BBC Radio 3’s Sara Mohr-Pietsch chats with festival curator André de Ridder about his creative vision and the key projects as part of Spitalfields Music Festival 2017.

Spitalfields Music Festival takes place Saturday 2 - Sunday 10 December. More info and tickets: bit.ly/2eRmMf7

Sara Mohr-Pietsch in Conversation is presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch and produced by Freya Hellier.

Credits:“Eternal Something" Written and performed by Daniel Brandt, Published by Erased Tapes Music, Courtesy of Erased Tapes Records

"I Blame You Not" Arranged and performed by Mara Carlyle. English-language version of Schumann's "'Ich grolle nicht"

André de Ridder interview originally filmed by Just Trek Ltd.