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With the help of virtuoso soloists, charismatic conductors, world champions and famous athletes, presenter Eleanor Oldroyd invites sporting stars and big names in the classical world to share their experiences and draw comparisons between their professions on the stage or in a stadium. The guests introduce music that inspires them, and Eleanor chooses pieces with a sporting theme which have meant something to her in her in her time covering 13 Summer and Winter Olympic Games for the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ.

As a coach or a conductor, how do you bring the best out of your athletes or musicians? What works best, the carrot or the stick? How do you relinquish control and learn to trust the talented individuals under your leadership? Conductor Edward Gardner speaks of the collective - and personal - excitement of conducting complex symphonies after hours of rehearsals. Are they the same feelings experienced by coach Clive Woodward when, after years of preparation, his England rugby team won the World Cup in 2003? Clive and Ed discuss their own personal approaches to coaching and conducting in order to achieve elite levels of performance. How do they motivate others, and what motivates them? Around their discussion with Eleanor, we hear Ed conducting large-scale works, including extracts from Holst's The Planets, and Berlioz's Grand Messe des Morts.

Producer: Ben Collingwood.