Welcome to the latest episode of Harmonious World, in which I interview musicians about how their music helps make the world more harmonious.

It was a huge delight to be joined live in my local coffee shop by pianist and composer Iain Farrington. As you will hear through our conversation, Iain has composed for and performed at some highly prestigious events.

We were chatting primarily about the forthcoming world premiere of Talk of the Town, which Iain has composed for Hitchin Chamber Orchestra to perform on 12 July at St Mary's Church as the orchestra celebrates its tenth anniversary. Click here to join us if you can!

Thanks to Iain for allowing me to share clips from some of his other compositions and performances.

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Welcome to the latest episode of Harmonious World, in which I interview musicians about how their music helps make the world more harmonious.

For this episode, I was joined by Vonn Vanier, ahead of the release of his fascinating debut album Dawn.

Thanks to Vonn for allowing me to share clips from Dawn, which has a fascinating selection of styles and creativity.

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Welcome to the latest episode of Harmonious World, in which I interview musicians about how their music helps make the world more harmonious.

It was a real delight to chat with Ute Lemper: I was assistant to the Producer of The Wall: Berlin 1990 and Ute sang on stage for that performance. Her latest album is Pirate Jenny, a celebration of revolutionary composer Kurt Weill's 125th birthday this year.

If you get a chance to hear Ute sing live, please do take it - if you're in the UK, she's appearing at the Cadogan Hall on Friday 13 June and I hope to be in the audience.

Thanks to Ute for allowing me to share clips from Pirate Jenny and you'll want your headphones on to experience the delights of her voice(s)!

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Welcome to the latest episode of Harmonious World, in which I interview musicians about how their music helps make the world more harmonious.

I have known trombonist Dave Keech for several years and it's exciting to hear some of his own new music - his EP Tokyo comes out in October.

In our live conversation, Dave and I discuss the tracks and musicians on Tokyo and I hope you enjoy listening in.

Thanks to Dave for allowing me to share the single Americanology from the EP, which was released in April. Watch out for more singles to come!

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Welcome to the latest episode of Harmonious World, in which I interview musicians about how their music helps make the world more harmonious.

As soon as I met Nicole Zuraitis last year, I knew she'd make a great guest and she proved me correct. There was so much to discuss and I hope you enjoy listening in to our conversation about music, her work with the marvellous Christian McBride and mutual friend Nigel Williams from JazzFM.

Thanks to Nicole for allowing me to play tracks from the Grammy-winning How Love Begins as well as the upcoming Siren Songs Volume II alongside our conversation.

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Welcome to International Jazz Day 2025 and a special episode of Harmonious World, in which I interview musicians about how their music helps make the world more harmonious.

While at Claire Cope's album launch, I bumped into harpist and singer Tara Minton, who kindly agreed to be my guest on this very special day.

Tara is a great singer and harpist and she tells me in this episode about her composing in Mexico, for a new album which is set for release on 31 October 2025.

Thanks to Tara for allowing me to play tracks from her 2021 and 2022 albums Please do not Ignore the Mermaid and Two for the Road alongside our conversation.

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Welcome to the latest episode of Harmonious World, in which I interview musicians about how their music helps make the world more harmonious.

I was delighted that Quinn Sternberg got in touch with me directly to introduce his music. I was delighted to discover his new album Pleasant Returns and then to have the chance to chat to him about it. We also discussed his work with Oscar Rossignoli, who I interviewed in 2021.

Thanks to Quinn for allowing me to play tracks from Pleasant Returns alongside our conversation.

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Welcome to the latest episode of Harmonious World, in which I interview musicians about how their music helps make the world more harmonious.

For this episode, I discuss Bespoke Songs with soprano Fotina Naumenko. This new album features four works for soprano and mixed instrumental ensembles. The compositions were commissioned by the singer and feature the works for four composers, each based on lurics by female authors.

Thanks to Fotina for allowing me to play tracks from Bespoke Songs alongside our conversation.

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Don't forget the Quincy Jones quote that sums up why I do this: "Imagine what a harmonious world it would be if every single person, both young and old, shared a little of what he is good at doing."

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