
Episode #23
Music and Health
<p>This episode of A land without music? is about the extraordinary effect that the arts and music in particular can have on our physical and mental health. We hear from Daisy Fancourt, professor of Psychobiology and...


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Is our musical culture facing an existential threat? With ever smaller numbers of young people learning instruments, the gradual erasing of music from state education and years of declining funding, things may be worse than you think. Sound World investigates the state of music today and looks at what we can do to safeguard it for future generations.
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Signup to Generate a PitchIs our musical culture facing an existential threat? With ever smaller numbers of young people learning instruments, the gradual erasing of music from state education and years of declining funding, things may be worse than you think. Sound World investigates the state of music today and looks at what we can do to safeguard it for future generations.
A land without music? is hosted by Sound World. The show has published 23 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Music and Health" (15 September 2025, 35 minutes), "The Jörg Widmann Interview: Part 2" (2 September 2025, 38 minutes), and "The Jörg Widmann Interview: Part 1" (25 August 2025, 54 minutes).
A land without music? publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 50 minutes across 23 episodes.
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Sound World hosts A land without music?, a music podcast with 23 episodes published.
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Episode #23
<p>This episode of A land without music? is about the extraordinary effect that the arts and music in particular can have on our physical and mental health. We hear from Daisy Fancourt, professor of Psychobiology and...

Episode #22
A land without music? Episode 22 <p>This episode of A land without music? is the second part of our interview with composer, clarinetist, conductor and all round force of nature, Jörg Widmann.</p> <p>Written and...

Episode #21
A land without music? Episode 21 <p>This episode of A land without music? is the first of a 2 part interview with composer, clarinetist and conductor Jörg Widmann.</p> <p>As a composer, his music ranges from tonal works...

Episode #20
<p>A land without music?</p> <p>Today’s episode is a full length interview with a British composer whose works include symphonies, concertos and chamber pieces, but who also looks beyond the classical tradition to...

Episode #19
A land without music? <p>In today's episode of A land without music? we’re talking about arts funding. This is particularly relevant at the moment with an ongoing government commissioned independent review into Arts...

Episode #18
<p>A land without music?</p> <p>Episode 18 of A land without music? is one of our bonus full-length interviews and our guest is Sadie Harrison a composer, archeologist and gardener.</p> <p>Her music is wide ranging in...

Episode #18
<p>A land without music?</p> <p>Episode 18 of A land without music? is one of our bonus full-length interviews and our guest is Sadie Harrison a composer, archeologist and gardener.</p> <p>Her music is wide ranging in...

Episode #17
<p>A land without music?</p> <p>New music is central to the survival of classical music as a vital, living art form. Without new repertoire it becomes mere history, a kind of musical museum exhibit. </p> <p>In episode...

Episode #16
Aland without music? <p>Today’s episode of A land without music? is another of our bonus, full length interview episodes. Our guest was the world’s first full-time solo percussionist. She’s released over 40 cds, she's...

Episode #15
<p>A land without music?</p> <p>In this episode of A land without music?, we’re focusing on classical music - it’s image, how it presents itself and how it relates to the modern world.</p> <p>With guests Sally Beamish...

Episode #14
<p>This episode features the second half of our interview with psychiatrist, neuroscientist, literary scholar and author of The Master and His Emissary, Iain McGilchrist.</p> <p>It's a wide ranging interview, reflecting...

Episode #13
<p>This episode features the first half of our interview with psychiatrist, neuroscientist, literary scholar and author of The Master and His Emissary, Iain McGilchrist. We’ve decide to put this out following the...

Episode #12
<p>This is another of our bonus episodes featuring one of the full length interviews that we recorded for the main strand of A land without music?.</p> <p>Following on from our last episode in which our guests discussed...

Episode #11
<p>What are the dangers posed by AI and what opportunities does it bring?</p> <p>What does it mean for music and for how we value, understand and experience creativity?</p> <p>Leading AI researcher Prof. Peter Flach and...

Episode #10
<p>Today’s episode is one of the bonus episodes featuring full length versions of the interviews recorded the main strand of A land without music?</p> <p>Our guest is a Bristol based Burnley born composer John Pickard...

<p>In episode nine of A land without music? our guests discuss the practical issues of teaching music including timetable pressure, the allocation of scarce resources and the multiplicity of genres competing for our...

Episode #8
<p>Today's episode is the third of our bonus episodes featuring the full length interviews that we recorded for the main strand of A land without music? </p> <p>Our guest, Nico Muhly, is an American composer whose wide...

<p>In episode seven of A land without music? our guests talk about what are the essential elements of music that all children should be taught. In a changing world of developing technology, multiculturalism and ever...

Episode #6
<p>Episode six is a special short episode made in response to emails we’ve received asking about the motivating factors behind the making of A land without music?</p> <p>Those who have heard earlier episodes will be...

Episode #5
<p>Today’s episode is the second of our bonus episodes featuring full length versions of the interviews that we recorded for the main strand of A land without music?</p> <p>Our guest is Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, mother of 7...
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