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Music Matters Episodes

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    Dutilleux 100

    Tom Service presents a portrait of Henri Dutilleux on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

  2. Morton Subotnick, The Lives of George Frideric Handel, Scottish Opera, Ilan Volkov

    Tom Service talks to composer Morton Subotnick. Plus Scottish Opera and Ilan Volkov.

  3. Pierre Boulez

    Tom Service presents a tribute to French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez.

  4. Northern Lights: Tromso

    Petroc Trelawny explores musical responses to the dark northern winters in Tromso, Norway.

  5. Books on Opera and World Music, Matthew Herbert

    Presented by Tom Service. Including books on opera characters and world music traditions.

  6. Northern Lights: Sibelius 150

    Tom Service travels to Finland in search of the real Sibelius and his landscapes.

  7. Alexander Goehr

    Tom Service presents an extended interview with composer Alexander Goehr.

  8. Nick Gibb, Robert Craft Tribute, Frank Bridge Book, James Gaffigan

    Tom Service is joined by schools minister Nick Gibb and conductor James Gaffigan.

  9. Georg Friedrich Haas, Music for Video Games

    Tom Service interviews composer Georg Friedrich Haas and discusses music for video games.

  10. Rule-Breakers in Classical Music

    From Sage Gateshead, Tom Service hosts a debate about rule-breakers in classical music.

  11. The Moderate Soprano, Mark Wigglesworth, Stravinsky

    Tom Service meets Mark Wigglesworth, the new music director of English National Opera.

  12. Roger Woodward, Music Theatre in Britain

    Tom Service is joined by Australian pianist Roger Woodward.

  13. Natalie Dessay, La Monte Young, Philharmonia and the Recording Industry

    Petroc Trelawny with an interview with Natalie Dessay and a profile of La Monte Young.

  14. OAE at 30

    Petroc Trelawny celebrates 30 years of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

  15. Morton Feldman, My Life with Wagner

    A profile of composer Morton Feldman and Christian Thielemann's book My Life with Wagner.

  16. Why Music? Live from Wellcome Collection

    Tom Service discovers how music can be used as a means to manipulate and control us.

  17. Alfred Brendel

    Pianist Alfred Brendel talks to Tom Service about his life, career and new book on music.

  18. Thea Musgrave

    Tom Service talks to composer Thea Musgrave.

  19. Dame Fanny Waterman, Roger Vignoles, Children of the Stone

    Petroc Trelawny with Dame Fanny Waterman, pianist Roger Vignoles and author Sandy Tolan.

  20. Gunther Schuller 1925-2015, Damiano Michieletto, Alex Poots - MIF

    Tom Service pays tribute to Gunther Schuller and talks to Damiano Michieletto & Alex Poots

  21. Murray Perahia

    Pianist Murray Perahia talks to Tom Service about the music which currently occupies him.

  22. Elly Ameling, Sacconi Quartet: Heartfelt, Alain Altinoglu, Test Dept

    Tom Service is in conversation with soprano Elly Ameling and conductor Alain Altinoglu.

  23. Nielsen 150

    Tom Service visits Copenhagen and Odense to learn more about Carl Nielsen and his music.

  24. Jiri Belohlavek, In Prague with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Bela Bartok

    Tom Service discusses the unique sound of the Czech Philharmonic and a new book on Bartok.

  25. Alan Gilbert, Matthias Pintscher, White Cube at Glyndebourne

    Alan Gilbert, Matthias Pintscher, White Cube at Glyndebourne.

  26. Mike Leigh's Pirates of Penzance, New Government and the arts, Leif Ove Andsnes, Inside Song - Mozart

    Tom Service reviews Mike Leigh's Pirates of Penzance and talks to pianist Leif Ove Andsnes

  27. Helene Grimaud, Gesualdo, Rambert, Inside Song

    Tom Service talks to pianist Helene Grimaud and discusses Gesualdo with I Fagiolini.

  28. Barbara Hannigan, Alice Coote, King Roger, Charles Mackerras

    Tom Service is joined by singers Alice Coote and Barbara Hannigan.

  29. Karol Szymanowski

    Tom Service explores the life of Polish composer Karol Szymanowski.

  30. Mark Elder

    Conductor Mark Elder talks to Petroc Trelawny about his career to-date.

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