BBC Radio Podcasts from Music Matters
Sir Mark Elder
Tom Service talks to Sir Mark Elder about his life in music and working with the Hallé.
Aurora Orchestra's Winterreise, Kerry Andrew, and Women at the Piano
Tom Service talks to composer Kerry Andrew and visits the Aurora Orchestra in rehearsal.
Joyce DiDonato, Caroline Potter on Boulez, Szymanowski's Harnasie
Tom Service talks to the American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.
Jeremy Denk and Missy Mazzoli
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with pianist Jeremy Denk, composer Missy Mazzoli, author Gillian Dooley.
Anna Meredith, Igor Levit
Tom Service with latest news and features from the classical music world.
Tamara Stefanovich, Martin Hayes
Kate Molleson talks to pianist Tamara Stefanovich and Irish fiddler Martin Hayes.
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Alice Sara Ott, Bryce Dessner
Tom Service in conversation with Alice Sara Ott, Bryce Dessner and Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
Karita Mattila and Edgar Meyer
Tom Service with the latest news from the classical music world.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Tom Service in conversation with conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Meredith Monk
Sara Mohr-Pietsch speaks to the American composer and performance artist Meredith Monk.
Budapest: György Kurtág, Ivan Fischer and Márta Sebestyén
Kate Molleson talks to composer György Kurtág, plus Ivan Fischer and Márta Sebestyén.
Anthony McGill, Imogen Cooper and Weelkes
Tom Service speaks to clarinettist Anthony McGill.
The new Bernstein film Maestro
Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses the new Bernstein film with his daughters Jamie and Nina.
Christian Thielemann, Angélique Kidjo, National Brass Band Championships
Tom Service talks to conductor Christian Thielemann and hears from Angélique Kidjo.
Dame Janet Baker
Presenter Sara Mohr-Pietsch speaks to mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker.
Abel Selaocoe, Leif Ove Andsnes
Kate Molleson in conversation with cellist Abel Selaocoe plus pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.
Elim Chan, 400 years of William Byrd
Tom Service visits Lincoln Cathedral on the 400th anniversary of Byrd.
Windrush 75, Nicole Paiement, Nigel Brooks
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the musical legacy of the Windrush generation.
Barrie Kosky and Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites
Tom Service speaks to the CBSO's chief conductor, Kazuki Yamada.
Brad Mehldau, François-Xavier Roth
Kate Molleson talks to pianist Brad Mehldau and conductor François-Xavier Roth.
Ivan Fischer, Ligeti Centenary
Tom Service talks to conductor Iván Fischer plus the centenary of György Ligeti.
Terence Blanchard, Simon Armitage
Sara Mohr-Pietsch with the latest news and features from the classical music world.
Rhiannon Giddens, Christian Gerhaher, Gong Baths
Tom Service with multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens and baritone Christian Gerhaher.
Nicola Benedetti, Gorecki Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Nicola Benedetti on this year's Edinburgh International Festival, plus Górecki at ENO.
John Eliot Gardiner at 80
Tom Service talks to Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
Classical music in British society
Tom Service explores classical music's place in British society.
Rachmaninov on Lake Lucerne
Kate Molleson marks the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninov's birth.
Anna Clyne, Pekka Kuusisto, Martin Fröst
Kate Molleson with Anna Clyne, Martin Frost and Pekka Kuusisto.
Evelyn Glennie
Tom Service meets Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie to discuss her life and career.
Lea Desandre, Sonic Meditations and The Rhinegold
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to French-Italian mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre.
Dobrinka Tabakova, CBSO School, Symphonies of 1933
Tom Service talks to composer Dobrinka Tabakova and visits the new Shireland CBSO Academy.
Lise Davidsen
Tom Service with the latest news and features from the music world.
John Rutter
Tom Service in conversation with composer John Rutter.
Kaija Saariaho
Kate Molleson in conversation with Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.
Ailish Tynan, older people and music, Beethoven in Russia, UK Music diversity report
Kate Molleson speaks to Irish soprano Ailish Tynan at home.
Alice Sara Ott, Climate Change, and Qatar
The pianist Alice Sara Ott, Classical music and Climate Change, and culture in Qatar.
Tine Thing Helseth, London Jazz Festival and Arts Council England Funding
The latest news and features from the classical music world.
Katia and Marielle Labèque
Tom Service in conversation with Katia and Marielle Labèque.
Music theatre and the art of melancholy
Tom Service talks to director Netia Jones and countertenor Iestyn Davies.
Rachel Podger
Tom Service joins violinist Rachel Podger for a walk in the Brecon Beacons.
Music in Northern Ireland
Kate Molleson and music-making in Northern Ireland.
Music and Mental Health
Tom Service with a special programme to mark World Mental Health Day.
The musical life of Blackpool
Tom Service visits Blackpool to find out about its rich musical heritage.
Music in a changing world
Tom Service and his guests discuss the big topics affecting the music industry in 2022.
Tyshawn Sorey, Esther Abrami, Alma Deutscher, John Mauceri
Tom Service talks to Tyshawn Sorey, plus John Mauceri on his new book The War on Music.
Sir Bryn Terfel
Tom Service talks to Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel about his extraordinary career.
Freddie De Tommaso, Andre J Thomas
Tom Service talks to tenor Freddie De Tommaso and choral director André J Thomas.
Michael Tilson Thomas, Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers
Kate Molleson visits Glyndebourne Festival Opera to hear about Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers.
Vaughan Williams Today
Tom Service with a Vaughan Williams special to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth.
Martin Fröst, SongPath, Beckett and Russia
The latest news and features from the classical music world.
Bobby McFerrin, Mari Kalkun, The Handmaid's Tale
Tom Service talks to virtuoso vocalist Bobby McFerrin, plus The Handmaid's Tale in opera.
Ludovico Einaudi, Peter Grimes, Anna Clyne
Sara Mohr-Pietsch hears from members of a new production of Britten's opera Peter Grimes.
Art centres, Giovanni Antonini, Opera and food
Tom Service asks if the future of music venues and cultural hotspots is big or small.
Beatrice Rana, The Ordering of Moses, Claude Debussy and Emma Bardac
Beatrice Rana talks about her immersion in Beethoven's late piano sonatas during lockdown.
Holding onto Musical Traditions
Sara Mohr-Pietsch finds out about The Covid Variations: A Piano Drama at Birmingham Rep.
Tabea Zimmermann, Femi Elufowoju jr, Maria Yudina
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to viola virtuoso Tabea Zimmermann, plus Verdi's Rigoletto.
Jamie Barton, Jake Heggie, Lebanon
Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton and composer Jake Heggie in conversation.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elizabeth Llewellyn
Tom Service talks to actor and singer Lin-Manuel Miranda and soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn.
André Rieu, Pavel Kolesnikov, Gold.Berg.Werk
Tom Service's guests include 'King of the Waltz' André Rieu, and pianist Pavel Kolesnikov.
Manchester Camerata at The Monastery in Gorton
Tom Service visits the new home of the Manchester Camerata in the Monastery in Gorton.
Music and the Environment
Tom Service explores music and climate change as world leaders gather for COP26.
Life, Music, Silence
Bernard Haitink, higher education in music, Nathalie Stutzmann and Sibelius.
Minimalism, Laurence Crane at 60 & Nina Simone's Gum
Kate Molleson with Warren Ellis and composer, Laurence Crane.
Contains Strong Language
Kate Molleson presents a live edition from the BBC's Strong Language Festival in Coventry.
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.
Politics, possibilities and epiphanies
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Jessie Montgomery, Vitali Alekseenok and video-game opera.
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.
Music in the Moment
Tom Service and pianist Stephen Hough discuss living in the moment during performance
Dennis Brain, Anthony Payne, and music’s healing nature.
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
Musical Ecosystems
Kate Molleson hears from violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and speaks to Benjamin Lapidus.
The Conductors' Edition
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
A life in music
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
Music under threat in Kabul
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
The fierce joys of Spring
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
Sandrine Piau, Geraldine Mucha, Steven Isserlis
Tom Service speaks to soprano Sandrine Piau and cellist Steven Isserlis.
How music sculpts memory
The relationships between the crafts of porcelain and contemporary composition.
Jackie Kay, Meredith Monk and Virtual Nature
Kate Molleson talks to Meredith Monk, plus Jackie Kay on blues pioneer Bessie Smith.
Democracy from Wynton Marsalis
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
Light at the end of the tunnel
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
The Lark Ascending
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
The Human Connection
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
Sam Amidon; US-USSR ballet exchange; music streaming; lockdown postcards
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
Focus on freelance musicians
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
Classical music and climate change
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
A global temperature
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
Stars and Strads
Tom Service with the stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
Changing perspectives
Kate Molleson with the stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
Music changes lives - and changes lanes
Lawrence Power, Annilese Miskimmon, Jane Mitchell, National Alzheimer's Day
Roll-up, roll-up! Live music’s back…
Tom Service examines developments in the musical world during an unprecedented summertime.
Race, equality and classical music
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
Mahler's 8th Symphony
A book on the Symphony of the Thousand, and how the Enlightenment affected concert halls.
Will classical music survive Covid?
A debate on rebuilding the classical music industry after Covid-19. Tom Service presents.
Mark Anthony Turnage at 60
An interview with Mark-Anthony Turnage who turns 60. A new book on Copland's film scores.
Music and mental health
Kate Molleson explores music and mental health.
Jonathan Biss, Elizabeth Kenny, Susanna Malkki and Cheer Up!
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters
Ravi Shankar at 100
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
An organ fest for a silent Easter
With churches closed and organs silent this Easter, Kate Molleson presents an organ fest.
François-Frédéric Guy
Tom Service talks to French pianist François-Frédéric Guy.
Musical communication
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
Vikingur Olafsson, ENO Figaro, Prokofiev operas
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
Fidelio
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
The secret life of musical instruments
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
Going with the flow
Kate Molleson discusses jazz legend Dave Brubeck and we hear from violinist Tasmin Little
Roger Norrington
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
Choreographic, operatic and symphonic revelations
Tom Service speaks to Carlo Rizzi, Sir Mark Elder, and four leading conductors
Musical communion
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
Internationalism
Kate speaks to Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Chris Watson, Alasdair Roberts and Laura Tunbridge
The 21st century comes of age
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
Angela Gheorghiu, Mariss Jansons, La Traviata, Rossini
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
Shifting cultures and musical crucibles
Australian Modernism in the 60s and 70s; Jonathan Dove; Lilian Hochhauser
Cultural Choices and Musical Chalices...
Tom talks to pianist Yuja Wang and conductor Jaap van Zweden.
The Future
Odaline de la Martinez, Alfred Brendel, and a lost work by Vaughan Williams
New York Special
Tom Service visits New York, a vibrant, breathing city with a rich culture and history.
The Orpheus myth
The stories that matter, the people that matter, the music that matters.
Season finale
Tom looks over this past year in music.
Pekka Kuusisto
Tom meets Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto.
Stephen Kovacevich, Thomas Ades and Howard Skempton
Tom talks to pianist Stephen Kovacevich and composer Thomas Ades.
Hel's Deep and Mountains High
The Monstrous Child, composer Anthony Payne, piano duos, yoga, mountains and gods.
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.
Memory, Loss, and Music’s Universal Power
New music for a century of Armistice days and 350 years of Francois Couperin
Whisky, Beethoven and Crocodiles
Tom Service discusses Beethoven with Angela Hewitt, and crocodiles with Felix Stroeckens
Passion, Masks and Parry
Tom Service meets Pascal Dusapin, as his new dance-opera Passion tours the country.
Bernstein's New York
Tom Service travels to New York City to discover Bernstein's musical and social legacy.
Chicago: Yo-Yo Ma and Riccardo Muti
Tom Service visits Chicago to talk to cellist Yo-Yo Ma and conductor Riccardo Muti.
Christopher Purves
Tom Service talks to acclaimed British baritone Christopher Purves.
Laurie Anderson
Tom Service meets American composer and multi-media artist Laurie Anderson.
Christophe Rousset
Tom Service meets Christophe Rousset, the inspirational harpsichordist and conductor.
Is Iceland the world's most musical country?
Tom Service visits Reykjavik to ask whether Iceland is the world's most musical country.
Music on the Catalonia crisis; Book on Creative Brain; our musical lives on the internet; and Uri CaineDD
Music in the Catalonia crisis in Spain; a book on creativity and the brain, and Uri Caine.
Sir Andras Schiff, BCMG at 30, Tom Phillips, Netia Jones, This is Rattle
Tom Service talks to pianist Andras Schiff and artist Tom Phillips.
Semyon Bychkov, New Music Biennial, Music and Landscape Architecture
Tom Service with conductor Semyon Bychkov and composer Brian Irvine.
Grace Bumbry, Audra McDonald, Bill Fontana
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to opera star Grace Bumbry and Broadway singer Audra McDonald.
Thomas Ades and Gerald Barry, Sgt Pepper at 50, Guto Puw and Welsh-language music
Tom Service is joined by composer-conductor Thomas Ades and composer Gerald Barry.
Monteverdi 450: Monteverdi the Radical
Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores the radical side of Claudio Monteverdi's music.
Nikolaj Znaider, Philip Glass - Music in Twelve Parts, Daryl Runswick
Tom Service meets violinist Nikolaj Znaider. Plus Philip Glass's Music in Twelve Parts.
Andreas Haefliger, Monastic Music
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to pianist Andreas Haefliger and visits a musical monastery.
Daniel Barenboim: 'The ABC of music-making is listening'
Featuring conductors Marin Alsop, Sylvia Caduff and Daniel Barenboim.
Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla at CBSO
Tom Service visits Symphony Hall in Birmingham to speak to conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla
Milton Babbitt: Changing the way we think about music
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to conductor Daniele Gatti.
Busoni: music’s forgotten visionary
Tom Service visits Berlin to explore the life and work of Busoni.
The sound of mortality
Pianist Jonathan Biss on late works, Fiona Maddocks on music 'to carry you through'.
Kristjan Jarvi, Viola Tunnard and Sally Beamish
Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets Kristjan Jarvi and Sally Beamish, and remembers Viola Tunnard.
Sounds of Shakespeare
Tom Service on the music in Shakespeare's plays and Shakespearean music from BBC archives.