Music Matters

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

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Choreographic, operatic and symphonic revelations
Tom Service speaks to Carlo Rizzi, Sir Mark Elder, and four leading conductors
25 Jan 2020,43 mins
Musical communion
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
18 Jan 2020,44 mins
Internationalism
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
11 Jan 2020,44 mins
Internationalism
Kate speaks to Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Chris Watson, Alasdair Roberts and Laura Tunbridge
11 Jan 2020,45 mins
The World's Largest Island
Kate Molleson visits Greenland to explore the role of music for its communities today.
21 Dec 2019,44 mins
The 21st century comes of age
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
14 Dec 2019,44 mins
Angela Gheorghiu, Mariss Jansons, La Traviata, Rossini
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
07 Dec 2019,44 mins
Jonathan Dove, Australian Modernism, Lilian Hochhauser
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
30 Nov 2019,44 mins
Shifting cultures and musical crucibles
Australian Modernism in the 60s and 70s; Jonathan Dove; Lilian Hochhauser
30 Nov 2019,43 mins
Cultural Choices and Musical Chalices...
Tom talks to pianist Yuja Wang and conductor Jaap van Zweden.
23 Nov 2019,44 mins
Mind, body and soul
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
16 Nov 2019,44 mins
Cosmic Curiosity
Michael Tilson Thomas, music and 30 years of the Berlin Wall's fall, and Paul Hillier
09 Nov 2019,44 mins
The Future
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
02 Nov 2019,44 mins
The Future
Odaline de la Martinez, Alfred Brendel, and a lost work by Vaughan Williams
02 Nov 2019,44 mins
The essence of musical personality
Alison Balsom, music criticism in the digital era, and photos from Ronnie Scott's.
26 Oct 2019,44 mins
New York Special
Tom Service visits New York, a vibrant, breathing city with a rich culture and history.
19 Oct 2019,44 mins
Cole, Harry and the masks of theatre
The Mask of Orpheus at ENO, The Letters of Cole Porter, and music charities in the UK.
12 Oct 2019,44 mins
Music, Life and Changing Times
Presented by Kate Molleson.
05 Oct 2019,44 mins
The Orpheus myth
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
28 Sep 2019,44 mins
BBC Music Day
Tom meets Sir Simon Rattle
21 Sep 2019,44 mins
In the community
New works by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
14 Sep 2019,44 mins
Season finale
Tom looks over this past year in music.
13 Jul 2019,44 mins
Obsessions
Sara Mohr Pietsch meets oud player Khyam Allami.
06 Jul 2019,44 mins
Music, roots and heritage
A tale of two composers: Daniel Kidane and Erika Fox.
29 Jun 2019,44 mins
AI and the future of music
A special edition exploring the impact of artificial intelligence on music.
22 Jun 2019,44 mins
Passing the music on
Sara Mohr-Pietsch reports on the decline of music A levels, and pianist Sulamita Aronovsky
15 Jun 2019,44 mins
Welcome to the stage
Kate explores the life and legacy of Alma Mahler
08 Jun 2019,44 mins
Pekka Kuusisto
Tom meets Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto.
01 Jun 2019,44 mins
Music heard so deeply that it is not heard at all
Tom meets conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Composer Kaija Saariaho inspired by TS Eliot.
25 May 2019,44 mins
Stephen Kovacevich, Thomas Ades and Howard Skempton
Tom talks to pianist Stephen Kovacevich and composer Thomas Ades.
18 May 2019,44 mins