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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LETTER of the MONTH

Deep dismay as Sheffield Cathedral disbands its choir • Dean’s decision prompted by desire to increase diversity and extend repertoire

Swimming pool concert proves a stroke of genius

THE MONTH IN NUMBERS

Sound Bites

Felix Mendelssohn stands tall in Leipzig once again

Rising Stars • Three to look out for…

Also in October 2008

Instrument sales lead to harmony at home

DÉJÀ VU • History just keeps on repeating itself…

Anthony Davis

REWIND • Great artists talk about their past recordings

Studio Secrets • We reveal who’s recording what and where...

Buried Treasure • Soprano Sabine Devieilhe shares three recordings from her very own collection

Let’s reload the canon

FAREWELL TO…

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

READERS’ CHOICE

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

Richard Morrison • Can Britain's magnificent choral tradition survive the COVID crisis?

Nature & Nurture • Double bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado is the son of violinist Viktoria Mullova and late conductor Claudio Abbado. Stephen Moss talks to mother and son about their new joint album, and their unique family dynamic

Detached notes • Viktoria and Misha’s finest discs

Taxing inheritance • Following in a parent’s footsteps

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Salonen the composer • Five works to discover

The lost generation • The Nazis destroyed the lives and reputations of many Jewish composers, but decades on, their music is still awaiting rediscovery, says Jessica Duchen

Music in Exile • Highlights from the acclaimed Chandos series

The trailblazing diva • A century before Maria Callas caught the world’s attention, there was another singer wielding immense power both on and off stage. George Hall tells the story of the Italian soprano Giuditta Pasta

Voices of a century • Pasta’s contemporaries

Class action • As the new academic year starts up amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic, how are teachers and pupils preparing for one-to-one instrumental and singing lessons? Andrew Stewart reports

Classical tales • Casting an eye over his bookshelves, Michael White pulls out a clutch of music-related novels, including a 19th-century favourite that is now all but forgotten

The other Corelli

Haitink’s grand finale • John Bridcut takes us behind the scenes of his upcoming BBC TV documentary capturing the great Dutch conductor’s final concerts

Minnesota USA • Terry Blain reports from the Land of 10,000 Lakes, a state that is positively bursting with musical life from orchestras to choirs

Ole Bull, violinist

Max Bruch • Conservative he may have been, but the German deserves to be explored beyond his famous First Violin Concerto, says Erik Levi

Bruch’s style

BRUCH Life&Times

Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Arcangelo Corelli • Kate Bolton-Porciatti admires the Italian Baroque composer’s fine craftsmanship and winning elegance as she selects the best recordings

The composer

A sizzlingly expressive account

Three other great recordings

Continue the journey… • Further works to enjoy after hearing Corelli’s Concerti grossi Op. 6

Welcome

Rich rewards from this blistering Rachmaninov...