Sarah's Music: Contemporary Classical

Sarah Willis visits the New World Symphony in Miami and follows the preparations for a “Wallcast Concert”. She talks to conductor and co-founder Michael Tilson Thomas and explores the Gehry building - even the roof!

Sarah Willis visits the New World Symphony in Miami and follows the preparations for a “Wallcast Concert”. She talks to conductor and co-founder Michael Tilson Thomas and explores the Gehry building - even the roof!

From Lucerne to Sapporo: Sarah Willis takes you to some of her favorite classical music festivals and meets the great musicians who are performing there!

From opera stars Anna Netrebko and Placido Domingo to jazz legend Wynton Marsalis, all of Sarah's guests on the program have bravely accepted the Sarah's Music Horn Challenge. Here are some of our absolute favorites!

Sarah Willis meets star violinist Lisa Batiashvili preparing for her first performance in the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin and top concert hall acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota reveals how to create such a perfect acoustic.

The Sarah's Music Team knows the program better than anyone else. In this episode, the team, usually behind the camera but today in front of it, tell Sarah Willis which their favorite episodes were so far and why.

Salut Salon is a classical quartet with a difference who delight their audiences with a mixture of music, charm, humour and instrumental acrobatics. Sarah Willis meets the quartet while rehearsing for a concert in Hamburg.

Join Sarah Willis for some of the highlights from the opening weekend of the 2017 Beethovenfest in Bonn featuring, of course, Bonn's most famous resident, Ludwig van Beethoven, who can be found simply everywhere!

Sarah's Music in Cuba: Sarah Willis takes part in the 2017 "Mozart in Havana Festival", meeting and playing with wonderful Cuban musicians from the Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Mozart would have loved Cuba!

Star oboist Albrecht Mayer is Sarah Willis's guest on this episode explaining and celebrating the oboe – the 'Instrument of the Year 2017'!