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A new production of Verdi鈥檚 The Force of Destiny opened on Monday 9th November at English National Opera, conducted by new music director Mark Wigglesworth. Tom is joined by critic David Nice to review Calixto Bieito's new production which sets the opera in the Spanish Civil War, and stars American soprano Tamara Wilson, tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones and baritone Anthony Michaels-Moore.聽

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The opera will be broadcast on December 26th on 麻豆社 Radio 3

This autumn, Tate Modern hosts an exhibition showcasing works by American sculptor Alexander Calder, including Chef d鈥檕rchestre. Earle Brown鈥檚 piece for the sculpture, in which four percussionists are 鈥渃onducted鈥� by the mobile, is performed this week, and Tom speaks to conductor Richard Bernas and the players about the interaction of sound and motion and how they actually perform the piece.聽

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Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas鈥� new opera Morgen und Abend had its world premiere at the Royal Opera House on Friday 13 November. He came into the Music Matters studio to talk about the near-death experience which inspired the piece and his views on the politics of his native Austria.

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The opera will be broadcast on Saturday 5th December on 麻豆社 Radio 3聽

With sales of computer games outstripping sales of both CDs and DVDs it鈥檚 maybe not surprising that the music written for today鈥檚 games is a lot more stylish than the 8-bit bleeps and jingles of the early 1980s.聽 Today鈥檚 composers are writing increasingly sophisticated orchestral and vocal scores that have to interact as well as underscore the play.聽聽 Tom explores the music and the industry with help from composer Jessica Curry.

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