Radio 3's Music Matters introduces composers
Tom discusses a book of essays on Ligeti with its editors. Broadcast in 2011.
Tom Service explores key issues relating to Liszt and his music.
Tom Service presents a special edition marking the centenary of Witold Lutoslawski.
Liverpool-born composer Steve Martland was a unique figure in British music.
Tom Service visits Copenhagen and Odense to learn more about Carl Nielsen and his music.
Wales has produced some great female composers.
Panufnik was one of the most original symphonic composers of the llater 20th century.
Partch was a distinctive and influential American composer of the mid-twentieth century.
On the 5th March 1953, Prokofiev died. Fifty five minutes later, Stalin was also dead.
Tom Service presents a special edition focusing on French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau.
Reger has always been a βmarmiteβ composer with equally passionate advocates & detractors
Tom Service explores Satie, the man and his music, on the 150th anniversary of his birth.
"Gunther Schuller isn't merely a musician, he's a monopoly."
Tom Service travels to Finland in search of the real Sibelius and his landscapes.
Tom Service with a special edition marking the 150th anniversary Richard Strauss's birth.
Tom talks to Edward Gardner, Piotr Beczala, Adrian Thomas&Stephen Downes. Broadcast 2012
Tom Service explores the life of Polish composer Karol Szymanowski.
Tom Service discusses Verdi's reputation and influence since his death in 1901.
Villa-Lobos's music blends birdcalls, bells, folk songs and European classical music.
A new biography on Vivier sheds new light on the tragic life of the Canadian composer.
Tom Service visits Zurich to discuss the city's influence on Wagner.
In a corner of Rouen University lies an archive, housing Xenakis' pioneering machines.
Often described as the father of minimalism, his influence still resonates today.
Zimmermann composed some of the bleakest and boldest visions in the 20th century music.
