Music Matters Episodes Episode guide
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Roger Norrington
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
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Revelations
Tom Service celebrates Opera Rara at 50 and Beethoven's symphonies at the Barbican.
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Musical communion
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
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Internationalism
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
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The World's Largest Island
Kate Molleson visits Greenland to explore the role of music for its communities today.
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The 21st century comes of age
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
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Angela Gheorghiu, Mariss Jansons, La Traviata, Rossini
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
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Jonathan Dove, Australian Modernism, Lilian Hochhauser
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
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Cultural Choices and Musical Chalices...
Tom talks to pianist Yuja Wang and conductor Jaap van Zweden.
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Mind, body and soul
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
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Cosmic Curiosity
Michael Tilson Thomas, music and 30 years of the Berlin Wall's fall, and Paul Hillier
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The Future
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
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The essence of musical personality
Alison Balsom, music criticism in the digital era, and photos from Ronnie Scott's.
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New York Special
Tom Service visits New York, a vibrant, breathing city with a rich culture and history.
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Cole, Harry and the masks of theatre
The Mask of Orpheus at ENO, The Letters of Cole Porter, and music charities in the UK.
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Music, Life and Changing Times
Presented by Kate Molleson.
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The Orpheus myth
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Music Day
Tom meets Sir Simon Rattle
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In the community
New works by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
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Season finale
Tom looks over this past year in music.
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Obsessions
Sara Mohr Pietsch meets oud player Khyam Allami.
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Music, roots and heritage
A tale of two composers: Daniel Kidane and Erika Fox.
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AI and the future of music
A special edition exploring the impact of artificial intelligence on music.
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Passing the music on
Sara Mohr-Pietsch reports on the decline of music A levels, and pianist Sulamita Aronovsky
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Welcome to the stage
Kate explores the life and legacy of Alma Mahler
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Pekka Kuusisto
Tom meets Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto.
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Music heard so deeply that it is not heard at all
Tom meets conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Composer Kaija Saariaho inspired by TS Eliot.
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Stephen Kovacevich, Thomas Ades and Howard Skempton
Tom talks to pianist Stephen Kovacevich and composer Thomas Ades.
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Stockhausen: Cosmic Prophet
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Stockhausen's legacy, Baudelaire, and the Hum of the World.
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Being seen, being heard
Kate Molleson talks to Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla. Music fan clubs. Folk singer Josephine Foster
