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Music Matters Episodes

  1. Bryn Terfel, Peter Pears, Daniel Hope, Zaide

    Petroc Trelawny meets Bryn Terfel in Cardiff and marks the centenary of tenor Peter Pears.

  2. Jonathan Nott, Schumann

    Tom Service meets young conductor Jonathan Nott. Plus the lasting interest in Schumann.

  3. Opera

    Tom Service discusses, with artists and experts, if opera matters as an art form today.

  4. Nigel Kennedy, Alzheimer's, John Cage

    Tom Service talks to violinist Nigel Kennedy about Poland and explores the music of Cage.

  5. Thomas Ades Interview

    Tom Service presents a rare, extended interview with composer Thomas Ades.

  6. Monteverdi Vespers, Michel van der Aa, Christopher Page

    Tom Service explores Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 and talks to composer Michel van der Aa.

  7. Rolando Villazon

    Tom Service talks to Rolando Villazon about performance, his throat surgery and Handel.

  8. Edgar Varese/Ton Koopman/London Piano Making

    Petroc Trelawny explores the music of Edgar Varese and talks to Ton Koopman.

  9. Live Election Phone-In

    Tom Service chairs a phone-in about the future of classical music and the arts.

  10. Carlo Gesualdo, Stephen Kovacevich, Eliza Carthy

    Tom Service explores Carlo Gesualdo's music. Plus Stephen Kovacevich and Eliza Carthy.

  11. Samuel Barber/Emerson Quartet/West Side Story

    Tom Service marks Samuel Barber's birth centenary and talks to the Emerson Quartet.

  12. Chopin

    Pianists Maurizio Pollini and Krystian Zimerman talk about the music of Chopin.

  13. Scotland Week

    Tom Service presents a special programme from Glasgow.

  14. Christoph von Dohnanyi/Venetian Music/Bach Solo Music

    Tom Service explores the link between acoustics and music in Venice's churches.

  15. Istanbul

    Petroc Trelawny reports from Istanbul on the state of classical music in the city.

  16. The Gambler/Sibelius/Van Doesburg/The Westbrooks

    Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Featuring a new version of Prokofiev's opera The Gambler.

  17. Alan Gilbert/Nico Muhly/Dalston Songs/Julia Jones

    Presented by Tom Service. Featuring conductor Alan Gilbert and composer Nico Muhly.

  18. Henze, Mahler and Beatboxing

    Tom Service talks to composers writing new works for a Mahler symphony cycle.

  19. Tchaikovsky Biography/George Benjamin/Faure Songs

    Tom Service and guests discuss a new biography of Tchaikovsky.

  20. A Midlands Christmas

    Tom Service travels across the English Midlands taking a snapshot of music making.

  21. Ten Years of Music

    Tom Service and guests examine musical highlights of the first decade of the 21st century.

  22. 05/12/2009

    Petroc Trelawny and guests review three new books about music.

  23. Purcell Weekend

    Tom Service on Purcell's influence on British musical life from the 20th century to today.

  24. Richard Rodney Bennett, Leonidas Kavakos

    Tom Service talks to composer Richard Rodney Bennett and violinist Leonidas Kavakos.

  25. 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Petroc Trelawny presents a special edition from Deutschlandradio Kultur in Berlin.

  26. Cape Town Opera/Erik Chisholm/Kevin Volans/Scottish Opera

    Including Cape Town Opera's UK debut, and the life of Scottish composer Erik Chisholm.

  27. Terry Riley In C / Bang on a Can / Steve Martland

    Featuring a profile of Bang on a Can, a new book on Terry Riley's In C and Steve Martland.

  28. Peter Maxwell Davies

    Tom Service travels to the Orkney Islands to visit composer Peter Maxwell Davies.

  29. Vasily Petrenko/Kenneth MacMillan/Martinu

    Tom Service meets Vasily Petrenko, principal conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

  30. Hungary

    Tom Service discovers how musical life in Hungary has changed since the fall of communism.

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