Jennifer Johnston’s guest this week is the incredible South African soprano Golda Schultz, soon to grace our screens as the star of the Last Night of the Proms. She talks about classical music inspiring a little girl from the Southernmost tip o

Helena Dix

Jul 11th, 2020 57m 4s

Join Jennifer Johnston as she talks to the wonderful Australian soprano Helena Dix, who gives a searing account of almost losing her life to Covid-19, the road to recovery, growing up as the child of a chef, and getting back onstage where she b

Tara Erraught & Angela Brower

Jul 4th, 2020 58m

Jennifer Johnston’s guests this week are the internationally renowned mezzo sopranos Tara Erraught and Angela Brower, who talk to her about lockdown, rediscovering a sense of community, life on the road, coping when things go wrong on stage in

Nimrod Borenstein

Jun 26th, 2020 49m 38s

Join Jennifer Johnston as she talks to the distinguished British-Israeli-French composer Nimrod Borenstein, about cooking, strawberry risotto, the processes behind composing, staying true to yourself, remaining resolutely non-conformist and fin

Tasmin Little

Jun 19th, 2020 56m 15s

Jennifer Johnston’s guest this week is the British superstar violinist Tasmin Little, who talks about making the difficult decision to retire and how she has coped with having her final concert plans disrupted by lockdown, practising with inten

Nathalie Stutzmann

Jun 11th, 2020 45m 2s

Join Jennifer Johnston as she talks to the superstar French contralto and conductor Nathalie Stutzmann, one of the most outstanding musical personalities of our time. Nathalie grew up living above her grandparents’ bakery, and has a love of coo

James & Angela Clutton

Jun 1st, 2020 50m 56s

Jennifer Johnston’s guests this week are James Clutton, Director of Opera at London’s Opera Holland Park, and his wife Angela Clutton, an award-winning food writer and historian. Embedded in the food and music communities in London, which have

Ryan Speedo Green

May 27th, 2020 46m 52s

Join Jennifer Johnston as she talks to the American bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green about southern food and slavery, the importance of family and faith, that lasagna is opera and that food really does equate to love in his world. Notes From Mu

Lucy Schaufer & Christopher Gillett

May 18th, 2020 53m 10s

Jennifer Johnston’s guests this week are the American mezzo soprano Lucy Schaufer and her husband, the British tenor Christopher Gillett, who talk to her from their home in Wiltshire, England. Equally passionate about new music, supporting comp

Sonya Yoncheva & Domingo Hindoyan

May 11th, 2020 51m 55s

Join Jennifer Johnston as she talks to the celebrated Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva and her husband, renowned Venezuelan conductor Domingo Hindoyan, about creativity, family life during lockdown, the collision of European and South American

Robert Treviño & Julia Siciliano

May 5th, 2020 45m 31s

Jennifer Johnston’s guests this week are conductor Robert Treviño and his wife, the pianist Julia Siciliano, who talk to her from their home in Malmö. Although the rest of Europe has locked down in the face of Covid-19, Sweden has remained open

Jamie Barton

Apr 27th, 2020 52m 50s

Join Jennifer Johnston, as she talks to the celebrated American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton about lockdown from her home in Atlanta, Georgia. You’ll hear her talk about coping with a travelling minstrel’s life, cooking from scratch, body positiv

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