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BBC Music Magazine
A fearless soprano is at one with her characters
Malin Byström gives searingly dramatic performances, writes Christopher Cook
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
A composer and choir in complete harmony
Nico Muhly’s deeply profound music finds its ideal interpreters in Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars, says Ashutosh Khandekar
2 min |
June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Wired headphones for superior listening quality
Chris Haslam provides advice on the latest hi-fi equipment purchases
3 min |
June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Cometh the Hour
Decades before today’s iconic event, Glastonbury hosted a festival whose first ever outing included a rare opera sensation, writes Andrew Green
6 min |
June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Vivid sonic storytelling
An inventive and historically charged portrait of America’s past and present
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Britten in Colour
Clare Stevens meets artist Jane Mackay, whose many paintings inspired by Benjamin Britten’s music go on display at Aldeburgh this summer
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
All in good taste
Music and food have enjoyed each other’s company since time immemorial. Georgia Mann explores this tasty partnership
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
One final spectacle
Electrifying performances under the commanding baton of Thomas Beecham
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Time for T
A new opera about Margaret Thatcher reveals the human side of a formidable prime minister, writes Charlotte Smith
6 min |
June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Cosmic chords
For his epic touring shows, physicist Brian Cox has returned to his musical roots to capture the wonders of the universe, as he tells Clifford Hall
6 min |
June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
James MacMillan Composer and conductor
Music that changed me
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Horns banned from Wagner
A new production of Die Walküre in Denmark is looking to take the work right back to its Norse mythological roots. And how.
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Four powerful works for a fabulous violinist
Anne-Sophie Mutter’s album of commissions is beautifully conceived, writes Martin Cotton
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Bucharest Romania
Rebecca Franks visits a city that, belying its tough economic past, welcomes classical music’s finest to its festival and competition
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Tube opera to make regular stops on TikTok
If several hours of Wagner (see above) seems a tough way to get into opera, perhaps the latest initiative from Genesis Foundation may prove a less arduous option.
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Neglected voices vividly brought to life
Ilona Timchenko's playing is profoundly perceptive, notes Jessica Duchen
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Pick a theme... and name your seven favourite examples - British tenor Ed Lyon chooses some first-rate examples of epic Renaissance choral works
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Richard Morrison
With their lust for power, political figures make great operatic subjects
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
A mighty finale of colossal choruses
Kate Bolton-Porciatti is wowed by this powerful ode to Orazio Benevoli
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5
Amid the misery of World War II, the British composer's work offered a sense of calm and even optimism to some, as Terry Blain relates
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
MyHero
Pianist Min Kwon salutes the musical curiosity of Stewart Copeland, composer and former drummer of The Police
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Hidden depths
As one of the world’s leading viola soloists, Timothy Ridout is on a mission to give his instrument its deserved place at the front of the stage, as he tells Rebecca Franks
8 min |
June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Music to my ears
The BBC Music Magazine team’s current favourites...
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
An intellectual journey superbly captured
The Iceland Symphony Orchestra is wonderful in Arvo Pärt symphonies, writes Michael Church
1 min |
June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
An elegant journey into the operatic underworld
Christophe Rousset’s Les Talens Lyriques are impeccable in Lully, enthuses George Hall
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Carl Maria von Weber
Over a short life and in a quiet, unheralded way, Weber spearheaded a revolution in the world of German opera, as Paul Riley sets out
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
A most singular jingle
Tom Service salutes the brilliant effectiveness of a four-note motif that has become part of everyday aural life for millions of rail users across France
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
JUNE 1872: Johann Strauss II conducts a ‘monster concert’ for peace
‘The tendency of the time is for peace, permanent, enduring peace, among the nations of the earth.’ These words succinctly summarise a feeling which was widespread in America in the early 1870s.
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Concert Heaven Concert Hell
Top artists recall their best and worst performances
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June 2026
BBC Music Magazine
Schools raise a glass to composer's cellar sale
Talking of opera and intervals, would you like a glass of wine?
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