Music Matters Episodes Available now
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Semyon Bychkov, New Music Biennial, Music and Landscape Architecture
Tom Service with conductor Semyon Bychkov and composer Brian Irvine.
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Sir Willard White, Mozart's Pet Starling, Huang Ruo
Tom Service is in conversation with opera singer Sir Willard White.
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Grace Bumbry, Audra McDonald, Bill Fontana
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to opera star Grace Bumbry and Broadway singer Audra McDonald.
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Sound and Nature
Tom Service explores the sound world of nature and wildlife on screen.
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Evgeny Kissin Memoirs, Yardbird, Jiri Belohlavek
With pianist Evgeny Kissin, plus a discussion about gender issues in media composition.
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Thomas Ades and Gerald Barry, Sgt Pepper at 50, Guto Puw and Welsh-language music
Tom Service is joined by composer-conductor Thomas Ades and composer Gerald Barry.
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Alma Deutscher, Cavalli at Glyndebourne, Election 2017
Tom Service meets young composer and violinist Alma Deutscher.
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Monteverdi 450: Monteverdi the Radical
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the radical side of Claudio Monteverdi's music.
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Ravi Shankar's Sukanya, Jan Vogler
Tom Service meets Jan Vogler, plus Ravi Shankar's opera Sukanya.
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Nikolaj Znaider, Philip Glass - Music in Twelve Parts, Daryl Runswick
Tom Service meets violinist Nikolaj Znaider. Plus Philip Glass's Music in Twelve Parts.