Tom Service explores key issues relating to Liszt and his music.
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Liszt
Thomas Larcher, Music Makes a City, Dennis Brain
Tom Service interviews composer Thomas Larcher. Plus a biography of Dennis Brain.
The Symphony Since 1945
Tom Service presents a special edition focusing on the symphony since 1945.
Music Education, Mozart Requiem, Verdi and/or Wagner and Vocal Futures
Tom Service talks to Peter Conrad about his book Verdi and/or Wagner.
Renee Fleming, Stravinsky Ballets
Suzy Klein talks to soprano Ren茅e Fleming and explores a new book on Stravinsky's ballets.
Andreas Staier, The Enchanted Island, Ligeti, Christmas Choral Music
Presented by Tom Service. Including an interview with harpsichordist Andreas Staier.
Alexander Goehr, John Ireland, Simon Heffer
Tom Service talks to composer Alexander Goehr about his new work for orchestra.
Prokofiev: Man of the People?, Betrothal in Monastery, Jonathan Biss, Sibelius
Tom Service previews a Prokofiev festival in London and a performance of an opera by him.
Andr谩s Schiff plays Brahms, Delius, Stephen Hough and Dallapiccola
Tom Service explores the life and music of Delius 150 years after his birth.
The Death of Klinghoffer, Charles Munch, Christopher Fox
Tom Service on John Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer and the legacy of Charles Munch.
Richard Goode, Szymanowski Tribute
Richard Goode, Szymanowski, Sir Anthony Pappano & Coleridge-Taylor's opera Thelma
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Rusalka, Jewry in Music
Tom Service meets acclaimed violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.
Music Nation Preview
Suzy Klein explores the cultural past, present and future of the Olympics.
Peter Gelb, The Rake's Progress, Judith Weir, Carlos Kleiber Biography
Tom Service meets Peter Gelb, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
The Birth of Opera, Spira Mirabilis
Tom Service travels to Florence to discover more about the birth of opera.
Kathleen Ferrier, Colin Currie, Duke Ellington, & Benjamin Britten
Tom Service on Kathleen Ferrier, Colin Currie, Duke Ellington & Benjamin Britten.
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Recorded in 2012, an interview with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who died on Saturday.
Philip Glass, Gerald Barry, Lothar Koenigs, The Trumpet
Tom Service talks to Philip Glass about his opera Einstein on the Beach.
Carousel, Jussi Bjorling and Pauline Oliveros
Tom Service learns about a new production of Carousel at Opera North.
George Benjamin, Daniele Gatti, Ravel and Decadence
Composer George Benjamin talks to Tom Service about his latest opera, Written on the Skin.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Murray Perahia
Tom Service reflects on the career of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
The Thames, Folk Songs & Xenakis
Suzy Klein travels to France to investigate the world of composer Iannis Xenakis.
Dawn Upshaw, Mozart, 3 British female composers and keeping the musical legacy alive.
Tom Service speaks to soprano Dawn Upshaw, and to the widows of Nono, Nancarrow and Berio.
Versailles, Music in 1853 and The Oxford History of Western Music
Tom Service travels to Versailles to discover more about the Royal Opera House.
Celebrating Claude Debussy
Tom Service gets the French view of Debussy in the 150th anniversary of his birth.
07/07/2012
Tom Service explores music making in Northern Ireland.
John Cage
Mark Swed and David Nicholls join Tom Service to reassess the life and music of John Cage.
Anna Caterina Antonacci, the BCMG, Wagner's Ring
With Anna Caterina Antonacci, the BCMG and Wagner's Ring.
Piano Music, Julius Caesar
Tom Service talks about contemporary piano music with three leading pianists.
Pierrot Lunaire, Inside-Out Piano, Saint-Saens
Tom meets conductor Kent Nagano in his new role as music director at Hamburg State Opera.
Frederic Rzewski, Georg Solti Centenary, Barry Millington
Tom Service is joined by pianist Frederic Rzewski. Plus Solti at 100 and a book on Wagner.