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Radio 3,·507 episodes
Tom Service talks to conductor David Zinman and reviews Birmingham Opera's Khovanskygate.
26 Apr 2014,·45 mins
Presented by Tom Service. Featuring Irvine Arditti talking about the LaSalle Quartet.
19 Apr 2014,·45 mins
Tom Service talks to pianist Valentina Lisitsa and profiles Bernd Alois Zimmermann.
12 Apr 2014,·45 mins
Live from London's Southbank Centre, a debate about the future of musical criticism.
22 Mar 2014,·45 mins
Mezzo-soprano Brigitte Fassbaender talks to Tom Service about her life and career.
15 Mar 2014,·45 mins
Petroc Trelawny on CPE Bach, and interviews with Rudolf Buchbinder and Jonathan Reekie.
08 Mar 2014,·45 mins
Tom Service explores the life and music of Villa-Lobos and talks to Iestyn Davies.
01 Mar 2014,·45 mins
Tom Service talks to John McCabe, Mariusz Kwiecien and Christoph von Dohnanyi.
22 Feb 2014,·45 mins
With Tom Service. Includes a review of Verdi's Rigoletto at ENO and composer Thea Musgrave
15 Feb 2014,·45 mins
Petroc Trelawny meets acclaimed pianist John Lill as he approaches his 70th birthday.
08 Feb 2014,·45 mins
Tom Service talks to the creators of the new opera Brokeback Mountain.
01 Feb 2014,·45 mins
With guests including Sir Clive Gillinson, Pinchas Zukerman and John Berry.
25 Jan 2014,·45 mins
Presented by Tom Service. Including pianist Maria Joao Pires and conductor Andris Nelsons.
18 Jan 2014,·45 mins
Petroc Trelawny presents a live edition with guests Steven Osborne and James Rhodes.
11 Jan 2014,·45 mins
Tom Service presents an extended interview with German conductor Christian Thielemann.
04 Jan 2014,·45 mins
In a special edition, Tom Service surveys the current state of musical theatre.
14 Dec 2013,·45 mins
Tom Service with a portrait of pianist Rosalyn Tureck. Plus the Hilliard Ensemble at 40.
07 Dec 2013,·45 mins
Petroc Trelawny talks to Robert Levin. Plus Hartmann's music and a book on composers.
30 Nov 2013,·45 mins
Tom Service pays tribute to composer Sir John Tavener with a recently-held interview.
16 Nov 2013,·45 mins
Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner talks to Tom Service about his book on Bach.
09 Nov 2013,·45 mins
Radio 3's flagship classical music magazine programme.
02 Nov 2013,·45 mins
Tom Service asks a panel of guests 'who's really in charge of the classical music world?'.
26 Oct 2013,·45 mins
Tom Service is joined by director Fiona Shaw and composer Robin Holloway.
19 Oct 2013,·45 mins
Tom Service discusses Verdi's reputation and influence since his death in 1901.
05 Oct 2013,·45 mins
Tom Service interviews Polish film composer Zbigniew Preisner.
21 Sep 2013,·45 mins
Tom Service chairs a discussion from the Royal Opera House about Verdi and Wagner.
14 Sep 2013,·45 mins
Suzy Klein travelled to Cairo to find out how Egypt's cultural identity is evolving.
06 Jul 2013,·45 mins
Tom Service explores music-making in Cornwall, from folk to George Lloyd and Graham Fitkin
22 Jun 2013,·45 mins
Michael Gove, the Full English and Forbidden Music - Jewish composers banned by the Nazis.
15 Jun 2013,·45 mins
Tom Service visits Suffolk during preparations for a staging of Peter Grimes on the beach.
08 Jun 2013,·45 mins