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Music Matters Episodes

  1. Susan Graham/French piano music/Neville Cardus/Louis Braille

    Petroc Trelawny talks so mezzo-soprano Susan Graham about her passion for French music.

  2. Debussy, Saariaho and perceptions of classical music

    Tom Service talks to Kaija Saariaho about L'Amour de loin at English National Opera.

  3. John Potter/Leonard Bernstein/Thomas Hampson

    Tom Service talks to tenor John Potter about his book on the history of the tenor voice.

  4. Colin Davis

    Tom Service talks to Colin Davis and explores the links between music and morality.

  5. Haydn

    Tom Service examines our attitudes to Haydn with the help of Alfred Brendel among others.

  6. Penderecki

    Petroc Trelawny talks to Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki.

  7. Glyndebourne at 75

    Tom Service visits Glyndebourne to look at the role of the opera house in the 21st century

  8. Mendelssohn Weekend - Mendelssohn's Scotland

    Tom Service follows in the footsteps of Mendelssohn, who toured Scotland in 1829.

  9. Felicity Palmer and Anish Kapoor

    Tom Service talks to mezzo-soprano Felicity Palmer and visits the Brighton Festival 2009.

  10. Handel Week

    Petroc Trelawny and guests assess Handel's significance 250 years after his death.

  11. Imogen Cooper

    Tom Service talks to pianist Imogen Cooper and explores Cambridge's choral traditions.

  12. Simon Rattle

    Tom Service talks to Simon Rattle, principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic.

  13. Purcell Weekend - In Search of Purcell

    Tom Service goes in search of English composer Henry Purcell.

  14. Music Matters

    Tom Service talks to conductor Roger Norrington. Plus pianist Richard Goode.

  15. MusicLearningLive!2009 Music Debate

    Tom Service chairs a debate from Manchester about the current issues in music education.

  16. Bryn Terfel

    Tom Service talks to Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel. Plus some of Yorkshire's lost pianos.

  17. The Arts and the Financial Crisis

    Presented by Tom Service. With a discussion on the financial crisis's effect on the arts.

  18. Petroc Trelawny

    Petroc Trelawny talks to Jonathan Miller and voice coach Christina Shewell.

  19. 24/01/2009

    Tom Service compares two dystopian visions of the world on stage in London opera houses.

  20. 17/01/2009

    Tom Service talks to pianist Stephen Hough and looks at the history of the Beggar's Opera.

  21. 10/01/2009

    With baritone Thomas Quasthoff, a Nielsen festival and an Opera North comic operetta.

  22. 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Puccini

    Tom Service presents a special programme marking the 150th anniversary of Puccini's birth.

  23. Review of 2008

    Tom Service and guests look at some of the key cultural events of 2008.

  24. Tom Service

    Presented by Tom Service. Including 100 years of Elliott Carter's correspondence.

  25. 22/11/2008

    With Tom Service. Including Fiona Shaw on directing her first opera.

  26. Music and the Brain

    Tom Service presents a special programme on the connections between music and the brain.

  27. 08/11/2008

    Petroc Trelawny talks to Alexander Waugh about his book The House of Wittgenstein.

  28. 01/11/2008

    Tom Service discusses the impact of the 2008 US elections on the country's music scene.

  29. 18/10/2008

    Petroc Trelawny talks to leading American composer John Adams.

  30. 11/10/2008

    Tom Service travels to Ireland to explore the part classical music plays in Irish culture.

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