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Obsessive repetition
Ravel's Boléro may be the composer's single most popular work, but there's a lot more to it than its two beguiling melodies may suggest, says Tom Service
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September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Alar Karis - President of Estonia
Alar Karis trained as a molecular geneticist and developmental biologist, and after a distinguished academic career became director of the Estonian National Museum. In October 2021 he was elected as the sixth president of Estonia. Travelling for work, he listens to classical music and subscribes to BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone for recommendations.
3 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Leoš Janáček - Sinfonietta
Terry Williams enjoys a musical city tour in the company of the Czech composer as he explores the nooks and crannies of the best recordings
4 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Joseph Haydn
The father of the symphony and the string quartet deserves to be remembered for his still underappreciated operas too, says George Hall
7 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
The Grange Festival England
Jeremy Pound drives into the Hampshire countryside where, behind the neo-classical columns, an evening of tantalising Tchaikovsky awaits
3 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
COURSES FOR COMPOSERS
Clare Stevens investigates the opportunities offered to budding creatives by the UK's schools, universities and music colleges
6 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Life at the front
Even as war rages, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine continues to rehearse and perform - and in October undertakes a 17-date UK tour. Tom Stewart meets some of its brave musicians
6 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Opera Heroines
Despite being perpetually overlooked, women have been writing superb and challenging operas since the 17th century, as Rebecca Franks discovers
7 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Ancient & modern
When Christopher Hogwood founded the Academy of Ancient Music 50 years ago his focus was firmly on the past, yet together they helped to propel music-making into a new era, as Nicholas Kenyon explains
8 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
When I see a rainy day, I think that nature is crying. A tide is nature breathing
THE BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE INTERVIEW Tan Dun | The Chinese-American composer has risen from humble origins to global success, yet his concerns - balance, humanity and the natural world - remain the same, writes Claire Jackson
7 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Vital organist
Anna Lapwood has built a huge fanbase through her performances of music from Bach to Disney and her enthusiastic social media presence. Richard Morrison catches up with her as she records her debut album for Sony
8 min |
September 2023
BBC Music Magazine
George Onslow
Admired by several notable contemporaries, the man once dubbed 'the French Beethoven' is surely ripe for reappraisal, says Misha Donat
7 min |
August 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Cumnock Scotland
Home of James MacMillan’s Tryst festival, the picturesque Ayrshire town punches well above its musical weight, as Clare Stevens discovers
3 min |
August 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Breaking the sound barrier
For composer Ailís Ní Ríain, hearing loss is a complication but not an obstacle to her creativity, as she explains to Claire Jackson
6 min |
August 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Song of courage
Opera tenor Nicola Ugo Stame took on many roles but proved himself a true hero during World War II in his defiance against fascism, says Christopher Gillett
7 min |
August 2023
BBC Music Magazine
A song in her heart
Fanny Hensel (née Mendelssohn) wrote 255 songs, many of them never published. Tenor Timothy Parker-Langston's new online edition is making them available for all, as he explains to Rebecca Franks
7 min |
August 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Voices from the past
A new compendium gathering 600 years of first-hand accounts of music, art and society gives a fascinating insight, says Simon Heighes
6 min |
August 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Lost in translation?
Stephen Johnson takes a look at how large-scale British works have fared in the hands of overseas conductors, from the composers' own day to ours
8 min |
August 2023
BBC Music Magazine
My hair was still growing back-but I needed to show the singing world that I was back in action
Having survived cancer treatment, the English mezzosoprano appears stronger than ever and is fighting for cultural organisations close to her heart, as she tells Amanda Holloway
7 min |
August 2023
BBC Music Magazine
The 25 GREATEST BRITISH COMPOSERS of all time
We asked 167 top musicians to vote for the best composing talent to emerge from these fair isles over the centuries. Here are the results...
10+ min |
August 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Rise of the machines?
Artificial Intelligence is suddenly everywhere, and its tentacles are stretching into the musical world. But there's no need to panic... at least not quite yet, says Tom Service
2 min |
August 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Gustav Mahler
Forthright and bold as Mahler's symphonies may appear, they are also works of remarkable subtlety and ambiguity
6 min |
July 2023
BBC Music Magazine
San Diego United States
Jeremy Pound enjoys the great outdoors as the sun sets to Debussy and Mahler at the southern Californian city's eye-catching new venue
3 min |
July 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Making Tracks
Composer, and Radio 3 presenter, Hannah Peel is forging a multi-faceted career while also giving crucial breaks to fellow musicians, as she tells Tom Stewart
5 min |
July 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Hidden treasures
After spending two decades searching the archives for neglected operas, conductor Charles Peebles recalls the risks and challenges of bringing them to the stage
6 min |
July 2023
BBC Music Magazine
The fight to be heard
Exiled from their homeland by the Taliban, Afghan musicians are striving to promote a rich musical heritage
6 min |
July 2023
BBC Music Magazine
A titan without ego
For many, conductor Otto Klemperer will be remembered as the steady and reliable champion of classic repertoire, but in his youth the German was a dashing advocate of the new
7 min |
July 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Eric Whitacre
It's not really the done thing to go into fan mode during an interview
6 min |
July 2023
BBC Music Magazine
Once a Prom a time...
From Horrible Histories to Doctor Who, Clare Stevens takes a whistlestop tour of children's Proms through the last 30 years
5 min |
July 2023
BBC Music Magazine
'I'm fine playing men on stage - and my private life is my private life'
The BBC Music Magazine Interview
9 min |