Blessed Be I - Michael Finnissy

A Coat - Roderick Williams

Sometimes it seems as if we follow a plan in life almost designed. Since his youth, Roderick Williams has been composing art song, but his singing career sent him around the world. Now, he is able to combine both talents in a natural way. Sabine Bergk talks with Roderick Williams about life and art - and about art song that brings new life to both, like a shiny new coat.

Blessed Be III - Lotte Betts-Dean & Michael Finnissy

Happy 80th Birthday, Michael! Thank you for composing music for so long. We celebrate you today!

Blessed Be I - Michael Finnissy

Happy 80th Birthday, Michael! Thank you for composing music for so long. We celebrate you today!

Removal and Other Powers - Natalie Burch / William Marsey

When countries are shaking under political turbulences, music can reflect our situation in an intimate way. In the middle of Brexit and the Windrush Scandal, the pianist Natalie Burch commissioned a work to the composer William Marsey - and he took the House of Commons Bill 110 (2013-14) as a text for an art song.

The Little That Was Once A Man - Nathan Williamson & James Gilchrist

The poet Bryan Heiser suffered with polio from a young age, never descending into self-pity in his writing. In collaboration with James Gilchrist, composer and pianist Nathan Williamson has created a stunning collection of Heiser settings, bursting with physicality, intimacy and irony.