Sarah's Music: Contemporary Classical

The Danish String Quartet delights the audience and Sarah Willis at the Klassiske Dage Festival in Holstebro, Denmark with their eclectic mixture of music from classical to folk.

A very British episode featuring the Band of the Coldstream Guards, one of Britain's oldest and best known military bands. Sarah gets an exclusive, behind the scenes insight into a day in the life of the Band.

In this episode Sarah Willis presents some highlights of a big fundraising event in Bonn - the 7th German AIDS-Foundation Opera Gala. International opera singers perform, accompanied by the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn.

Sarah spends the day with bagels and Brooklyn Rider, one of New York´s finest and most experimental string quartets. In this episode they play a concert at National Sawdust as part of the New York Philharmonic Biennial.

Johann Sebastian Bach´s much loved Chaconne for solo violin is performed at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin - in more ways than one. Sarah Willis explores this famous piece with the world class musicians performing it.

Johann Sebastian Bach´s much loved Chaconne for solo violin is performed at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin - in more ways than one. Sarah Willis explores this famous piece with the world class musicians performing it.

Sarah Willis meets star singer Thomas Hampson as he coaches young singers in the art of singing Lieder at his Lied Academy in Heidelberg.

A wonderful collection of orchestras - classical, jazz, female, youth, airline and musical! Sarah Willis revisits some of her favourite - and rather unusual - orchestras which she has featured on Sarah's Music so far.

Sarah Willis explores the Barbican Centre´s Sound Unbound Festival and finds exciting music in every corner of the performing arts centre including the London Symphony Orchestra and Sarah´s own Pop-Up Horns event.

Sarah Willis gets an exclusive look behind the scenes at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv during the preparations for a performance of Gounod's "Faust" and meets Israeli musicians Na'ama Goldman and Dan Ettinger.