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Music on the move
Sara Mohr-Pietsch is in conversation with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.
Sir Andras Schiff, BCMG at 30, Tom Phillips, Netia Jones, This is Rattle
Tom Service talks to pianist Andras Schiff and artist Tom Phillips.
Sakari Oramo on Sibelius
Tom Service talks to Sakari Oramo and previews Phelim McDermott's new production of Aida.
Cumnock Tryst, James MacMillan, Music in Schools
Tom Service visits The Cumnock Tryst Festival and talks to its founder Sir James MacMillan
BBC Opera Season: Dame Felicity Palmer, Annilese Miskimmon, cutting edge opera
Sara Mohr-Pietsch asks: 'What is the future of opera?' With Dame Felicity Palmer.
Why Music? The Key to Memory
Live from Wellcome Collection.
Julian Anderson; Kenneth MacMillan tribute
An interview with composer Julian Anderson; reflections on choreographer Kenneth MacMillan
Howard Skempton, Martyn Brabbins, Women's Revolutions per Minute
Tom Service talks to composer Howard Skempton and the new conductor of ENO Martyn Brabbins
Music on the Catalonia crisis; Book on Creative Brain; our musical lives on the internet; and Uri CaineDD
Music in the Catalonia crisis in Spain; a book on creativity and the brain, and Uri Caine.
Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture
Tom Service meets conductor Teodor Currentzis.
Bernard Haitink, Nico Muhly's Marnie, Simon Keenlyside and Zenaida Yanowsky
Tom Service meets conductor Bernard Haitink at his London home.
Huddersfield
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores music-making in the West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield.
Harassment in classical music
Tom Service looks at harassment in the classical music industry today.
Mitsuko Uchida
Tom Service meets Mitsuko Uchida, one of the most influential pianists of her generation.
Craft and Traditions
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores traditions and crafts from the UK to the Arab world.
Spirit of Bach
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores what lies beneath Bach's music with Angela Hewitt and others.
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Tom Service talks to the renowned Finnish composer and conductor, Esa-Pekka Salonen.
James Rhodes, Monteverdi and the Genesis Suite
Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews pianist James Rhodes. And Monteverdi's The Return of Ulysses.
Paul Lewis, Bayeux Tapestry, London Sinfonietta
Tom Service meets pianist Paul Lewis.
Gerald Finley and Tamara Stefanovich
Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets Gerald Finley and Tamara Stefanovich.
Is Iceland the world's most musical country?
Tom Service visits Reykjavik to ask whether Iceland is the world's most musical country.
Leadership in Classical Music
Sara Mohr-Pietsch looks at the culture of leadership in classical music.
Pianist Jeremy Denk
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to pianist Jeremy Denk. A discussion on casting diversity in opera
Christophe Rousset
Tom Service meets Christophe Rousset, the inspirational harpsichordist and conductor.
Music and Language in the South East
Kate Molleson explores connections between music and language in the South East.
Music Matters at Free Thinking
Tom Service and the Music and Science Lab from Durham University return to Free Thinking.
Laurence Equilbey
Tom Service talks to Laurence Equilbey, plus Lili Boulanger 100 years after her death.
Debussy's Paris
Tom Service with new perspectives on Debussy.
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Kate Molleson meets Mark-Anthony Turnage and Norma Waterson of the Watersons folk singers.
Eva-Maria Westbroek, Philip Venables, Opening of Queen Elizabeth Hall, Music and Wellbeing
Tom Service talks to composer Philip Venables and soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek.
Laurie Anderson
Tom Service meets American composer and multi-media artist Laurie Anderson.