Music Matters Episodes Episode guide
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Craft and Traditions
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores traditions and crafts from the UK to the Arab world.
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Mitsuko Uchida
Tom Service meets Mitsuko Uchida, one of the most influential pianists of her generation.
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Harassment in classical music
Tom Service looks at harassment in the classical music industry today.
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Huddersfield
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores music-making in the West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield.
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Bernard Haitink, Nico Muhly's Marnie, Simon Keenlyside and Zenaida Yanowsky
Tom Service meets conductor Bernard Haitink at his London home.
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Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture
Tom Service meets conductor Teodor Currentzis.
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Music on the Catalonia crisis; Book on Creative Brain; our musical lives on the internet; and Uri CaineDD
Music in the Catalonia crisis in Spain; a book on creativity and the brain, and Uri Caine.
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Howard Skempton, Martyn Brabbins, Women's Revolutions per Minute
Tom Service talks to composer Howard Skempton and the new conductor of ENO Martyn Brabbins
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Julian Anderson; Kenneth MacMillan tribute
An interview with composer Julian Anderson; reflections on choreographer Kenneth MacMillan
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Why Music? The Key to Memory
Live from Wellcome Collection.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Opera Season: Dame Felicity Palmer, Annilese Miskimmon, cutting edge opera
Sara Mohr-Pietsch asks: 'What is the future of opera?' With Dame Felicity Palmer.
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Cumnock Tryst, James MacMillan, Music in Schools
Tom Service visits The Cumnock Tryst Festival and talks to its founder Sir James MacMillan
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Sakari Oramo on Sibelius
Tom Service talks to Sakari Oramo and previews Phelim McDermott's new production of Aida.
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Sir Andras Schiff, BCMG at 30, Tom Phillips, Netia Jones, This is Rattle
Tom Service talks to pianist Andras Schiff and artist Tom Phillips.
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Music on the move
Sara Mohr-Pietsch is in conversation with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.
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Semyon Bychkov, New Music Biennial, Music and Landscape Architecture
Tom Service with conductor Semyon Bychkov and composer Brian Irvine.
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Sir Willard White, Mozart's Pet Starling, Huang Ruo
Tom Service is in conversation with opera singer Sir Willard White.
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Grace Bumbry, Audra McDonald, Bill Fontana
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to opera star Grace Bumbry and Broadway singer Audra McDonald.
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Sound and Nature
Tom Service explores the sound world of nature and wildlife on screen.
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Evgeny Kissin Memoirs, Yardbird, Jiri Belohlavek
With pianist Evgeny Kissin, plus a discussion about gender issues in media composition.
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Thomas Ades and Gerald Barry, Sgt Pepper at 50, Guto Puw and Welsh-language music
Tom Service is joined by composer-conductor Thomas Ades and composer Gerald Barry.
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Alma Deutscher, Cavalli at Glyndebourne, Election 2017
Tom Service meets young composer and violinist Alma Deutscher.
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Monteverdi 450: Monteverdi the Radical
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the radical side of Claudio Monteverdi's music.
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Ravi Shankar's Sukanya, Jan Vogler
Tom Service meets Jan Vogler, plus Ravi Shankar's opera Sukanya.
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Nikolaj Znaider, Philip Glass - Music in Twelve Parts, Daryl Runswick
Tom Service meets violinist Nikolaj Znaider. Plus Philip Glass's Music in Twelve Parts.
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Music Therapy and Mental Health
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with the latest research into music therapy for mental health.
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Andreas Haefliger, Monastic Music
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to pianist Andreas Haefliger and visits a musical monastery.
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Music in Hull
Tom Service explores sounds of the Humber Bridge, Ethel Leginska and Hull's folk music.
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Mariss Jansons: How to build a concert hall
Mariss Jansons talks to Tom Service. Plus a celebration of Scott Joplin, in his centenary.
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Nathalie Stutzmann: Contralto and Conductor
Tom Service is joined by conductor-performers Nathalie Stutzmann and Richard Tognetti.