Music Matters

The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

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Breaking rules, making new forms...
Leif Ove Andsnes on Mozart. ROH hyper reality opera inspired by Shakespeare.
22 May 2021,44 mins
Rhythm and tone: Dennis Brain, Anthony Payne and music’s healing nature
Tom Service looks at the influence of Dennis Brain in his centenary year.
15 May 2021,44 mins
Dennis Brain, Anthony Payne, and music’s healing nature.
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
15 May 2021,44 mins
The Conductors' Edition
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
01 May 2021,44 mins
Musical Ecosystems
Kate Molleson hears from violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and speaks to Benjamin Lapidus.
24 Apr 2021,44 mins
A life in music
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
17 Apr 2021,44 mins
Stravinsky 50 - Reinventing Stravinsky!
Tom Service explores how the music of Stravinsky continues to resonate in today's world.
10 Apr 2021,44 mins
Renaud Capuçon, Cecilia McDowall, Michael Spitzer
French violinist Renaud Capuçon talks about his new recording of Elgar's Violin Concerto.
03 Apr 2021,44 mins
Music under threat in Kabul
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
27 Mar 2021,44 mins
The fierce joys of Spring
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
20 Mar 2021,44 mins
Celebrating a Century of Astor Piazzolla
Using archive, family members and musicians who played with him. Also Isabelle Faust.
13 Mar 2021,44 mins
Sandrine Piau, Geraldine Mucha, Steven Isserlis
Tom Service speaks to soprano Sandrine Piau and cellist Steven Isserlis.
06 Mar 2021,44 mins
Anne Queffélec
Pianist Anne Queffelec; a book on France and trauma during wars; the Endellion Quartet.
27 Feb 2021,44 mins
How music sculpts memory
The relationships between the crafts of porcelain and contemporary composition.
20 Feb 2021,44 mins
Uighur culture, Richard Tognetti, business models
Richard Tognetti. New relationship musicians-agents? The book Soundscapes of Uyghur Islam.
13 Feb 2021,45 mins
Girl power in the 1940s
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
06 Feb 2021,44 mins
Jackie Kay, Meredith Monk and Virtual Nature
Kate Molleson talks to Meredith Monk, plus Jackie Kay on blues pioneer Bessie Smith.
30 Jan 2021,44 mins
New Music Innovators from today... and the 19th Century
Pianist Piotr Anderszewski. Songs of Fanny Hensel. Maxim Vengerov education masterclasses.
23 Jan 2021,44 mins
Democracy from Wynton Marsalis
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
16 Jan 2021,44 mins
Light at the end of the tunnel
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
09 Jan 2021,44 mins
Music and myth, silence and AI
A book on Arvo Pärt. Luminosity in music. Beethoven's curtailed celebrations.
19 Dec 2020,44 mins
The Lark Ascending
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
12 Dec 2020,44 mins
Creating music in isolation
Benjamin Grosvenor and the prophetic voice of Glenn Gould.
05 Dec 2020,44 mins
The Human Connection
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
28 Nov 2020,44 mins
Sam Amidon; US-USSR ballet exchange; music streaming; lockdown postcards
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
21 Nov 2020,44 mins
Focus on freelance musicians
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
14 Nov 2020,44 mins
Disability and music
Tom Service takes a look at how the music industry deals with disability and its impact.
07 Nov 2020,44 mins
Classical music and climate change
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
31 Oct 2020,44 mins
A global temperature
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
24 Oct 2020,44 mins
Live from Southbank Centre
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
19 Oct 2020,44 mins