The Choir - The Choral Interview

Sara chats with baroque violinist Rachel Podger about her love of singing.

Wine writer and broadcaster Oz Clarke chats with Sara about his choral history.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks choral and film music with Oscar-winning composer Rachel Portman.

Rebecca Lodge talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about what it's like to sing Schoenberg.

Angela Hewitt chats with Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her choral passions.

Composer and conductor Paul Mealor chats about his favourite choral music.

Composer Iain Bell chats with Sara about some of his favourite choral music.

Welsh baritone Jeremy Huw Williams chats about his favourite choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews performers about their choral passions.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews performers about their choral passions.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews performers about their choral passions.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews performers about their choral passions.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets Ralph Allwood, founder of Inner Voices and the Eton Choral Course

Adele Anderson, of the group Fascinating Aida, talks about her favourite choral music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch chats with actress Anne Reid, to chat about her favourite choral music

Sara's guest is Paul Mason, Guardian journalist and Economics Editor of Channel 4 News.

Violinist Tasmin Little shares some of her favourite choral works with Sara.

Singer John Potter and composer Sasha Johnson Manning explore the landscape of contempoary choral music.

Pianist and composer Stephen Hough shares some of his favourite choral works.

Alexander Armstrong shares some of his choral favourites with Sara.

Composer Karl Jenkins chats to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about his favourite choral works.

Conductor and oboist Nicholas Daniel chats to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about his favourite choral works.

When Deborah Coughlin founded 'Gaggle' she soon found herself and her all-female group proclaimed as amongst the 'fifty most forward-thinking people in music'. This week she joins Sara Mohr-Pietsch to explain why, for her, the joy of choir singing is all about being given 'permission to make a noise'.

Film and television composer Nigel Hess chats about his choral favourites

Sara Mohr-Pietsch samples the choral passions of composer, viola player and arranger John Metcalfe.

Masaaki Suzuki is director of Bach Collegium Japan, one of the foremost early music ensembles in the world. He talks to Sara about his life in music and introduces her to some of his favourite choral recordings.

Period clarinettist Colin Lawson shares his choral favourites.

Director of Cheltenham Music Festival Meurig Bowen shares a selection of his choral favourites, including a family treasure from the BBC Proms archive.

Gardener Bob Flowerdew tells Sara about his favourite choral pieces

The horn player Richard Watkins chats with Sara about his choral favourites.

Artistic director of Welsh National Opera, David Pountney shares his choral passions.

Winner of the 2014 British Composer Award for choral music, Cecilia McDowall, talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her own choral favourites.

Fresh from winning BBC Gospel Choir of the Year, the multiple choir conductor and workshop leader Karen Gibson talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about the choral music that inspires her.

Saxophonist and jazz composer John Surman talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about his favourite choral music.

Recorded at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, The Hilliard Ensemble perform specially for The Choir and talk to Sara about their 40th anniversary, a new album and their forthcoming retirement.

Sara talks to Norwegian composer and rising choral star, Ola Gjeilo, who introduces some of his favourite choral music.

Internationally acclaimed baritone Sir Thomas Allen recalls the rich musical heritage of his childhood, choral activities during his time studying at the Royal College of Music, and looks back on his career. Extended version of the interview that was originally broadcast on The Choir.

Vanessa Redgrave also joins Sara to for a chat about her involvement in choral singing, with a selection of choral favourites.

Welsh mezzo Della Jones talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her choral favourites including Vaughan-Williams' Toward the unknown region & Hubert Parry's I Was Glad

Singer, composer and member of vocal ensemble Juice Kerry Andrew talks to Sara Mohr-Pietsch about her choral passions, including music from The Beach Boys and English folk group The Watersons.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch invites keyboardist and director of the Acadamy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr, to share his choral passions

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by Edward Higginbottom, Director of Music at New College Oxford, just before his retirement in Summer 2014, to talk about his choral passions.