Music Matters Episodes Episode guide
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Manchester Camerata at The Monastery in Gorton
Tom Service visits the new home of the Manchester Camerata in the Monastery in Gorton.
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Between tradition and evolution in Scotland
Piping competition, a new music centre in Edinburgh, School of Scottish Studies archive.
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Music and the Environment
Tom Service explores music and climate change as world leaders gather for COP26.
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The music of memory
A book on memory loss by a flautist; and Turnage's new piece. Wagner's 'new' symphony.
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Life, Music, Silence
Bernard Haitink, higher education in music, Nathalie Stutzmann and Sibelius.
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Minimalism, Laurence Crane at 60 & Nina Simone's Gum
Kate Molleson with Warren Ellis and composer, Laurence Crane.
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Jos茅 Serebrier
Conductor Jos茅 Serebrier and book An Inconvenient Black History of British Musical Theatre
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Steve Reich at 85
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
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Contains Strong Language
Kate Molleson presents a live edition from the 麻豆社's Strong Language Festival in Coventry.
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Music and Activism
Pianist Igor Levit talks to Tom Service about life as a musician and political activist.
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Music Under Restriction
Tom Services examines whether classical music has managed to rebuild itself after Covid.
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Musical Connection
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
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Writers on Music
Kate Molleson explores how music shapes the work of some of today's greatest writers.
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Lars Vogt, King Lear, Louis Andriessen
Lars Vogt on fighting cancer. Grange Festival's King Lear. Tribute to Louis Andriessen.
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Politics, possibilities and epiphanies
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Jessie Montgomery, Vitali Alekseenok and video-game opera.
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Sensory deprivation, musical revelation
Caroline Shaw, Franz Welser-Most and Grant Llewellyn.
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Musical Strength
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
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Coventry UK City of Culture 2021
Kate Molleson celebrates musical life in Coventry as UK City of Culture 2021.
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Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax
Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax join Tom Service to talk about their new Beethoven recording.
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Music in the Moment
Tom Service and pianist Stephen Hough discuss living in the moment during performance
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Breaking rules, making new forms...
Leif Ove Andsnes on Mozart. ROH hyper reality opera inspired by Shakespeare.
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Rhythm and tone: Dennis Brain, Anthony Payne and music鈥檚 healing nature
Tom Service looks at the influence of Dennis Brain in his centenary year.
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Musical Ecosystems
Kate Molleson hears from violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and speaks to Benjamin Lapidus.
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The Conductors' Edition
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
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Stravinsky 50 - Reinventing Stravinsky!
Tom Service explores how the music of Stravinsky continues to resonate in today's world.
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A life in music
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
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Renaud Capu莽on, Cecilia McDowall, Michael Spitzer
French violinist Renaud Capu莽on talks about his new recording of Elgar's Violin Concerto.
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Music under threat in Kabul
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
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The fierce joys of Spring
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
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Celebrating a Century of Astor Piazzolla
Using archive, family members and musicians who played with him. Also Isabelle Faust.
