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Music Matters

John Adams: An American optimist

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tom Service interviews composer John Adams, who talks about the role of music in America's political and cultural life. Plus the impact Brexit might have on the musical world. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Service
Interviewed Guest:
John Adams
Interviewed Guest:
Cathy Graham
Interviewed Guest:
Gerard McBurney
Interviewed Guest:
Emmanuel Hondre

Music Matters

Britten Books, Ruhrtriennale Festival

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses the life of Benjamin Britten with academics Gerard McBurney and Marina Frolova-Walker. Plus a report from the Ruhrtriennale in north west Germany. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Gerard McBurney
Interviewed Guest:
Marina Frolova-Walker
Interviewed Guest:
Johan Simons

Music Matters

James Rhodes, Monteverdi and the Genesis Suite

Duration: 44 minutes

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

Available for over a year

An interview with pianist James Rhodes. Also, Monteverdi's The Return of Ulysses in a new ROH production; and the Genesis Suite, a piece by composers exiled in America during WWII. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Roderick Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Gerard McBurney
Interviewed Guest:
James Rhodes

Last Word

Gennady Rozhdestvensky CBE, Maria Bueno, Gena Turgel, Zhao Kangmin, Leo Sarkisian

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky, tennis player Maria Bueno, holocaust survivor Gena Turgel, archaeologist Zhao Kangmin and musicologist Leo Sarkisian. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Robert Slotover
Interviewed Guest:
Gerard McBurney
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Evans
Interviewed Guest:
Karen Pollock
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Martin
Interviewed Guest:
John Man
Interviewed Guest:
Maria Margaronis

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series exploring the politics of music. Suzy Klein investigates how Hitler and Stalin used and abused music for ideological ends. Show more