Opera Wars and Tubular Bells

Tom Service starts the weekend with the best classical music, in new and landmark recordings, with one or two surprise guests introducing their own releases.

This week, Tom speaks to writer, opera singer and arts commentator Caitlin Vincent about her new book 'Opera Wars': an engaging, sometimes irreverent look at the issues which shape the past, present and future of opera.

And in The Creators this week, Tom hears the story of Mike Oldfield's groundbreaking classical and rock hybrid Tubular Bells, and talks to longtime Mike Oldfield collaborator Robin A Smith, who has been tasked with creating a live spectacle to carry the work's legacy forward.

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