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The Listening Service - an odyssey through the musical universe with Tom Service. Join him on a journey of imagination and insight, exploring how music works.

Today's programme asks, "What is it about Mozart?" - how have his life and music become the template for what a composer should be - a child prodigy, a virtuoso, a cultural monument, not to mention a confectionery industry... And is there anything that we can say is uniquely "Mozartean" - what makes his music so distinctive, and why does it connect so readily with audiences? Explore Mozart's music with Tom and see what conclusions you come to.

Each week, Tom aims to open our ears to different ways of imagining a musical idea, a work, or a musical conundrum, on the premise that 鈥渢o listen鈥� is a decidedly active verb.

How does music connect with us, make us feel that gamut of sensations from the fiercely passionate to the rationally intellectual, from the expressively poetic to the overwhelmingly visceral? What鈥檚 happening in the pieces we love that takes us on that emotional rollercoaster? And what鈥檚 going on in our brains when we hear them?

When we listen - really listen - we鈥檙e not just attending to the way that songs, symphonies, and string quartets work as collections of notes and melodies. We鈥檙e also creating meanings and connections that reverberate powerfully with other worlds of ideas, of history and culture, as well as the widest range of musical genres. We鈥檙e engaging the world with our ears. The Listening Service aims to help make those connections, to listen actively.

Tune in and rethink music with The Listening Service.