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Music Matters

Books on Opera and World Music, Matthew Herbert

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tom Service reviews two books, one on some of opera's psychologically flawed characters and the other on The Other Classical Musics. Plus Finchcocks closing and Matthew Herbert. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Service
Interviewed Guest:
John Cordingly
Interviewed Guest:
Elaine Padmore
Interviewed Guest:
David Alden
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Church
Interviewed Guest:
Robin Denselow
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Cornwell
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Herbert

Music Matters

Maria Joao Pires, David and Christopher Alden, Andris Nelsons

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

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. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Service
Interviewed Guest:
Maria Joao Pires
Interviewed Guest:
David Alden
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Alden
Interviewer:
Damien McGuinness
Interviewed Guest:
Andris Nelsons

Music Matters

Verdi 200

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

As part of Radio 3's Verdi 200 celebrations, Tom Service presents a special programme tracing the composer's reputation and influence from his death in 1901 to the present day. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Service
Producer:
Emma Bloxham
Interviewed Guest:
Gundula Kreuzer
Interviewed Guest:
Emanuele Senici
Interviewed Guest:
Joseph Calleja
Interviewed Guest:
Francesca Zambello
Interviewed Guest:
David Alden
Interviewed Guest:
Riccardo Chailly
Interviewed Guest:
Luca Francesconi