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LETTER of the MONTH
WIN! 12 MONTHS OF PRIMEPHONIC
For classical music, home is where the heart is • Performers and broadcasters adapt to ensure that life still carries on
Sound Bites
Rising Stars • Three to look out for…
Franz Liszt gives the world’s first piano ‘recital’
Also in June 1840
Lockdown? Time for a little Ludwig learning
DÉJÀ VU • History just keeps on repeating itself…
Andrea Tarrodi
We reveal who’s recording what and where...
REWIND • Great artists talk about their past recordings
Buried Treasure • Soprano Natalya Romaniw reveals three rarities from her own collection
The visionary Liszt • The young Liszt’s reputation as a dazzling pianist obscures his extraordinary composing talents that showed him to be ahead of his time, says Tom Service
FAREWELL TO…
Also remembered…
Music to my ears • What the classical world has been listening to this month
READERS’ CHOICE
READERS’ CHOICE
Our Choices • The BBC Music Magazine team’s current favourites
Richard Morrison • After coronavirus, will live music performance ever return to normal?
King Arthur reigns supreme • The Gabrieli Consort and Paul McCreesh’s incredible recording of Purcell’s opera is the culmination of years of experience
Nicky Spence
John Wilson
Ivo Kahánek
Benjamin Nicholas
Nicolas Altstaedt
Edmund Finnis
Elicia Silverstein
Andrey Gugnin
Glyndebourne
Our salute to a trailblazer • Not only has Jamie Barton set the opera world alight with her magnificent voice, but the mezzo has used her stardom to promote tolerance and equal rights, says
The Met’s At-Home Gala • Jamie Barton joined fellow singers online for a fine evening of opera
François-Xavier Roth • The French conductor finds freshness in familiar scores, he tells James Naughtie, by going back to their manuscripts and performing the music on original instruments
Pictures at an Exhibition
Sick notes • Covod-19's effect on classic music has led to comparisons with Spanish flu, the deadly 1918 pandemic that severely challenged musicians,says Brian Wise
Pestilence and pieces • Music during the plague
A stitch in time • Leading musicians and fashion designers are at last starting to realise that their respective art forms can benefit one another, as Claire Jackson discovers
Coco and Igor • An artistic affair
Choral devotion • Oliver Condy visits the Edington Festival, where a 14th-century priory plays host to a week of choral services, all performed by some of the UK’s top church musicians
Edington Festival • This year’s line-up
Lecce Italy • Founded by the pianist Beatrice Rana, a three-day chamber music festival shows this historic city at its very finest, says Jeremy Pound
Tito Schipa
Judith Weir • Malcolm Hayes explores the versatility, boundless imagination and wit of the UK’s first female Master of the Queen’s Music
Weir’s style
JUDITH WEIR Life&Times
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Benjamin Brittten • Daniel Jaffé enjoys instrumental inspiration from...