Music Matters Episodes Available now

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

Bohemia, Berio, and Bowing Out
Czech conductor Jakub Hrusa plus getting inside Luciano Berio's Sinfonia

Punching Above Your Weight: Bassoons and Boxing, Dundee and Helsinki
Punching Above Your Weight: Bassoons and Boxing, Dundee and Helsinki.