BBC Music Magazine

BBC Music Magazine is a must for anyone with a passion for classical music. Classical music connoisseurs and new enthusiast alike will enjoy the fascinating features and reviews of over 120 new works in every issue.

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The fullscore • Our pick of the month’s news, views and interviews

Experimental pianist revs up for a new album release

THE MONTH IN NUMBERS

SoundBites

RisingStars • Three to look out for…

Caruso’s day at the zoo ends in a New York police cell

Also in November 1906…

Bow at your own risk, warn worried scientists

DÉJÀ VU • History just keeps on repeating itself…

Anna Thorvaldsdottir

StudioSecrets

REWIND • Great artists talk about their past recordings

MyHero

Finding joy in the present

FAREWELL TO…

Music to my ears • What the classical world has been listening to this month

Our Choices • The BBC Music Magazine team’s current favourites

Richard Morrison • Though creativity can breed intensity, it’s no excuse for bullying

Tallis in wonderland • As The Tallis Scholars celebrate 50 years of leading the way in Renaissance choral music performance and recording, Jeremy Pound asks conductor Peter Phillips and two of his singers to explain the group’s magic formula

Jake Heggie

Czechmates • The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera’s performance at this year’s Prague Spring Festival builds upon a thriving cultural exchange between British and Czech musicians, writes Rebecca Franks

TimeTravellers • As Les Siècles, his infinitely flexible period instrument orchestra, celebrates its 20th anniversary, conductor François-Xavier Roth discusses the ensemble’s origins and future ambitions with Clive Paget

Forgotten voices • The ARC Ensemble’s ‘Music in Exile’ series is resurrecting the music of composers silenced by the Second World War, finds Simon Broughton

Gravity&Grace • British artist Mat Collishaw has created a film set to Fauré’s transcendental Requiem – but it’s not all love and tenderness, writes Jessica Duchen

Out of Africa • The South African-born composer Priaulx Rainier wrote distinctive, evocative music that deserves a wider audience, says John Allison

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Music Competitions 2023/24 • A guide to the best international contests around the world

Mittenwald Germany • This historic violin-making town at the foot of the Karwendel mountains holds delights for string enthusiasts, writes Ariane Todes

Jan Ladislav Dussek • The charismatic Czech composer counted Haydn and Catherine the Great among his many fans; we should join them, says Erik Levi

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola, K364 • The duo masterwork holds tantalising clues about its celebrated composer for Charlotte Smith, as she explores the very best recordings

A perfect partnership for Mozart

Continue the journey… • We suggest five works to explore after Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante

Reviews • Recordings and books rated by expert critics

Orchestral

Concerto

Opera

Choral & Song

Chamber

Instrumental

Jazz • Garry Booth grooves to the best new cuts from Brooklyn to Britain via Tel Aviv

Brief notes • This month’s selection takes in birds, bears,...