The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
Radio 3,·507 episodes
Guitarist Bill Frisell, composer Eleanor Alberga, Hebrew oratorio Ester & Sonica Festival.
12 Mar 2022,·44 mins
Semyon Bychkov and Ukrainian musicians on Ukraine conflict; and female record producers.
05 Mar 2022,·44 mins
Tom Service asks if the future of music venues and cultural hotspots is big or small.
26 Feb 2022,·44 mins
Beatrice Rana talks about her immersion in Beethoven's late piano sonatas during lockdown.
19 Feb 2022,·44 mins
Tom Service celebrates John Williams's 90th birthday. Plus an interview with Ivan Fischer.
12 Feb 2022,·44 mins
Sara Mohr-Pietsch finds out about The Covid Variations: A Piano Drama at Birmingham Rep.
05 Feb 2022,·44 mins
Tom Service talks to Sarah Kirby about her book Exhibitions, Music and the British Empire.
29 Jan 2022,·44 mins
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to viola virtuoso Tabea Zimmermann, plus Verdi's Rigoletto.
22 Jan 2022,·44 mins
How conductors work their magic today, and voice loss.
15 Jan 2022,·44 mins
Composers Eric Whitacre and Unsuk Chin, plus a look ahead to arts events in 2022.
08 Jan 2022,·44 mins
Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton and composer Jake Heggie in conversation.
18 Dec 2021,·44 mins
Tom Service talks to actor and singer Lin-Manuel Miranda and soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn.
11 Dec 2021,·44 mins
As we celebrate the iconic 1961 film, we explore Spielberg's new take on West Side Story.
04 Dec 2021,·44 mins
Tom Service's guests include 'King of the Waltz' André Rieu, and pianist Pavel Kolesnikov.
27 Nov 2021,·44 mins
Tom Service visits the new home of the Manchester Camerata in the Monastery in Gorton.
20 Nov 2021,·44 mins
Piping competition, a new music centre in Edinburgh, School of Scottish Studies archive.
13 Nov 2021,·44 mins
Tom Service explores music and climate change as world leaders gather for COP26.
06 Nov 2021,·44 mins
A book on memory loss by a flautist; and Turnage's new piece. Wagner's 'new' symphony.
30 Oct 2021,·44 mins
Bernard Haitink, higher education in music, Nathalie Stutzmann and Sibelius.
23 Oct 2021,·44 mins
Kate Molleson with Warren Ellis and composer, Laurence Crane.
16 Oct 2021,·44 mins
Conductor José Serebrier and book An Inconvenient Black History of British Musical Theatre
09 Oct 2021,·44 mins
02 Oct 2021,·44 mins
Kate Molleson presents a live edition from the BBC's Strong Language Festival in Coventry.
25 Sep 2021,·44 mins
Pianist Igor Levit talks to Tom Service about life as a musician and political activist.
18 Sep 2021,·44 mins
Tom Services examines whether classical music has managed to rebuild itself after Covid.
11 Sep 2021,·44 mins
24 Jul 2021,·44 mins
Kate Molleson explores how music shapes the work of some of today's greatest writers.
17 Jul 2021,·44 mins
Lars Vogt on fighting cancer. Grange Festival's King Lear. Tribute to Louis Andriessen.
10 Jul 2021,·44 mins
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Jessie Montgomery, Vitali Alekseenok and video-game opera.
03 Jul 2021,·44 mins
Caroline Shaw, Franz Welser-Most and Grant Llewellyn.
26 Jun 2021,·44 mins
