The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
Radio 3,·507 episodes
Mariss Jansons talks to Tom Service. Plus a celebration of Scott Joplin, in his centenary.
01 Apr 2017,·45 mins
Tom Service is joined by conductor-performers Nathalie Stutzmann and Richard Tognetti.
25 Mar 2017,·45 mins
At the Free Thinking Festival 2017, Tom Service explores our perception of music and time.
18 Mar 2017,·45 mins
Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews conductor Simone Young. Plus a tribute to Dinu Lipatti.
11 Mar 2017,·45 mins
Featuring conductors Marin Alsop, Sylvia Caduff and Daniel Barenboim.
04 Mar 2017,·45 mins
Tom Service talks to the creators of a new opera based on Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.
25 Feb 2017,·45 mins
Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews Maurizio Pollini. Plus the centenary of George Malcolm.
18 Feb 2017,·45 mins
Tom Service visits Symphony Hall in Birmingham to speak to conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla
11 Feb 2017,·45 mins
Tom Service explores issues of mental health for professional musicians.
04 Feb 2017,·45 mins
Including the music of Philip Glass and 50 years since the 1967 Sexual Offences Act.
28 Jan 2017,·45 mins
Tom Service interviews composer and conductor John Adams. Plus Brexit and the arts.
21 Jan 2017,·45 mins
Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits Hamburg's new concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie.
14 Jan 2017,·45 mins
Tom Service discusses the legacy of the Second Viennese School.
07 Jan 2017,·45 mins
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to conductor Daniele Gatti.
17 Dec 2016,·45 mins
Retired mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig talks to Tom Service about her life in music.
10 Dec 2016,·45 mins
Tom Service visits Berlin to explore the life and work of Busoni.
03 Dec 2016,·45 mins
Mark-Anthony Turnage on prison music, plus Joseph Calleja, Ingo Metzmacher, and birdsong.
26 Nov 2016,·45 mins
Pianist Jonathan Biss on late works, Fiona Maddocks on music 'to carry you through'.
19 Nov 2016,·45 mins
Donald Trump's cultural credentials, Barrie Kosky's The Nose, and Indian classical music.
12 Nov 2016,·45 mins
Tom Service presents an edition from Vienna with music historian David Wyn Jones.
05 Nov 2016,·45 mins
Letters by John Cage, a house inspired by Satie, and Hartmann's 1930s protest opera.
29 Oct 2016,·45 mins
Tom Service discusses African-American composer Julius Eastman and diversity in music.
22 Oct 2016,·45 mins,·
Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets Kristjan Jarvi and Sally Beamish, and remembers Viola Tunnard.
15 Oct 2016,·45 mins
Tom Service presents a tribute to the late Sir Neville Marriner.
08 Oct 2016,·45 mins
Tom Service explores technological innovations in music for composers and performers.
01 Oct 2016,·45 mins
Tom Service considers the relationship between modern composers and audiences in 1946.
24 Sep 2016,·45 mins
Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses two books about Britten. Plus a visit to the Ruhrtriennale.
17 Sep 2016,·45 mins
Petroc Trelawny with a portrait of Cole Porter and a round-up 2015-16's big music stories.
09 Jul 2016,·45 mins
Tom Service talks to Herbert Blomstedt, a celebrated conductor of Romantic repertoire.
02 Jul 2016,·45 mins
Tom Service visits the St Magnus International Festival.
25 Jun 2016,·45 mins
