Geraldine Mucha's guest appearances

Geraldine Mucha

Music Matters

Laurie Anderson

Max Richter

Jackie Kay

Grace Bumbry

Nina Simone

Audra McDonald

Wynton Marsalis

Bobby McFerrin

Claude Debussy

Steve Reich

Tom Phillips

Bill Frisell

Sam Amidon

Tyshawn Sorey

Elizabeth Llewellyn

OwlTail

Steven Isserlis

Tom Service presents the latest news from across the classical music industry. He speaks with the French soprano Sandrine Piau about her new CDs of music by Handel, Haydn and Strauss, and to cellist Steven Isserlis about his latest projects, including CDs of music by John Tavener and the music of Proust's salons. Tom also profiles Scottish composer Geraldine Mucha, who lived most of her life in Prague, with contributions from Mucha's son John, Chris Vinz of the Geraldine Mucha Archive, and Prague-based American pianist Patricia Goodson, who has played many of Mucha's works. Plus, a preview of the 2021 conference of the Association of British Orchestras this week with its Director Mark Pemberton, Vanessa Reed of New Music USA on programming new and underrepresented voices, and Sarah Derbyshire, Chief Executive of Orchestras Live, on a new UK report Orchestras in Healthcare.

Sandrine Piau, Geraldine Mucha, Steven Isserlis