Sam Amidon; US-USSR ballet exchange; music streaming; lockdown postcards

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

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The Human Connection

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

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Creating music in isolation

Benjamin Grosvenor and the prophetic voice of Glenn Gould.

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The Lark Ascending

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

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Music and myth, silence and AI

A book on Arvo Pärt. Luminosity in music. Beethoven's curtailed celebrations.

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Light at the end of the tunnel

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

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Democracy from Wynton Marsalis

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

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New Music Innovators from today... and the 19th Century

Pianist Piotr Anderszewski. Songs of Fanny Hensel. Maxim Vengerov education masterclasses.

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Jackie Kay, Meredith Monk and Virtual Nature

Kate Molleson talks to Meredith Monk, plus Jackie Kay on blues pioneer Bessie Smith.

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Girl power in the 1940s

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

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Uighur culture, Richard Tognetti, business models

Richard Tognetti. New relationship musicians-agents? The book Soundscapes of Uyghur Islam.

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How music sculpts memory

The relationships between the crafts of porcelain and contemporary composition.

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Anne Queffélec

Pianist Anne Queffelec; a book on France and trauma during wars; the Endellion Quartet.

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Sandrine Piau, Geraldine Mucha, Steven Isserlis

Tom Service speaks to soprano Sandrine Piau and cellist Steven Isserlis.

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Celebrating a Century of Astor Piazzolla

Using archive, family members and musicians who played with him. Also Isabelle Faust.

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The fierce joys of Spring

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

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Music under threat in Kabul

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

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Renaud Capuçon, Cecilia McDowall, Michael Spitzer

French violinist Renaud Capuçon talks about his new recording of Elgar's Violin Concerto.

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Stravinsky 50 - Reinventing Stravinsky!

Tom Service explores how the music of Stravinsky continues to resonate in today's world.

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A life in music

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

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Musical Ecosystems

Kate Molleson hears from violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and speaks to Benjamin Lapidus.

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The Conductors' Edition

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

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Dennis Brain, Anthony Payne, and music’s healing nature.

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

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Rhythm and tone: Dennis Brain, Anthony Payne and music’s healing nature

Tom Service looks at the influence of Dennis Brain in his centenary year.

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Breaking rules, making new forms...

Leif Ove Andsnes on Mozart. ROH hyper reality opera inspired by Shakespeare.

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Music in the Moment

Tom Service and pianist Stephen Hough discuss living in the moment during performance

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Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax

Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax join Tom Service to talk about their new Beethoven recording.

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Coventry UK City of Culture 2021

Kate Molleson celebrates musical life in Coventry as UK City of Culture 2021.

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Musical Strength

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

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Sensory deprivation, musical revelation

Caroline Shaw, Franz Welser-Most and Grant Llewellyn.

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Politics, possibilities and epiphanies

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Jessie Montgomery, Vitali Alekseenok and video-game opera.

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Lars Vogt, King Lear, Louis Andriessen

Lars Vogt on fighting cancer. Grange Festival's King Lear. Tribute to Louis Andriessen.

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Writers on Music

Kate Molleson explores how music shapes the work of some of today's greatest writers.

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Musical Connection

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

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Music Under Restriction

Tom Services examines whether classical music has managed to rebuild itself after Covid.

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Music and Activism

Pianist Igor Levit talks to Tom Service about life as a musician and political activist.

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Contains Strong Language

Kate Molleson presents a live edition from the BBC's Strong Language Festival in Coventry.

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Steve Reich at 85

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

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José Serebrier

Conductor José Serebrier and book An Inconvenient Black History of British Musical Theatre

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Minimalism, Laurence Crane at 60 & Nina Simone's Gum

Kate Molleson with Warren Ellis and composer, Laurence Crane.

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Life, Music, Silence

Bernard Haitink, higher education in music, Nathalie Stutzmann and Sibelius.

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The music of memory

A book on memory loss by a flautist; and Turnage's new piece. Wagner's 'new' symphony.

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Music and the Environment

Tom Service explores music and climate change as world leaders gather for COP26.

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Between tradition and evolution in Scotland

Piping competition, a new music centre in Edinburgh, School of Scottish Studies archive.

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Manchester Camerata at The Monastery in Gorton

Tom Service visits the new home of the Manchester Camerata in the Monastery in Gorton.

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André Rieu, Pavel Kolesnikov, Gold.Berg.Werk

Tom Service's guests include 'King of the Waltz' André Rieu, and pianist Pavel Kolesnikov.

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60 years of West Side Story... and Spielberg's new blockbuster

As we celebrate the iconic 1961 film, we explore Spielberg's new take on West Side Story.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elizabeth Llewellyn

Tom Service talks to actor and singer Lin-Manuel Miranda and soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn.

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Jamie Barton, Jake Heggie, Lebanon

Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton and composer Jake Heggie in conversation.

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Eric Whitacre, Unsuk Chin, Clemency Burton-Hill

Composers Eric Whitacre and Unsuk Chin, plus a look ahead to arts events in 2022.

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Conducting today, Takacs Quartet, voice loss

How conductors work their magic today, and voice loss.

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Tabea Zimmermann, Femi Elufowoju jr, Maria Yudina

Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to viola virtuoso Tabea Zimmermann, plus Verdi's Rigoletto.

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Andreas Ottensamer, Sarah Kirby, Walter Susskind

Tom Service talks to Sarah Kirby about her book Exhibitions, Music and the British Empire.

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Holding onto Musical Traditions

Sara Mohr-Pietsch finds out about The Covid Variations: A Piano Drama at Birmingham Rep.

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John Williams at 90, Ivan Fisher and tributes to George Crumb

Tom Service celebrates John Williams's 90th birthday. Plus an interview with Ivan Fischer.

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Beatrice Rana, The Ordering of Moses, Claude Debussy and Emma Bardac

Beatrice Rana talks about her immersion in Beethoven's late piano sonatas during lockdown.

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Art centres, Giovanni Antonini, Opera and food

Tom Service asks if the future of music venues and cultural hotspots is big or small.

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Semyon Bychkov

Semyon Bychkov and Ukrainian musicians on Ukraine conflict; and female record producers.

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Bill Frisell

Guitarist Bill Frisell, composer Eleanor Alberga, Hebrew oratorio Ester & Sonica Festival.

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Ludovico Einaudi, Peter Grimes, Anna Clyne

Sara Mohr-Pietsch hears from members of a new production of Britten's opera Peter Grimes.

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Klaus Mäkelä

Tom Service talks to author Brendan Slocumb and Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä.

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Bobby McFerrin, Mari Kalkun, The Handmaid's Tale

Tom Service talks to virtuoso vocalist Bobby McFerrin, plus The Handmaid's Tale in opera.

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Kirill Gerstein

New opera The Paradis Files.

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Martin Fröst, SongPath, Beckett and Russia

The latest news and features from the classical music world.

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Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Fabio Biondi, Jude Rogers and Daniel Levitin

The latest news and features from the classical music world.

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Leila Josefowicz, Janet Beat, Paraorchestra, Michael Zev Gordon

Violinist Leila Josefowicz talks about Bach and a new work by Matthias Pintscher.

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Simon Rattle and Magdalena Kožená

Simon Rattle and Magdalena Kožená talk about performing the music of Kurt Weill together.

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Vaughan Williams Today

Tom Service with a Vaughan Williams special to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth.

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Michael Tilson Thomas, Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers

Kate Molleson visits Glyndebourne Festival Opera to hear about Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers.

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Freddie De Tommaso, Andre J Thomas

Tom Service talks to tenor Freddie De Tommaso and choral director André J Thomas.

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Sir Bryn Terfel

Tom Service talks to Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel about his extraordinary career.

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Tyshawn Sorey, Esther Abrami, Alma Deutscher, John Mauceri

Tom Service talks to Tyshawn Sorey, plus John Mauceri on his new book The War on Music.

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Scottish Opera at 60, Jan Carson, Felix Yaniewicz exhibition

Scottish Opera at 60, writer Jan Carson, and an exhibition on violinist Felix Yaniewicz.

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