Music Matters Episodes Episode guide
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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.
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OAE at 30
Petroc Trelawny celebrates 30 years of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
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Morton Feldman, My Life with Wagner
A profile of composer Morton Feldman and Christian Thielemann's book My Life with Wagner.
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Why Music? Live from Wellcome Collection
Tom Service discovers how music can be used as a means to manipulate and control us.
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Alfred Brendel
Pianist Alfred Brendel talks to Tom Service about his life, career and new book on music.
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Thea Musgrave
Tom Service talks to composer Thea Musgrave.
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Dame Fanny Waterman, Roger Vignoles, Children of the Stone
Petroc Trelawny with Dame Fanny Waterman, pianist Roger Vignoles and author Sandy Tolan.
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Gunther Schuller 1925-2015, Damiano Michieletto, Alex Poots - MIF
Tom Service pays tribute to Gunther Schuller and talks to Damiano Michieletto & Alex Poots
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Murray Perahia
Pianist Murray Perahia talks to Tom Service about the music which currently occupies him.
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Elly Ameling, Sacconi Quartet: Heartfelt, Alain Altinoglu, Test Dept
Tom Service is in conversation with soprano Elly Ameling and conductor Alain Altinoglu.
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Nielsen 150
Tom Service visits Copenhagen and Odense to learn more about Carl Nielsen and his music.
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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.
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Alan Gilbert, Matthias Pintscher, White Cube at Glyndebourne
Alan Gilbert, Matthias Pintscher, White Cube at Glyndebourne.
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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
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Helene Grimaud, Gesualdo, Rambert, Inside Song
Tom Service talks to pianist Helene Grimaud and discusses Gesualdo with I Fagiolini.
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Barbara Hannigan, Alice Coote, King Roger, Charles Mackerras
Tom Service is joined by singers Alice Coote and Barbara Hannigan.
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Karol Szymanowski
Tom Service explores the life of Polish composer Karol Szymanowski.
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Mark Elder
Conductor Mark Elder talks to Petroc Trelawny about his career to-date.
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Philip Glass, Between Worlds, English Touring Opera, Inside Song
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents. Including a preview of Tansy Davies's opera debut at ENO.
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Vladimir Ashkenazy
Celebrated Russian-born pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy talks to Tom Service.
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Tippett's The Ice Break, Music under German Occupation, Inside Song, Robert Lloyd at 75
Petroc Trelawny previews Birmingham Opera's The Ice Break and talks to bass Robert Lloyd.
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Pierre Boulez at 90
As composer Pierre Boulez turns 90 Petroc Trelawny pays tribute with archive material.
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Michael Tilson Thomas
Tom Service meets Michael Tilson Thomas, music director of the San Francisco Symphony.
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Viktoria Mullova, Female Composers, Equality and Diversity in Classical Music, Weill's Mahagonny
Tom Service talks to violinist Viktoria Mullova and explores Weill's opera Mahagonny.
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Kent Nagano
Tom Service in an in-depth interview with conductor Kent Nagano.
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Kirill Karabits, Inside Song, Hanns Eisler, Gary Yershon
Petroc Trelawny talks to conductor Kirill Karabits and discusses the life of Hanns Eisler.
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Opera North's Richard Mantle, Mozart in London, Delius and his Music, John McCabe
Petroc Trelawny discusses Classical Opera's Mozart in London. Plus a new book on Delius.
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Nico Muhly, Hans Krasa's Brundibar, Hans Gal - Music Behind Barbed Wire
With Tom Service. Including Nico Muhly, Hans Krasa's Brundibar and Hans Gal's diary.
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Kirill Gerstein, Newark School of Violin Making, ABO Conference, Ralph Kirkpatrick
Tom Service meets pianist Kirill Gerstein and profiles harpsichordist Ralph Kirkpatrick.
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Philharmonie de Paris, Boganyi Piano, Elgar Howarth
Tom Service visits the new Philharmonie de Paris and hears from conductor Elgar Howarth.