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Music Matters - Debussy, Saariaho and perceptions of classical music

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Tom Service investigates the story of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande through the lives of the women so closely involved in the opera's creation, as a new book examining the work is published. As Kaija Saariaho's opera L'Amour de loin opens at English National Opera, Tom meets the composer and the director Daniele Finzi Pasca. Sound artist Martin Parker discusses his new works for headphones, designed specially for locations around East Neuk in Scotland. Tom explores perceptions of classical music with the help of BBC 6 Music's Chris Hawkins.