Rachel Webber recently discovered, as part of her postgraduate research, the earliest known Church of England anthem written by a woman.

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MusicPlus: Rachel Webber

Chris Gunness speaks to musician and cartoonist Ben Levy whose animations about classical masterworks have become an internet sensation over lockdown.  

MusicPlus: Ben Levy

James Clutton, director of Opera at Opera Holland Park, speaks to Chris Gunness about making performances work in the 'new normal'.

MusicPlus: James Clutton

Chris Gunness speaks to baritone Roderick Williams about coronavirus and its impact on the music industry. 

Roderick Williams

Kirill Karabits, chief conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, speaks to Chris Gunness from lockdown in Paris about the impact of Covid-19.

Kirill Karabits

John Gilhooly is the artistic and executive director of Wigmore Hall. 

John Gilhooly

Alexander van Ingen

Chris Gunness speaks to Israeli pianist and composer Matan Porat about how he's adapting to making music in the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Matan Porat

Chris Gunness speaks to Julia Desbruslais, co-principal cellist and executive director of the London Mozart Players, about the ensemble's move to digital music-making in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. 

Julia Desbruslais

Stephen Langridge is artistic director of Glyndebourne and former director of Gothenburg Opera. 

Stephen Langridge

Chris Gunness speaks to Cuban-American conductor and composer Odaline de la Martinez, the first woman to conduct at the BBC Proms in 1984.

Odaline de la Martinez

Chris Gunness speaks to one of the country's most exciting composers, Errollyn Wallen, who has worked with women affected by conflict and with people with disabilities. 

Errollyn Wallen

Allyson Devenish is the artistic director of a capella group NitroVoX, which tells stories of the African diaspora through song. She speaks to Chris Gunness about decolonising the musical curriculum, and the importance of race and identity in her career so far.

Allyson Devenish

Raphael Wallfisch is an internationally renowned cellist, and a man on a mission to bring to world attention to music of little-known Jewish composers, some of whose work was partly destroyed by the Nazis. He speaks to Chris Gunness about the rise of antisemitism, the legacy of his mother, a Holocaust survivor, and his Jewish composers project.

Raphael Wallfisch

Aside from her work on the concert platform, Clare Hammond is engaging in outreach to schools and prisons and immigration removal centres. She has also written movingly about her experiences of postnatal depression. She talks to Chris Gunness about managing mental health while sustaining a career, and healing through music-making.

Clare Hammond

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