Sarah's Music: Contemporary Classical

In this episode Sarah Willis presents some highlights of a big fundraising event in Bonn - the 6th German AIDS-Foundation Opera Gala. International opera singers perform, accompanied by the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn.

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.

Sarah Willis revisits some of her favorite "non-classical" music. Instead of Beethoven, Mozart and Bach you will find jazz, gospel, house and musicals performed by the world's very best!

Sarah Willis revisits some of her favourite “non-classical” music. Instead of Beethoven, Mozart and Bach you will find jazz, gospel, house and musicals performed by the world´s very best!

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.

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

The famous Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela is on tour in Berlin. Sarah holds a live Horn Hangout with the horn section, answers questions from all over the world and attends the concert in the Philharmonie.

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.

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!