Multi-award winning star of 'Succession' Brian Cox and actor Nicole Ansari join Classic FM's Zeb Soanes to discuss their roles as J.S. Bach and Anna Magdalena Bach in the upcoming stage play, 'The Score'. Written by Oliver Cotton and directed by Sir Trevor Nunn, the play comprises Bach's life and work at the court of the musical royal - and 'flawed flautist' - Frederick the Great.
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Read MoreFor Classic FM, Zeb talked to Cynthia Erivo, arguably one of the biggest stars on the planet just now, on the release of the film Wicked and her gravity defying performance as Elphaba.
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Read MoreOn Benjamin Britten’s birthday, Zeb announced that the fundraising target for his hometown statue of Benjamin Britten has been reached. The statue will be unveiled summer 2025.
Read MoreIn this exclusive concert, recorded at St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, Sir Simon talked to Zeb about the highlights of his career, and how music has marked them.
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Read MoreDame Judi Dench welcomes Zeb Soanes into her home, to reveal her favourite pieces of classical music. In an exclusive programme for Classic FM, broadcast on Good Friday, Judi tells Zeb how she has treasured this music, connected to her long and glittering life and career.
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Read MoreThe latest RAJAR figures have been announced and 158,000 new listeners are joining Zeb for three hours of relaxing music each evening from 7-10pm on Classic FM, making a total audience of 1.3 million for his show each week.
Read MoreZeb was awarded and Honorary Doctorate from the University of Suffolk for his ‘outstanding contribution to education, music, media, literature and very public endorsement and celebration of Suffolk.’
Read MoreZeb hosts a star-studded gala at Wigmore hall, raising £20,000 for his home town’s Britten as a Boy statue.
WIGMORE HALL
Read MoreZeb explains The History of Music … with arguably the smartest explanation of Schoenberg you’ll ever see!
RAINER HERSCH ORCHESTRA
Read MoreYou can now listen to the musical tale of Gaspard’s Foxtrot, read by its author Zeb Soanes, accompanied by Jonathan Dove’s exciting score.
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Read MoreZeb will host a '“dazzling" gala celebrating the musical legacy of his home town's most famous son at the Wigmore Hall later this year. It will take place as part of an ongoing appeal to raise funds to install a statue of Benjamin Britten, as a boy, looking out over the sea that inspired his music in his birth town of Lowestoft.
LOWESTOFT JOURNAL
Read MoreZeb talks abut the power of radio to provide companionship over the festive period.
WAITROSE FOOD MAGAZINE
Read MoreRoyalty, James Bond and a lame dog have all benefitted from John Lobb’s exquisite shoe-making craftsmanship during the past 173 years, says Zeb Soanes.
COUNTRY LIFE
Read MoreThe broadcaster and children's author Zeb Soanes has become a patron of Norwich Puppet Theatre.
BBC NEWS
Read MoreInspired by J.M. Barrie’s generosity, Zeb announces that royalties from the sale of his new book Gaspard’s Christmas will benefit St Martin-in-the-Fields homeless charity in perpetuity.
Read MoreAfter a lifetime of benevolent haunting by the composer Benjamin Britten, Zeb Soanes has commissioned a statue of his home-town hero.
COUNTRY LIFE
Read More‘I want to visit all the locations of the shipping forecast’. David McGillivray interviews Zeb Soanes for Radio Times magazine.
RADIO TIMES
Read MoreThe broadcaster and children’s author talks to Flora Watkins about finding inspiration in Islington and buzzing about on his Brompton.
COUNTRY LIFE
Read MoreA popular broadcaster, author and newsreader who grew up in Lowestoft has returned to his home town to help inspire children at his former school.
LOWESTOFT JOURNAL
Read MoreWhen Zeb announced in 2022 that, after 25 years, he was to leave the BBC, the Careers team grabbed him to talk about the highs and the lows of his time at the corporation.
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