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BBC Music Magazine
REWIND
Great artists talk about their past recordings
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December 2022
BBC Music Magazine
DECEMBER 1781 Mozart and Clementi lock horns in a royal piano duel
The history books are not short of great performers and composers whose burgeoning careers as musical prodigies were micromanaged at every degree by their parents.
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December 2022
BBC Music Magazine
Jordan Ashman hits the heights
Percussionist takes BBC Young Musician 2022 crown
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December 2022
BBC Music Magazine
The genius revealed in Franck’s fiery visions
Julian Haylock introduces two works which totally changed the reputation of the Belgian-French composer
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December 2022
BBC Music Magazine
Live choice
Paul Riley picks the month’s best concert and opera highlights in the UK
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October 2022
BBC Music Magazine
Nikolai Medtner
Admired by Rachmaninov and outstanding as a pianist, Medtner had a subtle yet hauntingly distinct compositional style, says Francis Pott
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October 2022
BBC Music Magazine
Boulder United States
Jeremy Pound admires both the mountains and the plains as he explores the various delights of this year’s Colorado Music Festival
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October 2022
BBC Music Magazine
Passing the test
Forget tweedy examiners behind desks, bland pieces and those dreaded aural tests. Graded exams are not what they used to be, as Clare Stevens explains
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October 2022
BBC Music Magazine
Man on a mission
In conversation with Michael Church, the pianist Evgeny Kissin speaks out about the invasion of Ukraine and how this relates to his experiences of anti-Semitism while growing up in the USSR
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October 2022
BBC Music Magazine
Analogueage
Over the past few years, a resurgence of interest in vinyl recordings has taken popular music by storm. Cellist Leonard Elschenbroich tells Simon Heighes why classical musicians should also take an interest
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October 2022
BBC Music Magazine
A memorable folk trail
Rick Jones steps into Vaughan Williams’s shoes and dons his boater as he follows the composer’s folksong trail around Surrey and Sussex
6 min |
October 2022
BBC Music Magazine
Changing lives
As Buskaid celebrates its 25th anniversary, Leon Bosch explains the success of the South African string training programme
6 min |
October 2022
BBC Music Magazine
I spent three days doing nothing but practising breathing. And now I never run out of air
THE BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE INTERVIEW
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October 2022
BBC Music Magazine
Findingflow
With a new Warner Classics recording contract and a year-long residency at London's Southbank Centre to his name, Abel Selaocoe's star is in the ascendant. But as the South African cellist tells Charlotte Smith, he has a higher mission - to bridge the divide between African and Western music
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October 2022
BBC Music Magazine
30 Glorious Years!
In celebration of BBC Music Magazine's 30th birthday, we present 30 unmissable albums of the past three decades
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September 2022
BBC Music Magazine
BACKSTAGE WITH… Cellist Guy Johnston
How did you come up with the inspiration for it?
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September 2022
BBC Music Magazine
This month: Trish Clowes
‘I respond to what band members are interested in – you develop together’
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September 2022
BBC Music Magazine
Benjamin Britten
His music was deeply rooted in the landscapes of Suffolk, but Britten also drew inspiration from well outside Europe
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September 2022
BBC Music Magazine
Pentopixels
Communication between musicians and their fans was once time-consuming if more personal. Ariane Todes looks at how social media has changed everything
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September 2022
BBC Music Magazine
Roger and out
As a leading pioneer of the period performance movement, Roger Norrington has transformed how we hear composers from Bach to Mahler. As he retires, he shares his memories with Julian Haylock
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September 2022
BBC Music Magazine
Order & Progress
Since Brazil gained independence 200 years ago, its composers have enriched both classical and jazz worldwide, as Mervyn Cooke relates
7 min |
September 2022
BBC Music Magazine
Fifteen composers at 30
What were the great composers getting up to as they reached three decades? Jeremy Pound looks at some notable examples
6 min |
September 2022
BBC Music Magazine
Bodø Norway
Michael Beek joins the inaugural Aria Borealis Bodø, a biennial Early Music festival and singing competition just beyond the Arctic Circle
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September 2022
BBC Music Magazine
Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Music that changed me
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September 2022
BBC Music Magazine
A Time to Judge
As the World Federation of International Music Competitions celebrates its 60th anniversary, we take a look at its history.
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March 2017
BBC Music Magazine
A World of Song
Over the Easter weekend, London hosts the first ever International Youth Choir Festival. Elinor Cooper meets the choirs taking part
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April 2017
BBC Music Magazine
Ermonela Jaho
Learning and practising technique is one thing, says the Albanian soprano, but the key to a great performance is understanding what your character is going through – and being able to express it.
9 min |
February 2017
BBC Music Magazine
A Romantic Journey
Imogen Cooper’s considerable reputation has been carved by her refined, majestic interpretations of late Classical repertoire. But now, she tells Jessica Duchen, it’s time to shake things up a bit with a little help from Liszt and Wagner
10 min |
March 2017
BBC Music Magazine
Musical Destinations Heading Out on the Ranch Tippet Rise: US
Jeremy Pound flies to Montana, where the Beartooth Mountains provide the backdrop to a new arts centre that aims to brings music and art together in perfect harmony.
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March 2017
BBC Music Magazine
The Heart Of Glass
The American Philip Glass, who turns 80 this month, is a composing trailblazer whose impressively wide range of styles and works has helped shift the course of western music. Brian Wise meets him in New York.
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