Music Matters Episodes Available now
Enescu, Crumb and Feldman, Philip Venables Opera
Tom Service with a portrait of Enescu. Plus Philip Venables on his opera 4.48 Psychosis.
Erik Satie at 150
Tom Service explores Satie, the man and his music, on the 150th anniversary of his birth.
Max Reger, Peter Dickinson
Tom Service explores Max Reger's music and hears from composer and writer Peter Dickinson.
Pleasure, Symphony Hall Birmingham
Tom Service visits Opera North for the premiere of Pleasure and interviews Mark Simpson.
Sounds of Shakespeare
Tom Service on the music in Shakespeare's plays and Shakespearean music from BBC archives.
John Williams, Sviatoslav Richter Book
Tom Service talks to guitarist John Williams and reviews a memoir of Sviatoslav Richter.
Michael Finnissy, Ginastera, Sustainably Sourced Instruments
Tom Service interviews composer Michael Finnissy and discusses Alberto Ginastera.
Ann Murray, Stalin's Music Prize
Presented by Petroc Trelawny, with Irish mezzo-soprano Ann Murray in conversation.
Jerusalem, Bach's Vocal Works, Streetwise Opera, Errollyn Wallen
Including a visit to Streetwise Opera, a book about Bach and composer Errollyn Wallen.
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Tom Service with a tribute to the composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
