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Verdi 200
Tom Service discusses Verdi's reputation and influence since his death in 1901.
Robin Holloway, Fiona Shaw, Brass Band Competitions
Tom Service is joined by director Fiona Shaw and composer Robin Holloway.
Live from Free Thinking
Tom Service asks a panel of guests 'who's really in charge of the classical music world?'.
The Leonard Bernstein Letters, Joshua Rifkin, Andrew Carnegie
Radio 3's flagship classical music magazine programme.
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner talks to Tom Service about his book on Bach.
Sir John Tavener
Tom Service pays tribute to composer Sir John Tavener with a recently-held interview.
Robert Levin, Hartmann, Balint Andras Varga
Petroc Trelawny talks to Robert Levin. Plus Hartmann's music and a book on composers.
Rosalyn Tureck, Hilliard Ensemble, Wagner on Screen, Mussorgsky
Tom Service with a portrait of pianist Rosalyn Tureck. Plus the Hilliard Ensemble at 40.
It's A Musical World!
In a special edition, Tom Service surveys the current state of musical theatre.
Christian Thielemann
Tom Service presents an extended interview with German conductor Christian Thielemann.
Steven Osborne, James Rhodes, Michael Kennedy, Music Hubs
Petroc Trelawny presents a live edition with guests Steven Osborne and James Rhodes.
Maria Joao Pires, David and Christopher Alden, Andris Nelsons
Presented by Tom Service. Including pianist Maria Joao Pires and conductor Andris Nelsons.
Pinchas Zukerman and John Berry. And Claudio Abbado remembered
With guests including Sir Clive Gillinson, Pinchas Zukerman and John Berry.
Brokeback Mountain, Andre Tchaikowsky
Tom Service talks to the creators of the new opera Brokeback Mountain.
John Lill at 70
Petroc Trelawny meets acclaimed pianist John Lill as he approaches his 70th birthday.
Rigoletto at ENO, Thea Musgrave
With Tom Service. Includes a review of Verdi's Rigoletto at ENO and composer Thea Musgrave
John McCabe, Mariusz Kwiecien, Venezuela, Christoph von Dohnanyi
Tom Service talks to John McCabe, Mariusz Kwiecien and Christoph von Dohnanyi.
Villa-Lobos, Ravel Correspondence, Iestyn Davies, Boulevard Solitude
Tom Service explores the life and music of Villa-Lobos and talks to Iestyn Davies.
CPE Bach, Rudolf Buchbinder, Jonathan Reekie, Robert Ashley
Petroc Trelawny on CPE Bach, and interviews with Rudolf Buchbinder and Jonathan Reekie.
Brigitte Fassbaender
Mezzo-soprano Brigitte Fassbaender talks to Tom Service about her life and career.
Live at Southbank Centre: The Future of Musical Criticism.
Live from London's Southbank Centre, a debate about the future of musical criticism.
Valentina Lisitsa, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Arnold Schoenberg
Tom Service talks to pianist Valentina Lisitsa and profiles Bernd Alois Zimmermann.
Arditti Quartet at 40, La Salle Quartet, Gluck in London, Miklos Perenyi
Presented by Tom Service. Featuring Irvine Arditti talking about the LaSalle Quartet.
David Zinman, Khovanskygate, Army Bands, Rameau's Zais
Tom Service talks to conductor David Zinman and reviews Birmingham Opera's Khovanskygate.
Olli Mustonen, Constant Lambert, Music Education, Politicians and the Arts
Petroc Trelawny meets Olli Mustonen and reviews a biography of composer Constant Lambert.
ENO's Thebans, Sir James Galway, The Wallfischs and The Mozart Project
Tom Service talks to Sir James Galway and reviews Julian Anderson's new opera, Thebans.
Hilary Hahn, Schoenberg's Moses und Aron, Nonesuch Records at 50
Petroc Trelawny previews the new WNO production of Schoenberg's opera Moses und Aron.
Daniel Harding, Faure Songs, Poulenc
Tom Service talks to Daniel Harding, a book and an opera by Poulenc and songs by Faure.
Jonas Kaufmann Interview
Tom Service presents an extended interview with tenor Jonas Kaufmann.
Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini, The Future of the Met, Lawrence Zazzo, David Lang's Crowd Out
Benvenuto Cellini, Peter Gelb, Lawrence Zazzo and Crowd Out. Presented by Tom Service.
Strauss 150
Tom Service with a special edition marking the 150th anniversary Richard Strauss's birth.