Tom Service explores the life of Polish composer Karol Szymanowski, visiting his final home in the Tatra Mountains and talking to scholars and experts in Poland. Show more
Music Matters
State of mind: music and mental health
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Tom Service explores issues of mental health for professional musicians. Plus Royal Opera House's director of opera, Kasper Holten, and Soosan Lolavar on her new opera, ID Please. Show more
Music Matters
Verdi and Wagner 200
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Tom Service chairs a discussion with guests including Stephen Fry and bass Robert Lloyd, focusing on Verdi and Wagner and how they each revolutionised opera. Show more
Front Row
Babylon; The Mistress Contract
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong on their new TV drama Babylon; Abi Morgan's play The Mistress Contract reviewed; How to make operas work on stage and in cinema. With Kirsty Lang. Show more
Covent Garden's production of Mozart's Don Giovanni, a depiction of the last day and night of the most iconic of seducers, in a new interpretation directed by Kasper Holten. Show more