BBC Radio Show Music Matters

Posted by Sarah Canice Funke Feb 16, 2008

Tom Service is a music critic for the Guardian and a regular writer for the BBC Music Magazine, Opera, and Tempo. His voice also appears on the air every Saturday afternoon on the BBC Radio 3's program Music Matters.

The program combines music clips with commentary and interviews of conductors and musicians for a weekly exploration of the contemporary classical world. Classical music fans who want a behind-the-scenes look at how a conductor decides how to perform a symphony or an opera director makes staging decisions will find some fascinating material.

The show explores both the themes of great classical works as well as the historical context and difficulties and choices a conductor/musician must make in performance.

Listeners who don't live in the UK can still enjoy this program by streaming episodes off the BBC Radio 3's website. So if you don't have time on Saturday, you can catch Tom Service and some Music Matters at any time of the day or week.