How to Win a Grammy! ft. Nicholas Phan
[@ 3 min] Alright, this week…Grammy-winning tenor Nicholas Phan takes a Free Throw on finally winning that Grammy on his fifth nomination, for his performance in OBS Hall of Famer Kaija Saariaho’s 'Adriana Mater.'[@ 15 min] ...which gets us thinking about Grammy winning opera recordings. In Chalk...
Rebecca Clarke Focus Day
In October’s podcast episode, Dr Leah Broad, Dr Natasha Loges and mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately discuss the life and music of British composer and violist Rebecca Clarke ahead of a Focus Day at Wigmore Hall this November.
One of the most important composers of her generation, Clarke created aro...
Benedict Cumberbatch on The Thing with Feathers
Benedict Cumberbatch speaks to Kate Molleson about the new film adaptation of Max Porter's Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, an exploration of loss and berievement.
On Tuesday night, the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 was announced. They join Kate to dicuss their work, a...
Nick Phan: The Gift of Music, Belonging & a Grammy Win
He is a Grammy Award-winning tenor, curator, educator, writer, and artistic director — and someone whose work asks a question that reaches far beyond the concert hall: What does it mean to belong — to a country, to a tradition, to an art form, to yourself?
In this episode of Mostly Together, I s...
Bach as a Bridge-Builder
Carla Dirlikov Canales and I have known each other since we were teenagers growing up in the twin towns of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Michigan — we even sang together as fellow voice majors at the University of Michigan. Since then, Carla has built a career turning music into a tool for cultural di...
Bach, Community, the International Pride Orchestra
Bach, Community, the International Pride Orchestra
with Michael Roest
founder & director, International Pride Orchestra
former Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Nicholas Phan sits down with Michael Roest — former Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at th...
Death, Doubt & the Bach Institute
with Pamela Dellal, Bach Institute Director & Intellectual Resources Curator
This week on BACH 52, Nicholas Phan sits down with Pamela Dellal — alto, master translator, and director of the Bach Institute at Emmanuel Music — for a conversation about death, doubt, and why Bach's cantatas still sp...
Bach as Connection: Communal Music Making with Kate Sheeran
BACH AS CONNECTION
COMMUNAL MUSIC MAKING
with Kate Sheeran
former executive director, Kaufman Music Center
Dean, Eastman School of Music
What if Bach was never intimidating — just music? Grammy-winning tenor Nicholas Phan sits down with Kate Sheeran, Executive Director of New York City's...
Theology, Music, and Modern Myths | Who Was J.S. Bach Really?
Theology, Music, and Modern Myths
with Michael Marissen | Bach scholar & author of Bach Against Modernity
Who was Johann Sebastian Bach really?
When we talk about Bach, it’s so easy to slip into big claims — greatest composer ever, universal genius, before and after Bach. And while there’s truth ...
Bach, Faith, and the Future of Classical Music
Bach, Faith, and the Future of Classical Music
with Chad Smith | president & CEO, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Last August, the Tanglewood Learning Institute hosted the first live-filmed conversations for BACH 52. The first of these features Chad Smith, President & CEO of the Boston Symphony Orchest...
