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Tom Service with a Vaughan Williams special to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth.
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Tom Service talks to tenor Freddie De Tommaso and choral director André J Thomas.
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Tom Service talks to Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel about his extraordinary career.
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Scottish Opera at 60, writer Jan Carson, and an exhibition on violinist Felix Yaniewicz.
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Music in a changing world
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The musical life of Blackpool
Tom Service visits Blackpool to find out about its rich musical heritage.
John Adams's new opera 'Antony and Cleopatra'
Tom Service talks to American composer John Adams about his new opera Antony and Cleopatra
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Pianist Vikingur Ólafsson, plus Verdi's Aida and Janacek's The Makropulos Affair
Christian Tetzlaff
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Music and Mental Health
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Music in Northern Ireland
Kate Molleson and music-making in Northern Ireland.
Rachel Podger
Tom Service joins violinist Rachel Podger for a walk in the Brecon Beacons.
Music theatre and the art of melancholy
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Katia and Marielle Labèque
Tom Service in conversation with Katia and Marielle Labèque.
Tine Thing Helseth, London Jazz Festival and Arts Council England Funding
Alice Sara Ott, Climate Change, and Qatar
The pianist Alice Sara Ott, Classical music and Climate Change, and culture in Qatar.
Ailish Tynan, older people and music, Beethoven in Russia, UK Music diversity report
Kate Molleson speaks to Irish soprano Ailish Tynan at home.
Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Composer Laura Bowler, music in UK prisons, and national anthems at the World Cup.
John Rutter
Tom Service in conversation with composer John Rutter.
Olivier Latry and Notre-Dame, Paris
Organist Olivier Latry; book 'From Berlioz to Boulez'; Royal Academy of Music archive.
Kaija Saariaho
Kate Molleson in conversation with Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.
14/01/2023
Horn player Felix Klieser. Netia Jones on her new opera. Alice Farnham on conducting.
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