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Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Tim Rhys-Evans and Connie Fisher present highlights from the opening round of the competition searching for the next international opera star, now in its thirtieth year. Show more

Music Matters

Welsh Musical Life

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Tom Service with a special edition on Welsh musical life, spending time in the harp department of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and meeting David Pountney from WNO. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Service
Interviewed Guest:
Dai Smith
Interviewed Guest:
David Pountney

Music Matters

Brokeback Mountain, Andre Tchaikowsky

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Tom Service talks to the creators of the new opera Brokeback Mountain, based on the novel by Annie Proulx and explores the life of Polish composer and pianist Andre Tchaikowsky. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Service
Interviewed Guest:
Charles Wuorinen
Interviewed Guest:
Annie Proulx
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Apthorp
Interviewed Guest:
Anastasia Belina-Johnson
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Kovacevich
Interviewed Guest:
David Pountney

Front Row

The People v OJ Simpson, Figaro, Pre-Raphaelites, 14 Bottoms

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang discusses a new TV drama about OJ Simpson and a major exhibition of Pre-Raphaelite paintings in Liverpool. Plus the fascinating character of Figaro in opera. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Gary Younge
Interviewed Guest:
David Pountney
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Lenton
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Newall
Interviewed Guest:
Erica Whyman

Music Matters

Live at Southbank Centre: The Future of Musical Criticism.

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

In a special edition of as part of Radio 3's Southbank residency, Tom Service and guests debate the future of musical criticism. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Service
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Donohoe
Interviewed Guest:
Hugh Canning
Interviewed Guest:
David Pountney
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Molleson
Interviewed Guest:
Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Rutherford-Johnson