Jose Serebrier

Hear our experts’ many tips and tricks for warming up – from practising in Italian, to talking in a higher voice, and why basses can enjoy longer lie-ins before morning rehearsals than sopranos. Our experts vocal trainer Mary King, counter-tenor Iestyn Davies, soprano Angel Blue and baritone Roderick Williams explain all, in this episode of Singers on Singing, part of the Classical Voice season on BBC Radio 3.

Why is singing in Italian like riding a racehorse? Why is French such a tricky language to sing in? And what's with all those German consonants? Find out more from our experts baritone Roderick Williams, counter-tenor Iestyn Davies and soprano Angel Blue, in this episode of Singers on Singing, part of the Classical Voice season on BBC Radio 3.

How do you deal with an instrument you can’t see, only imagine? How can you practice throwing your voice? And why is counter-tenor technique akin to that of yodelling? Hear tips and tricks on technique from our experts baritone Roderick Williams, counter-tenor Iestyn Davies and soprano Angel Blue, in this episode of Singers on Singing, part of the Classical Voice season on BBC Radio 3.

On Thursday 11th June the saxophonist and jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman passed away. In this podcast saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch talks to Suzy Klein about Coleman's great legacy, and how he himself was influenced by Coleman's revolutionary free jazz style.

Suzy talks to The Sixteen's Harry Christophers.

Multi award winning conductor Jose Serebrier talks to Suzy Klein ahead of his concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Cadogan Hall in London, which includes a selection of Dvorak Slavonic Dances, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, and The Last Paradise by Xiaogang Ye with violinist Cho-Liang Lin.

This week Edward Gardner prepares to conduct his final production at the English National Opera as their Music Director, a new production of Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades. Ahead of the show, Edward talks to Suzy Klein about his time at ENO, how he's grown as a conductor and what he still hopes to do achieve in the future.

Suzy talks to conductor Philippe Herreweghe, one of the world’s leading choral conductors, about the delights of Gesualdo madrigals, and of the great inspiration he got from early music pioneers Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt.

Composer and Master of the Queen's Music Judith Weir talks to Suzy Klein. Having just triumped at this year's Ivor Novello Awards, Judith also has a brand new piece called 'Good Morning, Midnight' which receives its world premiere at the Wigmore Hall in London this Saturday.

Winner of the Man Booker Prize, Anne Enright, talks to Sean Rafferty at the Hay Festival about returning to the west coast of Ireland to research her latest book, The Green Road.