Welsh Musical Life

Tom Service presents a special edition on Welsh musical life.

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Lang Lang

Lang Lang talks to Tom Service about his pianistic heroes and his involvement in education

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Kurtag at 90, Boris Giltburg, Glyndebourne Youth Opera

Tom Service profiles composer Gyorgy Kurtag and hears from pianist Boris Giltburg.

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Hakan Hardenberger, Akhnaten, Beethoven, ENO Chorus

Tom Service meets trumpeter Hakan Hardenberger and explores Philip Glass's Akhnaten.

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Yannick Nezet-Seguin, International Women's Day

Tom Service meets Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin.

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gesualdo 450, Vaughan Williams

Petroc Trelawny travels to Naples to explore the radical 16th-century composer Gesualdo.

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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Tom Service with a tribute to the composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.

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Jerusalem, Bach's Vocal Works, Streetwise Opera, Errollyn Wallen

Including a visit to Streetwise Opera, a book about Bach and composer Errollyn Wallen.

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Ann Murray, Stalin's Music Prize

Presented by Petroc Trelawny, with Irish mezzo-soprano Ann Murray in conversation.

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Michael Finnissy, Ginastera, Sustainably Sourced Instruments

Tom Service interviews composer Michael Finnissy and discusses Alberto Ginastera.

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John Williams, Sviatoslav Richter Book

Tom Service talks to guitarist John Williams and reviews a memoir of Sviatoslav Richter.

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Sounds of Shakespeare

Tom Service on the music in Shakespeare's plays and Shakespearean music from BBC archives.

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Pleasure, Symphony Hall Birmingham

Tom Service visits Opera North for the premiere of Pleasure and interviews Mark Simpson.

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Max Reger, Peter Dickinson

Tom Service explores Max Reger's music and hears from composer and writer Peter Dickinson.

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Erik Satie at 150

Tom Service explores Satie, the man and his music, on the 150th anniversary of his birth.

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Enescu, Crumb and Feldman, Philip Venables Opera

Tom Service with a portrait of Enescu. Plus Philip Venables on his opera 4.48 Psychosis.

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Esa-Pekka Salonen

Tom Service is in conversation with renowned composer-conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.

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Daniel Kramer, Female Composers, James Rhodes

Tom Service meets ENO's Daniel Kramer. Plus Anna Beer on her book on female composers.

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Roger Scruton, Sonic Journey, Sound House

Roger Scruton talks to Tom Service about his new Wagner book, The Ring of Truth.

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Trevor Pinnock Interview

Petroc Trelawny interviews harpsichordist and conductor Trevor Pinnock.

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St Magnus Festival

Tom Service visits the St Magnus International Festival.

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Herbert Blomstedt

Tom Service talks to Herbert Blomstedt, a celebrated conductor of Romantic repertoire.

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Cole Porter, Music News Round-Up, Housman

Petroc Trelawny with a portrait of Cole Porter and a round-up 2015-16's big music stories.

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Britten Books, Ruhrtriennale Festival

Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses two books about Britten. Plus a visit to the Ruhrtriennale.

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Sound Frontiers: Who Cares If You Listen?

Tom Service considers the relationship between modern composers and audiences in 1946.

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Sound Frontiers: Music and Technology

Tom Service explores technological innovations in music for composers and performers.

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Neville Marriner tribute, Matthew Kaner in Lucerne, Paul Robertson remembered

Tom Service presents a tribute to the late Sir Neville Marriner.

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Kristjan Jarvi, Viola Tunnard and Sally Beamish

Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets Kristjan Jarvi and Sally Beamish, and remembers Viola Tunnard.

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Classical Music’s Diversity Deficit: BAME Composers

Tom Service discusses African-American composer Julius Eastman and diversity in music.

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John Cage in letters

Letters by John Cage, a house inspired by Satie, and Hartmann's 1930s protest opera.

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