Andreas Ottensamer, Sarah Kirby, Walter Susskind

Tom Service talks to Sarah Kirby about her book Exhibitions, Music and the British Empire.

• 44 mins

Holding onto Musical Traditions

Sara Mohr-Pietsch finds out about The Covid Variations: A Piano Drama at Birmingham Rep.

• 44 mins

John Williams at 90, Ivan Fisher and tributes to George Crumb

Tom Service celebrates John Williams's 90th birthday. Plus an interview with Ivan Fischer.

• 44 mins

Beatrice Rana, The Ordering of Moses, Claude Debussy and Emma Bardac

Beatrice Rana talks about her immersion in Beethoven's late piano sonatas during lockdown.

• 44 mins

Art centres, Giovanni Antonini, Opera and food

Tom Service asks if the future of music venues and cultural hotspots is big or small.

• 44 mins

Semyon Bychkov

Semyon Bychkov and Ukrainian musicians on Ukraine conflict; and female record producers.

• 44 mins

Bill Frisell

Guitarist Bill Frisell, composer Eleanor Alberga, Hebrew oratorio Ester & Sonica Festival.

• 44 mins

Ludovico Einaudi, Peter Grimes, Anna Clyne

Sara Mohr-Pietsch hears from members of a new production of Britten's opera Peter Grimes.

• 44 mins

Klaus Mäkelä

Tom Service talks to author Brendan Slocumb and Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä.

• 44 mins

Bobby McFerrin, Mari Kalkun, The Handmaid's Tale

Tom Service talks to virtuoso vocalist Bobby McFerrin, plus The Handmaid's Tale in opera.

• 44 mins

Kirill Gerstein

New opera The Paradis Files.

• 44 mins

Martin Fröst, SongPath, Beckett and Russia

The latest news and features from the classical music world.

• 44 mins

Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Fabio Biondi, Jude Rogers and Daniel Levitin

The latest news and features from the classical music world.

• 44 mins

Leila Josefowicz, Janet Beat, Paraorchestra, Michael Zev Gordon

Violinist Leila Josefowicz talks about Bach and a new work by Matthias Pintscher.

• 44 mins

Simon Rattle and Magdalena Kožená

Simon Rattle and Magdalena Kožená talk about performing the music of Kurt Weill together.

• 44 mins

Vaughan Williams Today

Tom Service with a Vaughan Williams special to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth.

• 44 mins

Michael Tilson Thomas, Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers

Kate Molleson visits Glyndebourne Festival Opera to hear about Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers.

• 44 mins

Freddie De Tommaso, Andre J Thomas

Tom Service talks to tenor Freddie De Tommaso and choral director André J Thomas.

• 44 mins

Sir Bryn Terfel

Tom Service talks to Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel about his extraordinary career.

• 44 mins

Tyshawn Sorey, Esther Abrami, Alma Deutscher, John Mauceri

Tom Service talks to Tyshawn Sorey, plus John Mauceri on his new book The War on Music.

• 44 mins

Scottish Opera at 60, Jan Carson, Felix Yaniewicz exhibition

Scottish Opera at 60, writer Jan Carson, and an exhibition on violinist Felix Yaniewicz.

• 44 mins

Max Richter

Max Richter, the WNO production of Migrations and a new book on Inca music reimagined.

• 44 mins

Music in a changing world

Tom Service and his guests discuss the big topics affecting the music industry in 2022.

• 44 mins

The musical life of Blackpool

Tom Service visits Blackpool to find out about its rich musical heritage.

• 44 mins

John Adams's new opera 'Antony and Cleopatra'

Tom Service talks to American composer John Adams about his new opera Antony and Cleopatra

• 44 mins

Vikingur Ólafsson, Aida and Egypt, The Makropulos Affair

Pianist Vikingur Ólafsson, plus Verdi's Aida and Janacek's The Makropulos Affair

• 44 mins

Christian Tetzlaff

Kate Molleson talks to violinist Christian Tetzlaff.

• 44 mins

Music and Mental Health

Tom Service with a special programme to mark World Mental Health Day.

• 44 mins

Music in Northern Ireland

Kate Molleson and music-making in Northern Ireland.

• 44 mins

Rachel Podger

Tom Service joins violinist Rachel Podger for a walk in the Brecon Beacons.

• 44 mins