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Zeb chose Julia, Lady Peel, 1827, oil on canvas by Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), The Frick Collection. New York

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WINTER with St Martin's Voices
Nov 29
Southwell Minster
WINTER with St Martin's Voices
Southwell Minster

Join Classic FM presenter Zeb Soanes and St Martin's Voices, from St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, for an enchanting evening of words and carols as we enter the Christmas season. The programme includes winter classics Silent Night and In the Bleak Midwinter, alongside beautiful new works by contemporary composers Lucy Walker, Cecilia McDowall and Reena Esmail from the choir's recent album A Winter Breviary. An evening not to be missed!

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Southwell Minster
WINTER with St Martin's Voices
Nov 30
Selby Abbey
WINTER with St Martin's Voices
Selby Abbey

Join Classic FM presenter Zeb Soanes and St Martin's Voices, from St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, for an enchanting evening of words and carols as we enter the Christmas season. The programme includes winter classics Silent Night and In the Bleak Midwinter, alongside beautiful new works by contemporary composers Lucy Walker, Cecilia McDowall and Reena Esmail from the choir's recent album A Winter Breviary. An evening not to be missed!

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Selby Abbey
Christmas with Septura
Dec 8
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
Christmas with Septura
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

Septura was born out of a passion for the awe-inspiring sound of brass instruments. They’ve got one simple message: music sounds better on brass. Their Christmas programme is an absolute cracker with festive favourites by J.S. Bach, Brahms and Humperdinck, plus a delightful version of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker narrated by Classic FM’s Zeb Soanes.

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The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
A Classic FM Christmas with Zeb Soanes
Dec 9
St Martin-in-the-Fields
A Classic FM Christmas with Zeb Soanes
St Martin-in-the-Fields

Join Zeb Soanes, St Martin’s Voices and St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble for this special lunchtime concert, in the beautiful surroundings of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Carols for all to sing include In the bleak midwinter, O little town of Bethlehem and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing and Joy to the World.

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St Martin-in-the-Fields
Black Dyke Band & Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Dec 14
Sheffield City Hall
Black Dyke Band & Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
Sheffield City Hall

A Christmas tradition like no other! The Black Dyke Band and Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus return once again for this wonderful seasonal celebration with carols for choir, singalongs for the audience and gems for the band. Presented by Zeb Soanes.

SHEFFIELD INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SEASON

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Sheffield City Hall
Family Concert: Santa Comes to Town! (11.30am)
Dec 21
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Family Concert: Santa Comes to Town! (11.30am)
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Join the merry musicians of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in the fabulously festive Philharmonic Hall for a stocking-full of sensational seasonal songs and surprises. Taking centre stage is the heartwarming story of Gaspard’s Christmas, narrated by its author, Zeb Soanes, who will be signing copies of the book in the foyer after the concert.

ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

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Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Family Concert: Santa Comes to Town! (2.30pm)
Dec 21
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Family Concert: Santa Comes to Town! (2.30pm)
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Join the merry musicians of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in the fabulously festive Philharmonic Hall for a stocking-full of sensational seasonal songs and surprises. Taking centre stage is the heartwarming story of Gaspard’s Christmas, narrated by its author, Zeb Soanes, who will be signing copies of the book in the foyer after the concert.

ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

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Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Family Concert: Santa Comes to Town! (11.30am)
Dec 22
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Family Concert: Santa Comes to Town! (11.30am)
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Join the merry musicians of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in the fabulously festive Philharmonic Hall for a stocking-full of sensational seasonal songs and surprises. Taking centre stage is the heartwarming story of Gaspard’s Christmas, narrated by its author, Zeb Soanes, who will be signing copies of the book in the foyer after the concert.

ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

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Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Family Concert: Santa Comes to Town! (2.30pm)
Dec 22
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Family Concert: Santa Comes to Town! (2.30pm)
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Join the merry musicians of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in the fabulously festive Philharmonic Hall for a stocking-full of sensational seasonal songs and surprises. Taking centre stage is the heartwarming story of Gaspard’s Christmas, narrated by its author, Zeb Soanes, who will be signing copies of the book in the foyer after the concert.

ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

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Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Fred and the Fantastic Tub-Tub + The Snowman (3pm)
Dec 23
Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
Fred and the Fantastic Tub-Tub + The Snowman (3pm)
Congress Theatre, Eastbourne

Zeb narrates his children’s story, with an environmental message, set to a bold cinematic score by James Marangone. Performed by the Orpheus Sinfonia. and paired with a screening and live orchestral accompaniment of Howard Blake’s festive favourite The Snowman.

ORPHEUS SINFONIA

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Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
Fred and the Fantastic Tub-Tub + The Snowman (6pm)
Dec 23
Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
Fred and the Fantastic Tub-Tub + The Snowman (6pm)
Congress Theatre, Eastbourne

Zeb narrates his children’s story, with an environmental message, set to a bold cinematic score by James Marangone. Performed by the Orpheus Sinfonia. and paired with a screening and live orchestral accompaniment of Howard Blake’s festive favourite The Snowman.

ORPHEUS SINFONIA

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Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
Gaspard's Foxtrot (2.30pm/4.30pm)
Mar 22
The King's Centre, Norwich
Gaspard's Foxtrot (2.30pm/4.30pm)
The King's Centre, Norwich

Gaspard boards the Number 38 bus and sets off on a musical adventure through the sights, sounds and smells on London. This tale in the delightful Gaspard the Fox series is narrated by the book’s author, Zeb Soanes with live on-stage illustration by James Mayhew. The perfect way to introduce children to a live orchestra through images and storytelling.

NORFOLK CHILDREN’S MUSIC FESTIVAL

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The King's Centre, Norwich
Elgar Festival: Elgar For Everyone Family Concert
May 28
Worcester Cathedral
Elgar Festival: Elgar For Everyone Family Concert
Worcester Cathedral

Always a firm festival favourite, the annual Elgar for Everyone family concert brings over 100 young musicians from across Elgar Country together to perform a vividly varied programme alongside their teachers and mentors from English Symphony Orchestra, following 2 days of rehearsals and workshops. The concert also includes the winning performance of the festival’s 2025 Young Composers Competition. Presented by Zeb Soanes.

ELGAR FESTIVAL

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Worcester Cathedral

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Sir Simon Russell Beale's Life in Music with Zeb Soanes
5 Jul 2024
Sir Simon Russell Beale's Life in Music with Zeb Soanes
5 Jul 2024

In 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.

CLASSIC FM

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5 Jul 2024
Dame Judi's Classical Favourites with Zeb Soanes
29 Mar 2024
Dame Judi's Classical Favourites with Zeb Soanes
29 Mar 2024

Dame 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.

CLASSIC FM

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29 Mar 2024
Zeb's Classic FM show attracts 1.3 million listeners each week
1 Feb 2024
Zeb's Classic FM show attracts 1.3 million listeners each week
1 Feb 2024

The 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.

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1 Feb 2024
Doctor Soanes
13 Oct 2023
Doctor Soanes
13 Oct 2023

Zeb 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.’

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13 Oct 2023
Zeb hosts Wigmore Hall gala that raises £20,000 for hometown statue of 'Britten as a Boy'
9 Oct 2023
Zeb hosts Wigmore Hall gala that raises £20,000 for hometown statue of 'Britten as a Boy'
9 Oct 2023

Zeb hosts a star-studded gala at Wigmore hall, raising £20,000 for his home town’s Britten as a Boy statue.

WIGMORE HALL

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9 Oct 2023
The History of Music
21 Jul 2023
The History of Music
21 Jul 2023

Zeb explains The History of Music … with arguably the smartest explanation of Schoenberg you’ll ever see!

RAINER HERSCH ORCHESTRA

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21 Jul 2023
Listen to Gaspard's Foxtrot!
6 Jul 2023
Listen to Gaspard's Foxtrot!
6 Jul 2023

You 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

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6 Jul 2023
Zeb to host Britten statue gala at Wigmore Hall
19 Apr 2023
Zeb to host Britten statue gala at Wigmore Hall
19 Apr 2023

Zeb 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

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19 Apr 2023
Waitrose Food Magazine
1 Dec 2022
Waitrose Food Magazine
1 Dec 2022

Zeb talks abut the power of radio to provide companionship over the festive period.

WAITROSE FOOD MAGAZINE

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1 Dec 2022
It the Shoes Fit
23 Nov 2022
It the Shoes Fit
23 Nov 2022

Royalty, 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

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23 Nov 2022
Zeb Soanes become Norwich Puppet Theatre Patron
5 Nov 2022
Zeb Soanes become Norwich Puppet Theatre Patron
5 Nov 2022

The broadcaster and children's author Zeb Soanes has become a patron of Norwich Puppet Theatre.

BBC NEWS

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5 Nov 2022
Homeless charity benefits from Gaspard's Christmas
20 Oct 2022
Homeless charity benefits from Gaspard's Christmas
20 Oct 2022

Inspired 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.

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20 Oct 2022
Meet Britten as a boy
22 Aug 2022
Meet Britten as a boy
22 Aug 2022

After a lifetime of benevolent haunting by the composer Benjamin Britten, Zeb Soanes has commissioned a statue of his home-town hero.

COUNTRY LIFE

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22 Aug 2022
Face Behind the Voice
9 Aug 2022
Face Behind the Voice
9 Aug 2022

‘I want to visit all the locations of the shipping forecast’. David McGillivray interviews Zeb Soanes for Radio Times magazine.

RADIO TIMES

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9 Aug 2022
London Life: The Capital According to Zeb Soanes
3 Aug 2022
London Life: The Capital According to Zeb Soanes
3 Aug 2022

The broadcaster and children’s author talks to Flora Watkins about finding inspiration in Islington and buzzing about on his Brompton.

COUNTRY LIFE

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3 Aug 2022
Popular radio presenter and author inspires pupils at former school
24 Jul 2022
Popular radio presenter and author inspires pupils at former school
24 Jul 2022

A 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

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24 Jul 2022
Zeb Soanes joins Classic FM
28 Jun 2022
Zeb Soanes joins Classic FM
28 Jun 2022

Zeb joins Classic FM to present Smooth Classics at 7

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28 Jun 2022
Country Life Magazine Celebrates 125 Years
11 May 2022
Country Life Magazine Celebrates 125 Years
11 May 2022

Zeb met HRH The Duchess of Cornwall at a celebration of 125yrs of Country life Magazine at Claridges Hotel.

Photo © Millie Pilkington/Country Life Picture Library

COUNTRY LIFE

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11 May 2022
Leaving the BBC
11 May 2022
Leaving the BBC
11 May 2022

On Thursday, 30th June, after reading Radio 4’s Six O’clock News, I will leave Broadcasting House for the last time as a full-time member of staff …

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11 May 2022
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for Fred and the Fantastic Tub-Tub
24 Apr 2022
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for Fred and the Fantastic Tub-Tub
24 Apr 2022

“Intriguing, humorous, full of adventure…a book that is simply, deeply magical in every way.”

GOOD READS

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24 Apr 2022
Review of Fred and the Fantastic Tub-Tub
24 Apr 2022
Review of Fred and the Fantastic Tub-Tub
24 Apr 2022

“A brilliantly musical children's book by Zeb Soanes, the book oozes a sense of mystery and encourages readers to be curious and adventurous.”

MUSIC TEACHER MAGAZINE

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24 Apr 2022
Country Life: My Favourite Painting
29 Dec 2021
Country Life: My Favourite Painting
29 Dec 2021

Zeb chose Julia, Lady Peel by Thomas Lawrence for Country Life magazine’s Christmas issue.

COUNTRY LIFE

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29 Dec 2021
Zeb Soanes' readings particularly memorable...
13 Jul 2021
Zeb Soanes' readings particularly memorable...
13 Jul 2021

A review of a concert by the award-winning ORA Singers and BBC Radio 4 presenter Zeb Soanes, conducted by the choir’s founder, Suzi Digby (Lady Eatwell)

SEEN AND HEARD INTERNATIONAL

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13 Jul 2021
Ticket to Ride Podcast
19 Mar 2021
Ticket to Ride Podcast
19 Mar 2021

Zeb Soanes is a newsreader, actor and writer, known to millions as one of the most recognisable voices of BBC Radio 4 who has guided us around the Shipping Forecast for over a decade. From New Year in Norfolk to a near-disaster at Buxton Opera House via a trip to the West Coast of America, Zeb is our travel companion for this week’s episode.

Created and Presented by Nick Evans

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19 Mar 2021
World Book Day Release for Gaspard's Foxtrot
7 Mar 2021
World Book Day Release for Gaspard's Foxtrot
7 Mar 2021

March 4th is World Book Day and amongst the new releases is Zeb Soanes’ new book Gaspard’s Foxtrot. Jonathan Dove has teamed up with Zeb to write a 30-minute concert work for narrator and orchestra based on the book that will be premiered this year at the Three Choirs Festival.

IKON ARTS - EDITION PETERS

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7 Mar 2021
New representation by Edition Peters Artist Management
20 Feb 2021
New representation by Edition Peters Artist Management
20 Feb 2021

Zeb Soanes, known to millions as the voice of BBC Radio 4’s news and the iconic shipping forecast, has joined the roster of Ikon Arts – Edition Peters as narrator.

EDITION PETERS

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20 Feb 2021
Mediaeval Carols CD
21 Nov 2020
Mediaeval Carols CD
21 Nov 2020

Zeb narrates a concert of spellbinding Mediaeval Carols and readings in this new double CD, out for Christmas from Opus Anglicanum.

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21 Nov 2020
A New Gaspard for World Book Day 2021
15 Nov 2020
A New Gaspard for World Book Day 2021
15 Nov 2020

London’s handsomest fox returns in a joyous new adventure, Gaspard’s Foxtrot, which will be published on World Book Day 2021 to coincide with the premiere of Jonathan Dove’s orchestral adaptation of the story, performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

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15 Nov 2020
BBC Music Magazine Podcast
9 Sep 2020
BBC Music Magazine Podcast
9 Sep 2020

Familiar to BBC Radio 4 listeners as an announcer, newsreader and, perhaps above all, the voice of the Shipping Forecast, Zeb Soanes has been a classical music enthusiast from a young age. He tells us about the music that has inspired him over the years.

BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

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9 Sep 2020
Thaxted Festival Patron
10 Jul 2020
Thaxted Festival Patron
10 Jul 2020

Following the retirement of the president, Zeb has been appointed patron of the Thaxted Festival, established by Gustav Holst in 1916.

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10 Jul 2020

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