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!

"Zohra," the Afghan Women's Orchestra, plays in Berlin for the first time. Sarah Willis meets these brave and inspiring young musicians and speaks to the two female conductors about fighting for the right to play music.

The wonderful combination of Katia and Marielle Labèque, a rock guitarist, a drummer and 7 breakdancers electrify the audience with David Chalmin's modern day version of Romeo and Juliet at the Beethovenfest in Bonn.

The Russian star pianist Daniil Trifonov is one of today´s greatest musicians. Sarah meets him in Hamburg, finds out how he chooses a piano for important concerts and is thrilled to hear him live for the first time.

Reknowned lieder duo Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake share with Sarah their insider´s look at Franz Schubert´s famous song cycle “Winter´s Journey” during a performance for the MaerzMusik Festival in Berlin.

Sarah spends a day at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin watching the rehearsals for everyone´s favourite Christmas ballet, The Nutcracker. She meets the choreographers, the dancers, the Nutcracker and a couple of mice…

Sarah's Music viewers from around the world share their favourite Christmas Music with Sarah. Music from Japan, Ecuador, England and India - and of course Sarah shares her favourite Christmas music too!

The innovative choreographer Lucinda Childs and her dance company bring one of her most famous works “Dance” to the Beethovenfest in Bonn. Sarah Willis meets Lucinda and her dancers to find out more.

From New York to Japan to Australia - wherever Sarah Willis and her horn go, she makes an episode of Sarah´s Music about it. See some of her favorite locations she has visited during the making of the program so far.

This wonderful combination of Katia and Marielle Labèque, a rock guitarist, a drummer and 7 breakdancers electrify the audience with David Chalmin´s modern day version of Romeo and Juliet at the Beethovenfest in Bonn.