creation podcasts: guestlist

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.

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to Mike Oldfield who is currently working on a new classical work with composer Karl Jenkins.....Also on the show is actor Martin Jarvis who tells Annie all about a new CD looking at the relationships between Clara Schumann ,Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms....And the composer Christopher Gunning tells the Guest List all about the soundtrack to the movie 'La Vie En Rose' - based on the life of the legendary Edith Piaff.

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel about his first UK appearance in Sweeney Todd at the newly refurbished Royal Festival Hall in July , and find out why Bryn's taking a sabbatical from opera in 2008 and what he will be getting up to...Also on the show is 'Sex In The City' actress Kim Cattrall ,who is currently starring in the new movie 'Tigers Tail'.....

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to conductor Sir Andrew Davis about his love for the music of Sir Edward Elgar... Also on the show is the world's most famous flautist Sir James Galway who tells Annie about the joy he gets from teaching the flute to up and coming young players....