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Welsh Musical Life
Tom Service presents a special edition on Welsh musical life.
Lang Lang
Lang Lang talks to Tom Service about his pianistic heroes and his involvement in education
Kurtag at 90, Boris Giltburg, Glyndebourne Youth Opera
Tom Service profiles composer Gyorgy Kurtag and hears from pianist Boris Giltburg.
Hakan Hardenberger, Akhnaten, Beethoven, ENO Chorus
Tom Service meets trumpeter Hakan Hardenberger and explores Philip Glass's Akhnaten.
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, International Women's Day
Tom Service meets Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin.
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gesualdo 450, Vaughan Williams
Petroc Trelawny travels to Naples to explore the radical 16th-century composer Gesualdo.
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Tom Service with a tribute to the composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
Jerusalem, Bach's Vocal Works, Streetwise Opera, Errollyn Wallen
Including a visit to Streetwise Opera, a book about Bach and composer Errollyn Wallen.
Ann Murray, Stalin's Music Prize
Presented by Petroc Trelawny, with Irish mezzo-soprano Ann Murray in conversation.
Michael Finnissy, Ginastera, Sustainably Sourced Instruments
Tom Service interviews composer Michael Finnissy and discusses Alberto Ginastera.
John Williams, Sviatoslav Richter Book
Tom Service talks to guitarist John Williams and reviews a memoir of Sviatoslav Richter.
Sounds of Shakespeare
Tom Service on the music in Shakespeare's plays and Shakespearean music from 大象传媒 archives.
Pleasure, Symphony Hall Birmingham
Tom Service visits Opera North for the premiere of Pleasure and interviews Mark Simpson.
Max Reger, Peter Dickinson
Tom Service explores Max Reger's music and hears from composer and writer Peter Dickinson.
Erik Satie at 150
Tom Service explores Satie, the man and his music, on the 150th anniversary of his birth.
Enescu, Crumb and Feldman, Philip Venables Opera
Tom Service with a portrait of Enescu. Plus Philip Venables on his opera 4.48 Psychosis.
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Tom Service is in conversation with renowned composer-conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Daniel Kramer, Female Composers, James Rhodes
Tom Service meets ENO's Daniel Kramer. Plus Anna Beer on her book on female composers.
Roger Scruton, Sonic Journey, Sound House
Roger Scruton talks to Tom Service about his new Wagner book, The Ring of Truth.
Trevor Pinnock Interview
Petroc Trelawny interviews harpsichordist and conductor Trevor Pinnock.
St Magnus Festival
Tom Service visits the St Magnus International Festival.
Herbert Blomstedt
Tom Service talks to Herbert Blomstedt, a celebrated conductor of Romantic repertoire.
Cole Porter, Music News Round-Up, Housman
Petroc Trelawny with a portrait of Cole Porter and a round-up 2015-16's big music stories.
Britten Books, Ruhrtriennale Festival
Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses two books about Britten. Plus a visit to the Ruhrtriennale.
Sound Frontiers: Who Cares If You Listen?
Tom Service considers the relationship between modern composers and audiences in 1946.
Sound Frontiers: Music and Technology
Tom Service explores technological innovations in music for composers and performers.
Neville Marriner tribute, Matthew Kaner in Lucerne, Paul Robertson remembered
Tom Service presents a tribute to the late Sir Neville Marriner.
Kristjan Jarvi, Viola Tunnard and Sally Beamish
Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets Kristjan Jarvi and Sally Beamish, and remembers Viola Tunnard.
Classical Music鈥檚 Diversity Deficit: BAME Composers
Tom Service discusses African-American composer Julius Eastman and diversity in music.
John Cage in letters
Letters by John Cage, a house inspired by Satie, and Hartmann's 1930s protest opera.
Vienna: City of Music
Tom Service presents an edition from Vienna with music historian David Wyn Jones.