creation podcasts: guestlist

On The Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to the principal conductor of The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Vasily Petrenko . Hear what the orchestra have been up to so far this year as they hit the half way point in the city’s celebrations as the ‘European Capital of Culture ‘08’. Also on the show is actress Zoe Wanamaker who is taking part in a performance at the Mostly Mozart Festival next week. Zoe is appearing in ‘Truth About Love’ , a programme exploring the theme of love through Mozart’s operatic repertoire.

On The Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to Joanna Page , one of the stars of the hit TV show ‘Gavin and Stacey’....Joanna is currently appearing in the play ‘Fat Pig’ in London’s West End and tells Anne-Marie all about the production…. Find out how after yet another rejection when auditioning for a part she proceeded to book herself in to the ‘Savoy’ and drink the mini-bar dry !... Also on the show is the queen of ‘Chick-Lit’ Jane Green whose new book ‘The Beach House’ is out now…

This week the Guest List is from Liverpool Cathedral as part of the celebrations of the city being the ‘European Capital of Culture’.... On the show is Broadcaster John Suchet , who tells Anne-Marie about his new book ‘The Treasures of Beethoven’ which looks at the stories and music behind the man… Also on the programme is Organist and Conductor Ian Tracey who is conducting the RLPO in a performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem at Liverpool Cathedral

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller who both star in the new movie ‘Edge of Love’ based on the life and loves of the poet Dylan Thomas…. Also on the show is the man behind the music to movies such as ‘The Kingdom of Heaven’ and the ‘Shrek’ films….Harry Gregson-Williams tells the Guest List what it was like to write the score for the latest instalment in the Chronicles of Narnia series…’Prince Caspian’

This week one of the world’s top chefs Heston Blumenthal , the man behind dishes such as ‘Snail Soup’ and ‘Egg & Bacon Ice Cream’ , and whose scientific approach to cooking is often referred to as Molecular Gastronomy…... Also on the show is one of the UK’s leading conductors Richard Hickox who has over 300 recordings to his name..

It's an all-British line-up of guests this Sunday: the composer John Rutter brings us up to date on his latest projects, and the actor Tom Conti also joins The Guest List to talk about his new movie ‘Dangerous Parking…Plus –Andrew Lloyd Webber, who Annie caught up with backstage at this week's Classical BRIT Awards, shares his thoughts on the honour of receiving the Outstanding Achievement in Music Award.

On the Guest List this Week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to Oscar winner Susan Sarandon and Christina Ricci about their new movie ‘Speed Racer .... Also on the show is singer Sarah Brightman who tells Annie about her new CD ‘Symphony’ and how excited she is to be appearing at next weeks ‘Classical Brit Awards’ at the Royal Albert Hall… One of the world’s leading violinists Midori also appears on the show telling the Guest List about her new CD featuring the works of Bach and Bartok and also what her role as a UN Ambassador entails .

The Guest List this week comes from the Everyman Theatre in the capital of culture , Liverpool. Hear from Ewan MacGregor on his new movie ‘Deception’ and what it was like filming in New York and his plans for the future behind the camera. Also on the show are Elijah Wood and John Hurt who are currently starring in the ‘Oxford Murders’ , the story of an Oxford University professor and a grad student who work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols. Anne-Marie also talks to the Liverpool-born screenwriter Carla Lane who is the writer behinf TV classics like ‘The Liver Birds’, ‘Bless This House’ and ‘Bread’

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to the world’s leading violinist Nigel Kennedy about his new album ‘Beethoven & Mozart Violin Concertos’.... Also on the show is Film Director Mike Leigh. The man behind ‘Topsy Turvey’ and ‘Vera Drake’ tells the Guest List about his new movie ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’ and how he feels that most actors would rather die than attempt to improvise on the big screen…

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to 007 himself…Daniel Craig….. The A-list actor tells Classic FM about his first movie as an executive producer – Flashbacks of a Fool – in which he also stars. Craig plays a washed-up Hollywood star whose hedonistic lifestyle has taken its toll. Only when he is confronted by tragedy is he forced to face up to the ghosts of his past. “It’s my first foray into producing. It’s a gentle way in and I’ve been very closely connected to the project, which is the way I like to work. My heart has to be in my work, or it doesn’t make a great deal of sense to me.”

This week The Guest List talks to Mike Oldfield who’s now followed in the footsteps of Paul McCartney and Sting by releasing a classical album. The man behind Tubular Bells talks about why Music of the Spheres is a new chapter in his career. Plus the star of Rebus .. Messiah and The Vice, Ken Stott, will be talking about his latest role in a new West End production called God Of Carnage written by Yasmina Reza who was behind the smash hit – Art.

Join Anne-Marie Minhall this Sunday at the new time of 3 to 5pm where she will be in conversation with Hollywood legend Julie Andrews who has just released a memoir of her early years….Hear what is was like growing up in WWII Britain to being on the brink of international stardom in the sixties as she was cast as the world’s most famous nanny , Mary Poppins. Also on the show is one of the world’s best loved violinists Maxim Vengerov…Maxim tells the Guest List about his plans for the future which include working with the next generation of violinists. He’ll also be talking about a unique concert in Cardiff in April where he’ll be conducting his good friend and fellow fiddle player, Joshua Bell, playing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto…. Plus Jessica Stevenson of Spaced and Royle Family fame joins the show to talk about a great new British comedy called Son Of Rambow which opens in cinemas in April

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to Sir David Frost…The man behind The Frost Report talks to The Guest List about a one-off tv programme that reunites the team behind the legendary satirical series. Hear from the only person to have interviewed the last seven US Presidents and the last seven Prime Ministers of the UK. Also on the show is Trumpeter Alison Balsom who talks about Hear Here!... The UK's first classical music project dedicated to listening Mike Newell , the man behind ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ and ‘Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire’ tells Anne-Marie about his new movie ‘Love in The Time of Cholera’...Based on the bestselling novel by Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez .

This Week the Guest List returns to the European Capital of Culture -Liverpool where Anne-Marie Minhall presents the show from the stunning Albert Docks… On the show will be one of world’s most popular living composers Karl Jenkins whose new work ‘Stabat Mater’ will be premiered at Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral on Saturday 15th March….Also on the show is scouse comedian , writer and actor Alexei Sayle who tells the Guest List about reconnecting with his scouse routes in a new TV series…

On The Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to actor Timothy Spall who is currently starring alongside Johnny Depp in Timothy Burton’s new movie ‘Sweeney Todd’ Also on the show is on one of Britain’s best loved comedienne Jo Brand , who is about to play the role of the policeman in Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Pirates of Penzance’ at the Gielgud Theatre in London….

Join Anne-Marie Minhall from 9pm this Sunday aboard the legendary Mersey Ferry as the Guest List celebrates Liverpool being the European Capital of Culture ‘08’..... On the show will be the principal conductor of Classic Fm’s Orchestra in the North West of England , Vasily Petrenko who tells Anne-Marie about what impact the orchestra has had on the city and what events they have lined up for the year ahead…. The Guest List also chats to the Liverpool born author , actress and writer Lynda La Plante who tells Anne-Marie why she thinks the people of Liverpool are unique….

On The Guest List this week hear why actress Eva Longoria wants to stay in Desperate Housewives for as long as she can and how she got her work ethic from her mother…. Also on the show is one of the world’s leading violinists Nicola Benedetti who is about to undertake a UK tour with the Tonkunstler Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Kristjan Jaarvi.

The Guest List is coming from Liverpool this week . To celebrate the city being the European Capital of Culture Anne-Marie Minhall reports from Philharmonic Hall , the home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic as they rehearsed in the hall under the direction of Sir Charles MacKerras.. On the show this week is the man behind this years celebrations, writer and producer of TV programmes like Grange Hill and Brookside, Phil Redmond , who tells Anne-Marie what he hopes the legacy of Liverpool ‘08 will mean for the city…. Anne-Marie also talks to world renowned pianist and Liverpudlian Stephen Hough about what Liverpool has meant to him over the years….

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to two of the world’s leading authors Alexander McCall Smith and Ian Rankin…. Both McCall Smith and Rankin are taking part in Scottish Opera’s new season featuring collaborations between some of Scotland’s most famous composers and authors…. Ian Rankin is collaborating with the film composer Craig Armstrong on a new piece entitled ‘Gesualdo’ While Alexander McCall Smith is working with the composer Stephen Deazley on a work called ‘Dream Angus’ ...

On The Guest List this weekend, the Academy Award-winning director, Richard Attenborough talks about his latest movie. Closing The Ring is a love story spanning two continents and half a century. Starring Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer, the film tells the tale of an American woman who honours a wartime promise of love. Also making an appearance will be the singer whose album, Pure, was number one in the Classic FM Top 300 best-selling classical albums of the century – Hayley Westenra. She’ll be talking about her new book – In Her Own Voice.

On The Guest List this week the Welsh Soprano Katherine Jenkins tells Anne-Marie about her new album ‘Rejoice’ and what her year has been like…. Also on the show is writer and broadcaster Ian Hislop who describes the Private Eye Annual as ..”It’s a bit like The Beano or Shoot for those who are slightly older and can’t have that annual in their stocking anymore. We hope you’ll get the Private Eye Annual – it’s about the same intellectual level !’ Anne-Marie also talks to writer Ben Schott who has just released the 3rd Edition of ‘Schott’s Almanac’......

On The Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to 007 himself Daniel Craig about appearing in this year’s Xmas blockbuster “The Golden Compass” alongside Nicole Kidman… Also on the show is a rare interview with “La Stupenda Dame” Joan Sutherland. Dame Joan tells The Guest List why The Royal Opera House , Covent Garden holds a very special place in her heart….Anne-Marie also chats to one of the world’s leading actors , writers and directors Sir Kenneth Branagh about his new adaptation of Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’...

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to British born Hollywood Legend Sir Michael Caine about re-making his classic movie ‘Sleuth’ which also stars Jude Law and how he has never been more successful and in demand than in the last few years… Also on the show is Norwegian born cellist Truls Mork and the ‘Boys from the Valley’...The Fron Male Voice Choir

On the Guest List this week Mezzo soprano Cecilia Bartoli on why she’s been investigating the life and music of a 19th century opera singer who scandalised Europe .. We'll also hear from the Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody who stars in Wes Anderson's new movie all about India .. brothers and trains .. The Darjeeling Ltd .. And Annie also chats Alfi Boe about his new album of Neopolitan songs – La Passione ..

This week British adventurer extraordinaire, Sir Rannulph Fiennes talks about his auobiography, Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know .. He’s been described as “the world’s greatest living explorer” .. He was the first man to reach both poles by surface travel and the first to cross the Antarctic unsupported. Three months after a near-fatal heart attack, he ran seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. And just this year, he conquered his fear of heights by cllimbing the North Face of the Eiger (as you do..) and in doing so, raised millions for charity. We’ll also hear how the composer Barrington Pheloung used Inspector Morse to bring classical music to a new audience and the Guest List talks to a new boy band brought together by the social online network – Facebook – Blake talk about fusing classical music and pop ..

On the Classic FM Guestlist this week, Gordon Ramsay tells Annie what he really thinks about food critics. Plus composer James MacMillan and actor Charles Dance.

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to Hollywood actor Christian Slater about his return to London’s West End in the new production of ‘Swimming with Sharks’..... Also on the show is movie composer Patrick Doyle who is behind a star-studded charity concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall at the end of the month in aid of Leukaemia Research , and features Dame Judi Dench, Alan Rickman, Sir Derek Jacobi, Robbie Coltrane and Richard E. Grant.

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to Hollywood superstar Michelle Pheiffer about her new star-studded romantic fantasy movie ‘Stardust’ directed by Matthew Vaughan.. Also on the show is Baritone Sir Thomas Allen who tells the Guest List about directing a new production of Rossini’s ‘The Barber of Seville’ with Scottish Opera.

On The Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to actor Colin Firth about his new movie ‘And When Did You Last See Your Father’ based on the award winning book by Blake Morrison… Michael Palin tells The Guest List all about travelling around the world in eighty days , going from pole to pole and his latest venture of travelling to more than twenty countries in Eastern Europe.. Also on the show is one of the world’s leading violinists Sarah Chang who’s new recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons was released this week.

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to rock legend Jon Lord who tells the Guest List about recreating a bit of musical history from 1969 when Malcolm Arnold conducted the world premiere of Lord’s Concerto For Group and Orchestra…The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will be doing a one-off performance of the work as part of the Second Arnold Festival in Northampton at the beginning of October…. Also on the show is Vasily Petrenko who is the principal conductor with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and tells Annie what the RPLO have lined up for 2008 to celebrate Liverpool being the European Capital of Culture…. we also chat to best selling crime author Mark Billingham about his new book ‘Death Message’..

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall will be talking to actor and director Kenneth Branagh about his new movie of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It…. We talk to one of the best selling crime authors in the UK Ian Rankin about the 20th anniversary of his Edinburgh based character Inspector Rebus….. Also on the show is Academy Award winning actress Juliette Binoche who is currently starring in the movie A Few Days In September and one of world’s leading pianists John Lenehan.

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to Hollywood superstar Keira Knightley about her latest movie ‘Atonement’ which is set in Britain during the Second World War and also stars James McAvoy… Also on the show is movie composer Nigel Hess (Ladies in Lavender)..who tells Annie about his latest CD of music for Shakespeare plays by the RSC and singer James Gilchrist on his new CD called ‘The Cloud of Unknowing’ by Francis Pott

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie talks to one of Britain’s best loved sopranos Dame Felicity Lott who is appearing at this year’s Windsor Festival with the London Conchord Ensemble where she will perform songs by Poulenc and De Falla…..Also on the show is Sir Charles MacKerras who is conducting The Philharmonia in a series of recorded live concerts especially recorded for Classic FM’s 15th birthday next month.

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to soprano Kate Royal about her new album and how Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Paul McCartney have played a part in her rise to fame . Also on the show is one of the world’s leading countertenors Andreas Scholl who is appearing in Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater at this years Edinburgh Festival.

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes about his new CD of the music of Edvard Grieg to coincide with the centenary anniversary of the composers death. Also on the show is the movie director and writer Paul Schrader , the man behind such films as Taxi Driver, American Gigolo and Raging Bull ,whose new film ‘The Walker’ starring Woody Harrelson has just been released…Mark Forrest will also review the movie later on in the show.

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall reports back from the Verbier Festival in Switzerland where she spoke to pianist Lang Lang about his love of Classic Fm and about performing the world premiere of the Prince of Wales’s commission for the Queen Mother which has been composed by Nigel Hess….Annie also manages to grab an exclusive interview with American soprano Barbara Bonney and finds out what bought her back to singing after a year away from the concert platform…Also on the show are Hayley Westenra and Vittoria Grigolo who tell Annie all about their latest recording of Bernstein’s West Side Story which celebrates it’s 50th Anniversary this year.

This week we tak to the Grammy Award-winning violinist, Hilary Hahn, and find out why she’s being collaborating with a guitarist and songwriter for her latest live performance at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. We’ll also hear from the world-renowned bass baritone, Thomas Quasthoff, on why he loves giving masterclasses to budding singers. Ahead of this year’s Edinburgh International Festival, which opens on 10th August, The Guest List meets the new Artistic Director behind the event, Jonathan Mills. Discover why Monteverdi’s opera, L’Orfeo, is at the heart of the Festival this summer. Plus, why a new film starring Richard Gere, based on a major con that actually happened, shouldn’t be missed and the last offering from a much-loved crime writer is the recommended new read.

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to renowned conductor Andrew Litton about being the first American music director of Norway’s Bergen Philharmonic….Also on the show is Buckingham Palace’s Choirmaster Andrew Gant and curator Caroline De Gee Toe who tell Annie all about the exhibition at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the marriage of Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ winner Paul Potts about his meteoric rise to fame from car phone salesman to reality TV star…..Also on the show is one of the world’s leading choreographers Matthew Bourne , whose production of Car Man has just opened at Sadler’s Wells. Anne-Marie also talks to Laura Michelle Kelly , the star of the new musical based on JRR Tolkien’s Lord of The Rings at the Theatre Royal , Drury Lane.

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to legendary singer Andy Williams about life on the road and how he’s still pulling in the crowds on his current UK tour….Also on the show are Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers who tell Annie all about bringing Italian cuisine to London with their Riverside Cafe and the phenomenal success of their series of books. We also talk to Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra about stepping into the shoes of the great Luciano Pavarotti at the Met for a performance of Tosca , a role he is currently undertaking at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden…Also the composer of the new soundtrack to the latest Harry Potter movie , Nicholas Hooper talks to the Guest List.

On the Guest List this week Annie talks to former Blue star Duncan James about life after a boy-band and appearing in Chicago in London’s West End…Also on the show is one of the world’s top producers and contemporary composers William Orbit , who is premiering a new classical work at the ‘Manchester International Festival’ next week….Annie also talks to our very own Myleene Klass about her love of classical music and her new CD entitled ‘Myleene’s Music for Romance’...and conductor Martyn Brabbins tells the Guest List about the joys and headaches of being artistic director of the ‘Cheltenham Festival’

On The Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall is talking to the stars of the new movie ‘Shrek The Third’....Anne-Marie will chat to Antonio Banderas who once again is appearing in the role of Puss In Boots and Rupert Everett who returns as the voice behind the vengeful , but handsome , Prince Charming…..Also on the show is one of Hollywood’s top composers Harry Gregson-Williams who has written the score for all three of the ‘Shrek’ movies. And if you want to find out if the film is worth seeing , Mark Forrest will be along to give you his verdict on one of this year’s blockbusters. Sir Peter Maxwell Davis also pops in to talk to Anne-Marie about The St.Magnus Festival in Orkney, which he founded and is celebrating it’s 30th anniversary this year.