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As the Barbican Centre in London celebrates its 40th anniversary, Tom Service asks if the future of music venues and cultural hotspots is going big or small, and how should they engage with the communities around them. We talk to the Barbican\\u2019s Artistic Director Will Gompertz about the challenges they face with diversity and inclusion, and put those same questions to two other different sized arts centres \\u2013 the CCA in Glasgow and the ARC in Stockport \\u2013 in order to find out how arts centres can best serve the communities they are rooted in.

Tom takes a trip to The Holbeck in Leeds where, during the pandemic, Alan Lane\\u2019s ground breaking Slung Low Theatre company operated the venue as a food bank, serving the local community with a mission to \\u2018provide the best cultural life for the people of Holbeck\\u2019. Slung Low\\u2019s work has been an inspiration for Kate Whitley, the composer and founder of the Multi-Story Orchestra; she tells us how in making the connections between an arts organisation and the communities where they work, there are resonances for the whole of classical music culture.

Food and Music are undoubtedly two things that bring people together. We talk to author Pierpaolo Polzonetti about the importance of food in opera with reference to his new book, \\u2018Feasting and Fasting in Opera - From Renaissance Banquets to the Callas Diet\\u2019, and to mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston about her online resource and cookbook, \\u2018Notes from Musician\\u2019s Kitchens\\u2019. Plus, we find out what she really eats on stage\\u2026

And we talk to conductor Giovanni Antonini about his 'Haydn 2032' project, in which he aims to record all 107 Haydn symphonies by 2032, and immerse ourselves in the world of Haydn\\u2019s life-affirming music.

Producer: Martin Webb