MusicMat: Solti at 100 20 Oct 2012




Music Matters show

Summary: Tom Service presents. We visit two exhibitions in London marking the centenary of the birth of legendary conductor Sir Georg Solti: one at the Barbican Centre, in the company of cellist Sussane Beer and choir master David Temple, and the other one at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden with John Tooley and David Syrus, at one point members of its management. Also an interview with Barry Millington, author of the new book 'Richard Wagner, The Sorcerer of Bayreuth', which is reviewed by Michael Portillo. And Tom talks to American pianist Frederic Rzewski on creating 'political and social' work, which keeps him fresh and relevant at the age of 74.