The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
Radio 3,·503 episodes
Kate Molleson explores connections between music and language.
07 Jul 2018,·44 mins
Tom Service previews Glyndebourne's new production of Pelleas et Melisande.
30 Jun 2018,·45 mins
Tom Service talks to Paavo Jarvi and to composers John L Adams and Tansy Davies on nature.
23 Jun 2018,·45 mins
Tom Service visits Chicago to talk to cellist Yo-Yo Ma and conductor Riccardo Muti.
16 Jun 2018,·45 mins
Kate Molleson with the latest feature about music and language around the British Isles.
09 Jun 2018,·45 mins
Tom Service talks to acclaimed British baritone Christopher Purves.
02 Jun 2018,·45 mins
Tom Service talks to conductor Stephane Deneve. Also viola da gamba player Hille Perl.
26 May 2018,·45 mins
Broadside ballads in Manchester.
19 May 2018,·45 mins
Tom Service talks to pianists Gabriela Montero and Menahem Pressler.
12 May 2018,·45 mins
Kate Molleson meets leading English composer George Benjamin.
05 May 2018,·45 mins
Tom Service visits Japan to explore musical portals to other worlds.
23 Apr 2018,·45 mins
Tom Service interviews Jennifer Johnston. Also, the American JACK Quartet.
21 Apr 2018,·45 mins
Tom Service meets American composer and multi-media artist Laurie Anderson.
14 Apr 2018,·45 mins
Tom Service talks to composer Philip Venables and soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek.
07 Apr 2018,·45 mins
Kate Molleson meets Mark-Anthony Turnage and Norma Waterson of the Watersons folk singers.
31 Mar 2018,·44 mins
Tom Service with new perspectives on Debussy.
24 Mar 2018,·44 mins
Tom Service talks to Laurence Equilbey, plus Lili Boulanger 100 years after her death.
17 Mar 2018,·44 mins
Tom Service and the Music and Science Lab from Durham University return to Free Thinking.
10 Mar 2018,·44 mins
Kate Molleson explores connections between music and language in the South East.
03 Mar 2018,·44 mins
Tom Service meets Christophe Rousset, the inspirational harpsichordist and conductor.
24 Feb 2018,·44 mins
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to pianist Jeremy Denk. A discussion on casting diversity in opera
17 Feb 2018,·44 mins
Sara Mohr-Pietsch looks at the culture of leadership in classical music.
10 Feb 2018,·44 mins
Tom Service visits Reykjavik to ask whether Iceland is the world's most musical country.
03 Feb 2018,·44 mins
Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets Gerald Finley and Tamara Stefanovich.
27 Jan 2018,·44 mins
Tom Service meets pianist Paul Lewis.
20 Jan 2018,·44 mins
Sara Mohr-Pietsch interviews pianist James Rhodes. And Monteverdi's The Return of Ulysses.
13 Jan 2018,·44 mins
Tom Service talks to the renowned Finnish composer and conductor, Esa-Pekka Salonen.
06 Jan 2018,·45 mins
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores what lies beneath Bach's music with Angela Hewitt and others.
23 Dec 2017,·45 mins
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores traditions and crafts from the UK to the Arab world.
16 Dec 2017,·45 mins
Tom Service meets Mitsuko Uchida, one of the most influential pianists of her generation.
09 Dec 2017,·45 mins
