Podcasts by Between The Bars

#11 PART 1 - Kids on Board with Johannes Lörstad&Emma Schied from 2023-12-12T10:15

It's a fact - life changes when a little one comes on the scene. But how do you navigate the realms of parenthood when you're a musician and part of an internationally traveling orchestra? Host ...

#10 PART 3 - The Big Goodbye with Patricia Kopatchinskaja from 2022-08-20T13:04:58

In her staged project "Les Adieux", Patricia Koptchinskaja points out the many goodbyes she feels we will have to take in the near future. The final goodbye, or the Big Goodbye, will be one to o...

#10 PART 2 - The Big Goodbye with Patricia Kopatchinskaja from 2022-08-12T08:30:43

In the second episode of "The Big Goodbye", Patricia Kopatchinskaja speaks about growing up in rural Moldova and connecting to nature from an early age, the sound of the raindrops and the moment...

#10 PART 1 - The Big Goodbye with Patricia Kopatchinskaja from 2022-08-05T12:24:27

Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja is not only known for her extraordinary musical skills but also for the trailblazing staged projects, in which she does not shy away from curre...

#9 PART 4 - Mozart Momentum in conversation: Mozart in our time from 2022-05-05T09:35:40

For the final episode of Mozart Momentum: in conversation, we focus on "Mozart in our time". 

How does our interpretation and performance of Mozart's works differ from when they were conv...

#9 PART 3 - Mozart Momentum in conversation: A freelancer is born from 2022-04-22T15:45:46

Everybody knows Mozart for his operas, symphonies and concert pieces, but not all know that he was a pioneer who fought for professional and artistic freedom. The composer is often considered th...

#9 PART 2 - Mozart Momentum in conversation: Family, Friendship, Freemasonry from 2022-04-17T08:00:42

For the last seven years of his life, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a member of the Freemasons. How did the Masonic order influence the life and work of the composer? Find out in the second episod...

#9 PART 1 - Mozart Momentum in conversation: The Inventor from 2022-04-08T08:05:21

1785/1786, two of the most fruitful years in Mozart's life as a composer, inspired the MCO and Leif Ove Andsnes to partner up for a multiyear recording- and performing project: Mozart Momentum 1785...

#8 Music in VR - The Unanswered Question from 2022-02-08T11:22:58

Imagine walking on stage in the middle of a concert, submerging yourself into the music as you walk between the musicians. With VR performances entering the terrain of classical music, this is no l...

#7 Eat, Sleep, Dream, Compose. George Benjamin. from 2021-08-26T15:55:41

Ever since he was a child, Sir George Benjamin wanted to be a composer. At only twenty years of age, his piece ‘Ringed by the Flat Horizon’ was played at the BBC Proms. Fourty years on ...

#6 Music In My Head | Paul Whittaker on Music&Deafness from 2021-08-05T14:52:02

For the next edition of Between the Bars, join host Yannick Dondelinger as he speaks with Paul Whittaker, deaf musician, performer and creative advisor of our Feel the Music ed...

#6 Music In My Head | Paul Whittaker on Music & Deafness from 2021-08-05T14:52:02

For the next edition of Between the Bars, join host Yannick Dondelinger as he speaks with Paul Whittaker, deaf musician, performer and creative advisor of our Feel the Music ed...

#5 From Rolando Villazón With Love | Mozartwoche&MCO from 2021-04-01T11:07:28

World-renowned tenor, opera director, novelist, cartoonist and artistic director of one of classical music's biggest festivals, the Salzburg Mozartwoche, Rolando Villazón is a man of many, many,...

#5 From Rolando Villazón With Love | Mozartwoche & MCO from 2021-04-01T11:07:28

World-renowned tenor, opera director, novelist, cartoonist and artistic director of one of classical music's biggest festivals, the Salzburg Mozartwoche, Rolando Villazón is a man of many, many,...

#4 Future Fear, Future Fantastic | Pekka Kuusisto from 2020-12-07T13:00:17

What will the future look like? Sound like? Be like?

Delve into the multidisciplinary mind of MCO Artistic Partner Pekka Kuusisto, as together we probe the limits of the possible...

#4 Future Fear, Future Fantastic | Pekka Kuusisto from 2020-12-07T13:00:17

What will the future look like? Sound like? Be like?

Delve into the multidisciplinary mind of MCO Artistic Partner Pekka Kuusisto, as together we probe the limits of the possible...

#3 Mozart On The Edge Of Brexit from 2020-05-25T17:21:39

It was the night before Brexit, and the MCO was in the heart of London performing Mozart with Mitsuko Uchida to a sold-out Royal Festival Hall.

What would this well-travelled and wordly c...

#2 The Flying Conductor | Daniel Harding from 2020-01-17T16:01

Meet the musician who takes being a high-flying success more literally than most.

Daniel Harding was only 22 when he began working with the MCO in 1997. Now he's not only one of the most-...

#2 The Flying Conductor | Daniel Harding from 2020-01-17T16:01

Meet the musician who takes being a high-flying success more literally than most.

Daniel Harding was only 22 when he began working with the MCO in 1997. Now he's not only one of the most-...

#1 Musical Migration | Kirsty Hilton&Mark Hampson from 2020-01-17T16:00

Sunscreen in winter? Sleeping with one eye shut?

Violinist Kirsty Hilton and Trombone player Mark Hampson go Between the Bars with Yannick Dondelinger to share stories about growing up in...

#1 Musical Migration | Kirsty Hilton & Mark Hampson from 2020-01-17T16:00

Sunscreen in winter? Sleeping with one eye shut?

Violinist Kirsty Hilton and Trombone player Mark Hampson go Between the Bars with Yannick Dondelinger to share stories about growing up in...

Introducing Between The Bars from 2020-01-17T15:59

Somewhere between being artists and explorers, the MCO have discovered a secret sweet spot backstage, where the worldly life of being a touring musician gives way to unexpected encounters and li...