Music Matters Episodes Available now

Music and Activism
Pianist Igor Levit talks to Tom Service about life as a musician and political activist.

Music Under Restriction
Tom Services examines whether classical music has managed to rebuild itself after Covid.

Musical Connection
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters

Writers on Music
Kate Molleson explores how music shapes the work of some of today's greatest writers.

Lars Vogt, King Lear, Louis Andriessen
Lars Vogt on fighting cancer. Grange Festival's King Lear. Tribute to Louis Andriessen.

Politics, possibilities and epiphanies
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Jessie Montgomery, Vitali Alekseenok and video-game opera.

Sensory deprivation, musical revelation
Caroline Shaw, Franz Welser-Most and Grant Llewellyn.

Musical Strength
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.

Coventry UK City of Culture 2021
Kate Molleson celebrates musical life in Coventry as UK City of Culture 2021.

Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax
Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax join Tom Service to talk about their new Beethoven recording.