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Argentinian Composer Alberto Ginastera was born 100 years ago this Monday. In the 1950s and 60s his music received acclaim in the USA and in South America, but it has had less recognition in Europe (although his opera Bomarzo was performed at ENO in the 1970s).Ìý Tom discovers more about his life and music with the pianist Clara Rodriguez, the conductor Juanjo Mena who is an advocate for Ginastera’s music, and the American academic Deborah Schwartz-Kates who is determined to put Ginastera back on the musical map.

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Ginastera’s Harp Concerto will feature in Radio 3 in Concert on 19 April, performed by the Â鶹Éç Philharmonic and Marie-Pierre Langlamet, conducted by Juanjo Mena

How green is your instrument? Music Matters investigates the supply chain for African Blackwood, used in the manufacture of oboes, clarinets, piccolos, bagpipes and more. Oboist Nicholas Daniel plays his Forestry Stewardship Council-certified oboe in the Music Matters studio, plus we hear from specialist oboe makers Marigaux and Howarth and representatives from the Mpingo Conservation Initiative in Tanzania, and a wood supplier, Sound And Fair.

Tom Service interviews the British composer Michael Finnissy, who celebrated his 70th birthday last month. Finnissy’s huge body of work and his approach to music is a testament to the way he interrogates life, and to his absolute belief that music has meaning in connection with the wider world.Ìý He talks to Tom about the origins of this attitude, and how he takes inspiration from everyday life.

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