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Music Matters Episodes

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    Passion, Masks and Parry

    Tom Service meets Pascal Dusapin, as his new dance-opera Passion tours the country.

  2. Composers - What planet are they on?

    Tom Service meets composer Joan Tower, and hears a new musical Planets inspired by Holst.

  3. Hearing Voices

    Jocelyn Pook, Edinburgh's new concert hall, and mudlarking on the Thames

  4. When Words Fail

    Kate Molleson talks to Estonian-American conductor Neeme Jarvi and Else Marie Pade.

  5. Bernstein's New York

    Tom Service travels to New York City to discover Bernstein's musical and social legacy.

  6. Music and Language

    Kate Molleson explores connections between music and language.

  7. Debussy, David Toop and Rhythms of the Heart

    Tom Service previews Glyndebourne's new production of Pelleas et Melisande.

  8. Tom Service talks to conductor Paavo Jarvi

    Tom Service talks to Paavo Jarvi and to composers John L Adams and Tansy Davies on nature.

  9. Chicago: Yo-Yo Ma and Riccardo Muti

    Tom Service visits Chicago to talk to cellist Yo-Yo Ma and conductor Riccardo Muti.

  10. Music and language in Northern Ireland

    Kate Molleson with the latest feature about music and language around the British Isles.

  11. Christopher Purves

    Tom Service talks to acclaimed British baritone Christopher Purves.

  12. Interview with conductor Stephane Deneve

    Tom Service talks to conductor Stephane Deneve. Also viola da gamba player Hille Perl.

  13. Lancashire dialect in song

    Broadside ballads in Manchester.

  14. Gabriela Montero, Menahem Pressler, Deborah Pritchard, Composer-Artists

    Tom Service talks to pianists Gabriela Montero and Menahem Pressler.

  15. George Benjamin

    Kate Molleson meets leading English composer George Benjamin.

  16. Music in Japan

    Tom Service visits Japan to explore musical portals to other worlds.

  17. Jennifer Johnston, JACK Quartet and the British Museum concerts

    Tom Service interviews Jennifer Johnston. Also, the American JACK Quartet.

  18. Laurie Anderson

    Tom Service meets American composer and multi-media artist Laurie Anderson.

  19. Eva-Maria Westbroek, Philip Venables, Opening of Queen Elizabeth Hall, Music and Wellbeing

    Tom Service talks to composer Philip Venables and soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek.

  20. Mark-Anthony Turnage

    Kate Molleson meets Mark-Anthony Turnage and Norma Waterson of the Watersons folk singers.

  21. Debussy's Paris

    Tom Service with new perspectives on Debussy.

  22. Laurence Equilbey

    Tom Service talks to Laurence Equilbey, plus Lili Boulanger 100 years after her death.

  23. Music Matters at Free Thinking

    Tom Service and the Music and Science Lab from Durham University return to Free Thinking.

  24. Music and Language in the South East

    Kate Molleson explores connections between music and language in the South East.

  25. Christophe Rousset

    Tom Service meets Christophe Rousset, the inspirational harpsichordist and conductor.

  26. Pianist Jeremy Denk

    Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to pianist Jeremy Denk. A discussion on casting diversity in opera

  27. Leadership in Classical Music

    Sara Mohr-Pietsch looks at the culture of leadership in classical music.

  28. Is Iceland the world's most musical country?

    Tom Service visits Reykjavik to ask whether Iceland is the world's most musical country.

  29. Gerald Finley and Tamara Stefanovich

    Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets Gerald Finley and Tamara Stefanovich.

  30. Paul Lewis, Bayeux Tapestry, London Sinfonietta

    Tom Service meets pianist Paul Lewis.

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