Music Matters Episodes Available now
Memory, Loss, and Music’s Universal Power
New music for a century of Armistice days and 350 years of Francois Couperin
Dangerous Futures, Dangerous Dances
Violinist Baiba Skride, and a new score of Ravel's Bolero.
Whisky, Beethoven and Crocodiles
Tom Service discusses Beethoven with Angela Hewitt, and crocodiles with Felix Stroeckens
Hidden Voices and Blue Force Fields
Sarah Connolly and the Aldridge sisters
The Power of Performance
Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, and Mark Wigglesworth on the art of conducting.
Passion, Masks and Parry
Tom Service meets Pascal Dusapin, as his new dance-opera Passion tours the country.
Composers - What planet are they on?
Tom Service meets composer Joan Tower, and hears a new musical Planets inspired by Holst.
Hearing Voices
Jocelyn Pook, Edinburgh's new concert hall, and mudlarking on the Thames
When Words Fail
Kate Molleson talks to Estonian-American conductor Neeme Jarvi and Else Marie Pade.
Bernstein's New York
Tom Service travels to New York City to discover Bernstein's musical and social legacy.