Music Matters Episodes Available now
Hel's Deep and Mountains High
The Monstrous Child, composer Anthony Payne, piano duos, yoga, mountains and gods.
Berlioz – the Ultimate Romantic
A reappraisal of the French composer on the 150th anniversary of his death.
Changing times, changing identities
Tom speaks to Emma Kirkby. Also, the impact of Brexit on musicians. And music in convents.
Spirit and Invention
Conductor and violinist Reinhard Goebel and Gillian Moore's new book The Rite of Spring.
Fire and ice
From new compositions inspired by the icy poles to the fiery emotion of Ermonela Jaho.
Amo amas amat-eur Orchestras! And Arnold in the US
Soprano Diana Damrau, amateur orchestras and Schoenberg's correspondence
The tentacles of freedom
Composer Du Yun and Opera in the Jazz Age.
Christmas in the Fens
Kate Molleson visits the Fens to explore some of the music-making going at Christmas
A (music) lover's guide, and Venus unwrapped
A new book for classical music lovers.
Delius and the Sound of Place
Delius and the Sound of Place, and conductor Daniel Harding