In this episode, Simon Mundy converses with great soloists the COE has worked with: Isabelle Faust, Maria Joao Pires and Antoine Tamestit. 

In this episode, Simon Mundy talks with Julian Poore who has been the COE's second trumpet since its creation in 1981. Aside from telling us all about the many different types of trumpets and the challenges of bringing them on tour, he also tells us a story about Claudio Abbado's shirt... featuring COE co-principal cello, tenor Will Conway!
Featuring excerpts from Mozart's Magic Flute and Posthorn Serenade, Schubert's Symphonies Nos. 1 and 9 and Sibelius's Symphony No. 5.

In this episode, Simon Mundy talks to Julian Rachlin who has invited the Chamber Orchestra of Europe to become the resident orchestra at the Schloss Esterhazy, Haydn's home, in Eisenstadt. Artistic Director of the Herbstgold Festival in Eisenstadt, Julian is also principal conductor of the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra in Norway and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra in Israel.

In this episode, Simon Mundy is in conversation with Sir András Schiff, a long-standing artistic partner and Honorary Member of the COE. Together, they recall how the relationship with the Orchestra started, back in the eighties, and how it developed over the years. Sir András remembers with great fondness his friendship with Sandor Vegh who also taught to a number of COE members at the time. In this episode, there are various musical excerpts, particularly from our concert at the Schloss Esterhazy, home of Haydn, in Eisenstadt in September 2022.

In this episode, Simon Mundy talks with the COE's Planning and Personnel Manager Caroline Ferry who has been with us for 5 years and is about to leave and explore new pastures. You will find out all about how absolutely crucial this job is, the challenges of fixing and planning for an international touring orchestra, particularly in the context of the aftermath of a global pandemic.

In this episode, presenter Simon Mundy is in conversation with the COE's former principal oboe François Leleux. They talk about his COE adventure and find out about his approach to conducting whilst still pursuing a career as a world-renowned oboist. For more information about François, please visit his website: https://francoisleleux.com/

In this episode, Simon Mundy interviews British conductor Sir Roger Norrington who has recently retired and with whom the COE did many projects over the years, focusing particularly on works by Joseph Haydn. Includes musical excerpts from Haydn's Creation and Seasons released by Profil Edition Gunther Haenssler back in 2008.

Simon Mundy talks to Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Robin Ticciati, Sir Antonio Pappano and Janine Jansen about their own COE adventure.

In this episode, Simon Mundy interviews the COE's former principal oboe, now conductor, Dougie Boyd, who was the instigator of the Sibelius Symphony Cycle with Paavo Berglund at the Helsinki Festival in 1998. 

In this 4th episode of our COE@40 series, Simon Mundy interviews various current and former members of the COE about the influence the Orchestra and its artistic partners over the years have had on their career and their way of making music.