Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo pays tribute to the great Nelson Mandela

Maestro Daniel Barenboim on conducting the New Years Day Concert in Vienna, and on winning the Marion Dönhoff prize for his work with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies talks to Sean Rafferty about where he found inspiration for his tenth symphony as he approaches his 80th birthday.

Gerald Finley on singing Wagner - he's back at the Royal Opera House singing Parsifal, and has recorded a new Winterreise disc with pianist Julius Drake. He talks to Sean Rafferty about the challenges of singing Schubert and Wagner.

Baritone Njabulo Madlala talks to Sean Rafferty about his meteoric rise from a South African Township to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Mezzo soprano Anne Sofie von Otter talks about her latest album of French songs.

Choirmaster and presenter Gareth Malone talks about teaching people to Sing While You Work and the joy of putting together his brand new group, Gareth Malone's Voices

Composer John Rutter, cellist Steven Isserlis and soprano Patricia Rozario reflect on the life and work of the late Sir John Tavener

Superstar pianist Lang Lang on his new role as UN Messenger of Peace, playing from memory and how to deal with nerves and injury.

Mandolinist Chris Thile and conductor Masaaki Suzuki talk separately and together about their love of JS Bach