is Broadcaster John Suchet , who

tells Anne-Marie about his new book 'The Treasures of

Beethoven' which looks at the stories and music behind

the man...

Also on the programme is Organist and Conductor Ian

Tracey who is conducting the RLPO in a performance

of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem at Liverpool Cathedral

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller who both star in the new movie 'Edge of Love' based on the life and loves of the poet Dylan Thomas....

Also on the show is the man behind the music to movies such as 'The Kingdom of Heaven' and the 'Shrek' films....Harry Gregson-Williams tells the Guest List what it was like to write the score for the latest instalment in the Chronicles of Narnia series...'Prince Caspian'

This week one of the world's top chefs Heston Blumenthal , the man behind dishes such as 'Snail Soup' and 'Egg & Bacon Ice Cream' , and whose scientific approach to cooking is often referred to as Molecular Gastronomy......

Also on the show is one of the UK's leading conductors Richard Hickox who has over 300 recordings to his name..

Its an all-British line-up of guests this Sunday: the composer

John Rutter brings us up to date on his latest projects, and the actor Tom Conti also joins The Guest List to talk about his new movie 'Dangerous Parking...Plus -Andrew Lloyd Webber, who Annie caught up with backstage at this weeks Classical BRIT Awards, shares his thoughts on the honour of receiving the Outstanding Achievement in Music Award.

On the Guest List this Week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to

Oscar winner Susan Sarandon and Christina Ricci about

their new movie 'Speed Racer ....

Also on the show is singer Sarah Brightman who tells Annie

about her new CD 'Symphony' and how excited she is

to be appearing at next weeks 'Classical Brit Awards' at

the Royal Albert Hall...

One of the world's leading violinists Midori also appears

on the show telling the Guest List about her new CD featuring

the works of Bach and Bartok and also what her role as a

UN Ambassador entails .

The Guest List this week comes from the Everyman Theatre

in the capital of culture , Liverpool.

Hear from Ewan MacGregor on his new movie 'Deception' and

what it was like filming in New York and his plans for the future behind the camera.

Also on the show are Elijah Wood and John Hurt who are currently starring in the 'Oxford Murders' , the story of an Oxford University professor and a grad student who work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.

Anne-Marie also talks to the Liverpool-born screenwriter Carla Lane who is the writer behinf TV classics like 'The Liver Birds', 'Bless This House' and 'Bread'

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks

to the world's leading violinist Nigel Kennedy about his

new album 'Beethoven & Mozart Violin Concertos'....

Also on the show is Film Director Mike Leigh. The man

behind 'Topsy Turvey' and 'Vera Drake' tells the Guest List

about his new movie 'Happy-Go-Lucky' and how he feels

that most actors would rather die than attempt to improvise

on the big screen...

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall

talks to 007 himself...Daniel Craig.....

The A-list actor tells Classic FM about his first movie as an

executive producer - Flashbacks of a Fool - in which he also stars.

Craig plays a washed-up Hollywood star whose hedonistic lifestyle has taken its toll. Only when he is confronted by tragedy is he forced to face up to the ghosts of his past.

"It's my first foray into producing. It's a gentle way in and I've been very closely connected to the project, which is the way I like to work.

My heart has to be in my work, or it doesn't make a great deal of sense to me."