Music Matters Episodes Episode guide
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Music in a changing world
Tom Service and his guests discuss the big topics affecting the music industry in 2022.
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Max Richter
Max Richter, the WNO production of Migrations and a new book on Inca music reimagined.
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Scottish Opera at 60, Jan Carson, Felix Yaniewicz exhibition
Scottish Opera at 60, writer Jan Carson, and an exhibition on violinist Felix Yaniewicz.
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Tyshawn Sorey, Esther Abrami, Alma Deutscher, John Mauceri
Tom Service talks to Tyshawn Sorey, plus John Mauceri on his new book The War on Music.
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Sir Bryn Terfel
Tom Service talks to Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel about his extraordinary career.
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Freddie De Tommaso, Andre J Thomas
Tom Service talks to tenor Freddie De Tommaso and choral director Andr茅 J Thomas.
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Michael Tilson Thomas, Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers
Kate Molleson visits Glyndebourne Festival Opera to hear about Ethel Smyth鈥檚 The Wreckers.
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Vaughan Williams Today
Tom Service with a Vaughan Williams special to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth.
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Simon Rattle and Magdalena Ko啪en谩
Simon Rattle and Magdalena Ko啪en谩 talk about performing the music of Kurt Weill together.
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Leila Josefowicz, Janet Beat, Paraorchestra, Michael Zev Gordon
Violinist Leila Josefowicz talks about Bach and a new work by Matthias Pintscher.
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Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Fabio Biondi, Jude Rogers and Daniel Levitin
The latest news and features from the classical music world.
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Martin Fr枚st, SongPath, Beckett and Russia
The latest news and features from the classical music world.
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Kirill Gerstein
New opera The Paradis Files.
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Bobby McFerrin, Mari Kalkun, The Handmaid's Tale
Tom Service talks to virtuoso vocalist Bobby McFerrin, plus The Handmaid's Tale in opera.
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Klaus M盲kel盲
Tom Service talks to author Brendan Slocumb and Finnish conductor Klaus M盲kel盲.
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Ludovico Einaudi, Peter Grimes, Anna Clyne
Sara Mohr-Pietsch hears from members of a new production of Britten's opera Peter Grimes.
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Bill Frisell
Guitarist Bill Frisell, composer Eleanor Alberga, Hebrew oratorio Ester & Sonica Festival.
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Semyon Bychkov
Semyon Bychkov and Ukrainian musicians on Ukraine conflict; and female record producers.
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Art centres, Giovanni Antonini, Opera and food
Tom Service asks if the future of music venues and cultural hotspots is big or small.
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Beatrice Rana, The Ordering of Moses, Claude Debussy and Emma Bardac
Beatrice Rana talks about her immersion in Beethoven's late piano sonatas during lockdown.
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John Williams at 90, Ivan Fisher and tributes to George Crumb
Tom Service celebrates John Williams's 90th birthday. Plus an interview with Ivan Fischer.
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Holding onto Musical Traditions
Sara Mohr-Pietsch finds out about The Covid Variations: A Piano Drama at Birmingham Rep.
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Andreas Ottensamer, Sarah Kirby, Walter Susskind
Tom Service talks to Sarah Kirby about her book Exhibitions, Music and the British Empire.
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Tabea Zimmermann, Femi Elufowoju jr, Maria Yudina
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to viola virtuoso Tabea Zimmermann, plus Verdi's Rigoletto.
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Conducting today, Takacs Quartet, voice loss
How conductors work their magic today, and voice loss.
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Eric Whitacre, Unsuk Chin, Clemency Burton-Hill
Composers Eric Whitacre and Unsuk Chin, plus a look ahead to arts events in 2022.
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Jamie Barton, Jake Heggie, Lebanon
Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton and composer Jake Heggie in conversation.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elizabeth Llewellyn
Tom Service talks to actor and singer Lin-Manuel Miranda and soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn.
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60 years of West Side Story: Leonard Bernstein鈥檚 masterpiece
As we celebrate the iconic 1961 film, we explore Spielberg's new take on West Side Story.
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Andr茅 Rieu, Pavel Kolesnikov, Gold.Berg.Werk
Tom Service's guests include 'King of the Waltz' Andr茅 Rieu, and pianist Pavel Kolesnikov.
