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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
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
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
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
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
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...
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
Gustav Mahler
Forthright and bold as Mahler's symphonies may appear, they are also works of remarkable subtlety and ambiguity
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
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
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
The fight to be heard
Exiled from their homeland by the Taliban, Afghan musicians are striving to promote a rich musical heritage
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
Eric Whitacre
It's not really the done thing to go into fan mode during an interview
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
'I'm fine playing men on stage - and my private life is my private life'
The BBC Music Magazine Interview
Live choice
Paul Riley picks the month's best concert and opera highlights in the UK
Music that changed me
Simon Callow Actor
György Ligeti
Ivan Hewett traces the life and career of the great avant-garde composer and investigates what lies at the heart of his enigmatic genius
Sheffield UK
Claire Jackson visits the city's Chamber Music Festival where, at The Crucible, the click clack of snooker balls gives way to intimate harmony
Frenchmaster
Roger Nichols shares his personal recollections of the much esteemed yet reserved French composer Henri Dutilleux, who died ten years ago this month
Beethoven reframed
Gianandrea Noseda's new symphony cycle reevaluates the composer through the music of George Walker and the art of Mo Willems
From brush to bow
Close friends with leading musicians of his day, the great English painter Thomas Gainsborough was a keen player himself. Michael White visits Gainsborough's House in Suffolk to find out more
By Royal Invitation
As this year's big moment at Westminster Abbey approaches, Andrew Green meets some of the choristers who sang at the coronation of Elizabeth II back in 1953
Notes from childhood
As pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason releases a new album devoted to the music of youth, she speaks to Jessica Duchen about being a role model, her dedication to self-improvement and growing up in a famously musical family
Sergei Rachmaninov - All-Night Vigil (Vespers)
The composer's love of the music and rituals of the Orthodox Church were distilled in this masterpiece; Daniel Jaffé finds the best recording
Steve Reich
In developing a unique soundworld as he tackles fraught subjects, the American has proved hugely influential, says Claire Jackson
THE BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE INTERVIEW - Kirill Gerstein
Mine wasn't the archetypal musician's tortured childhood, playing nothing but scales and etudes
RPS Music Awards 2023
Rebecca Franks meets the founders of Manchester Collective, winners of the Ensemble Award, to learn their recipe for success
Fair competitor gives Percy Grainger some Brigg ideas - APRIL 1905
His ringing voice - one of the loveliest I ever heard - was as fresh as a young man's... His effortless high notes, sturdy rhythms and clear unmistakable intervals were a sheer delight to hear.'