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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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Music Matters

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Tom Service

Maria Joao Pires

David Alden

Christopher Alden

Damien McGuinness

Andris Nelsons

Music Matters: Maria Joao Pires, David and Christopher Alden, Andris Nelsons

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Music: Classical

18/01/2014

Maria Joao Pires, David and Christopher Alden, Andris Nelsons

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, Maria Joao Pires, David and Christopher Alden, Andris Nelsons

Presented by Tom Service. Including pianist Maria Joao Pires and conductor Andris Nelsons.

Presented by Tom Service. Including an interview with pianist Maria João Pires, conductor Andris Nelsons discussing Riga, plus the story of pianist and composer Andre Tchaikowsky.

Presented by Tom Service.
During rehearsals at The Barbican in London, Tom meets the pianist Maria Joao Pires, who celebrates her 70th birthday in 2014.
In a rare joint interview, Tom talks to the opera directors and twin brothers David and Christopher Alden, as they return to share the stage at English National Opera - David with a revival of his production of Britten's Peter Grimes, and Christopher with a new production of Verdi's Rigoletto.
And, as the Latvian capital of Riga begins its year in the limelight as a European Capital of Culture, the BBC's Damien McGuinness profiles the city and the Riga-born conductor Andris Nelsons talks about the essential nature of music in his homeland.

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