Music Matters Episodes Episode guide
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04/10/2008
Tom Service meets young Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons.
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20/09/2008
With Tom Service. With a feature on new King's Place concert hall in London.
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13/09/2008
Tom Service visits the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland. Plus Esa-Pekka Salonen.
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12/07/2008
Tom Service talks to composer Peter Eotvos about his new opera Love and Other Demons.
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05/07/2008
James Jolly explores the myths and the media image of conductor Herbert von Karajan.
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21/06/2008
Petroc Trelawny is in Beijing to look at Western classical music's place in China today.
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14/06/2008
Tom Service takes a look at the latest news in the musical world.
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07/06/2008
With iconic sitar player Ravin Shankar and a reassessment of Rimsky-Korsakov's legacy.
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24/05/2008
Looking at the place of classical music in fiction, plus Ian McEwan and Michael Berkeley.
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Investigating the complex relationship between Chopin and his homeland.
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10/05/2008
Featuring a rare interview with celebrated Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman.
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03/05/2008
With pianists Katia and Marielle Labeque and Belgian conductor Philippe Herreweghe.
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19/04/2008
Architect Renzo Piano dicusses his work on the first performance of Nono's Prometeo.
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12/04/2008
Simon Heffer explains the influence of war on the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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05/04/2008
Petroc Trelawny explores Harrison Birtwistle's new opera The Minotaur.
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22/03/2008
Tom Service talks to English baritone Thomas Allen about his career.
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15/03/2008
Petroc Trelawny seeks out one of Britain's best Wurlitzer organs.
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08/03/2008
Petroc Trelawny meets the Grand Union Youth Orchestra. Plus a book on 20th century music.
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01/03/2008
Tom Service looks at the links between music and mental and physical health.
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16/02/2008
With a look at Vivaldi as opera composer ahead of a performance of Tito Manlio.
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09/02/2008
With pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard on recording Bach and managing the Aldeburgh Festival.
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02/02/2008
Tom Service talks to Daniel Barenboim, and looks at a new book on Russian music.
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19/01/2008
Valery Gergiev talks about his current interests, including his Mahler cycle.
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12/01/2008
Tom Service talks to composer Judith Weir.
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Film and Music
Tom Service investigates the hidden world of film music.
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15/12/2007
Tom Service presents a special programme on the life and music of Karlheinz Stockhausen.
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08/12/2007
Tom Service's guests include violinist Itzhak Perlman and broadcaster Howard Goodall.
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01/12/2007
Tom Service immerses himself in the music of Domenico Scarlatti.
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Tom Service talks to the versatile and prolific jazz musician Chick Corea.
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10/11/2007
Petroc Trelawny explores four new books about music, including a Schumann biography.
