Speaking with Catherine Bott, countertenor David Daniels and scholar Jonathan Keats explore the rich musical characterisations in Handel's Radamisto, from bloodthirsty tyrant Tiridate, to the wonderfully moving presentation of love between husband and wife, Radamisto and Zenobia.  Among other topics, Daniels and Keats also discuss the historical context and topicality of Radamisto's theme of dynastic intrigue, how Handel dealt with the prima-donnas of the 18th Century and the simple key to the beauty of Handel's writing that reaches 'right to the core of the soul'.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

David Daniels stars in Handel's Radamisto

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Jeremy Denk talks to Edward Seckerson about the arts of practicing, programme-building, recording, writing and performing, as we find out what makes the innovative pianist tick.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In conversation with Jeremy Denk

'This music is buzzing with intergalactic messages and surrealism…’ 

We speak to the inimitable director about the apocalyptic anti-anti-opera ahead of his production at the Barbican with the LSO and Sir Simon Rattle   For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Peter Sellars on Ligeti’s Le grand macabre

We talk to composer Andrew Norman and video artist Deborah O'Grady about how the American landscape influences classical and contemporary music, and how to make a visual statement from these works.
Both Andrew and Deborah feature Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic's upcoming International Associate Residency, which covers the themes of American Soundscapes and includes the music of John Williams and Mahler- for more info see www.barbican.org.uk/music/series.asp?id=1505  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

American Soundscapes with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

When computer pioneer and war-hero Alan Turing received a posthumous pardon in 2013, New York composer Nico Muhly had questions...Sentences is the result of those questions, and premieres at the Barbican on 6th June. In this classical podcast we speak to Iestyn Davies who Muhly wrote the piece for about what it’s been like to work on the project.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Iestyn Davies on Nico Muhly's Sentences

Ahead of the Boulez at 90 series at the Barbican, this podcast explores the life and music of the great musical provocateur, Pierre Boulez, with interviews from those who knew and worked with him. Featuring interviews with composer Nico Muhly, conductor François-Xavier Roth, and musicians from the Ensemble Intercontemporain, founded by Boulez in 1976.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

David Daniels stars in Handel's Radamisto

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