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The Future
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
Cosmic Curiosity
Michael Tilson Thomas, music and 30 years of the Berlin Wall's fall, and Paul Hillier
Mind, body and soul
Cultural Choices and Musical Chalices...
Tom talks to pianist Yuja Wang and conductor Jaap van Zweden.
Shifting cultures and musical crucibles
Australian Modernism in the 60s and 70s; Jonathan Dove; Lilian Hochhauser
Jonathan Dove, Australian Modernism, Lilian Hochhauser
Angela Gheorghiu, Mariss Jansons, La Traviata, Rossini
The 21st century comes of age
The World's Largest Island
Kate Molleson visits Greenland to explore the role of music for its communities today.
Internationalism
Kate speaks to Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Chris Watson, Alasdair Roberts and Laura Tunbridge
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
Musical communion
Choreographic, operatic and symphonic revelations
Tom Service speaks to Carlo Rizzi, Sir Mark Elder, and four leading conductors
Revelations
Tom Service celebrates Opera Rara at 50 and Beethoven's symphonies at the Barbican.
Roger Norrington
Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and the Oscar nominees for best original scores.
Going with the flow
Kate Molleson discusses jazz legend Dave Brubeck and we hear from violinist Tasmin Little
The secret life of musical instruments
Fidelio
Game-changers
Singer Lise Davidsen, Alice Farnham on women conductors, Glass's Einstein on the Beach.
Vikingur Olafsson, ENO Figaro, Prokofiev operas
Musical communication
Music beyond the crisis
Conducting in Baroque Britain, and the further impact of coronavirus on musical life.
François-Frédéric Guy
Tom Service talks to French pianist François-Frédéric Guy.
An organ fest for a silent Easter
With churches closed and organs silent this Easter, Kate Molleson presents an organ fest.
Ravi Shankar at 100
Jonathan Biss, Elizabeth Kenny, Susanna Malkki and Cheer Up!
Music and mental health
Kate Molleson explores music and mental health.
Mark Anthony Turnage at 60
An interview with Mark-Anthony Turnage who turns 60. A new book on Copland's film scores.
Will classical music survive Covid?
A debate on rebuilding the classical music industry after Covid-19. Tom Service presents.
Mahler's 8th Symphony
A book on the Symphony of the Thousand, and how the Enlightenment affected concert halls.