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Front Row

Hamlet - the opera, Novelist Laura Barnett with singer Kathryn Williams, Political docudramas, Blue plaques for music

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Brett Dean on Hamlet - the opera; Laura Barnett's novel about a songwriter - with songs by Karthryn Williams, the pleasures and pitfalls of dramas based on recent political events. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Brett Dean
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Barnett
Interviewed Guest:
Kathryn Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Cockerell
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Maitland
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Julian May

Music Matters

Karajan on BBC Four, A Celebration of the Viola, George Frideric Handel - A Life with Friends

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Tom Service reviews a new Handel biography with Robin Blaze and Tess Knighton, previews John Bridcut's TV documentary on conductor Herbert von Karajan and celebrates the viola. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Service
Interviewed Guest:
Robin Blaze
Interviewed Guest:
Tess Knighton
Interviewed Guest:
John Bridcut
Interviewed Guest:
Brett Dean
Interviewed Guest:
Tabea Zimmermann
Interviewed Guest:
Garth Knox