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Thea Musgrave
Tom Service talks to composer Thea Musgrave.
Alfred Brendel
Pianist Alfred Brendel talks to Tom Service about his life, career and new book on music.
Why Music? Live from Wellcome Collection
Tom Service discovers how music can be used as a means to manipulate and control us.
Morton Feldman, My Life with Wagner
A profile of composer Morton Feldman and Christian Thielemann's book My Life with Wagner.
OAE at 30
Petroc Trelawny celebrates 30 years of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
Natalie Dessay, La Monte Young, Philharmonia and the Recording Industry
Petroc Trelawny with an interview with Natalie Dessay and a profile of La Monte Young.
Roger Woodward, Music Theatre in Britain
Tom Service is joined by Australian pianist Roger Woodward.
The Moderate Soprano, Mark Wigglesworth, Stravinsky
Tom Service meets Mark Wigglesworth, the new music director of English National Opera.
Rule-Breakers in Classical Music
From Sage Gateshead, Tom Service hosts a debate about rule-breakers in classical music.
Georg Friedrich Haas, Music for Video Games
Tom Service interviews composer Georg Friedrich Haas and discusses music for video games.
Nick Gibb, Robert Craft Tribute, Frank Bridge Book, James Gaffigan
Tom Service is joined by schools minister Nick Gibb and conductor James Gaffigan.
Alexander Goehr
Tom Service presents an extended interview with composer Alexander Goehr.
Northern Lights: Sibelius 150
Tom Service travels to Finland in search of the real Sibelius and his landscapes.
Books on Opera and World Music, Matthew Herbert
Presented by Tom Service. Including books on opera characters and world music traditions.
Northern Lights: Tromso
Petroc Trelawny explores musical responses to the dark northern winters in Tromso, Norway.
Pierre Boulez
Tom Service presents a tribute to French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez.
Morton Subotnick, The Lives of George Frideric Handel, Scottish Opera, Ilan Volkov
Tom Service talks to composer Morton Subotnick. Plus Scottish Opera and Ilan Volkov.
Dutilleux 100
Tom Service presents a portrait of Henri Dutilleux on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Folk Connections; Chabrier
With Tom Service. Including a portrait of Emmanuel Chabrier and Folk Connections.
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 Â鶹Éç archives.