BBC Music Magazine

BBC Music Magazine is a must for anyone with a passion for classical music. Classical music connoisseurs and new enthusiast alike will enjoy the fascinating features and reviews of over 120 new works in every issue.

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BBC Music Magazine

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LETTER of the MONTH

FREE ONE MONTH TRIAL to the digital edition • BBC Music Magazine is a must-read for anyone with a passion for classical music. Every issue brings the world of classical music to life, from interviews with the greatest artists and features on fascinating subjects, to all the latest news and opinions from around the music world.

Wang enjoys Young Musician glory • Pianist, 17, triumphs with Rachmaninov in Bristol final

Please go to Gate 9, where your opera is ready to board…

Piping a tribute to a Northumberland icon

Jaeden takes the Leeds

Single-handed success

Rising Star • Today’s up-and-coming talent offer advice for their peers

A moment of brotherly love, as Mozart joins the Masons

Also in December 1784…

Music to my ears • The BBC Music Magazine team’s current favourites…

Concert Heaven Concert Hell • Top artists recall their best and worst performances

MyHero • Kahchun Wong, the Hallé’s new principal conductor, salutes the mentoring he received from Kurt Masur

The benefit of doubts • Even the most elevated artists sometimes suffer from impostor syndrome – but that vulnerability makes them even better musicians, explains Tom Service

FAREWELL TO…

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN • Pianist Frank Dupree selects the best examples of piano concertos that have been inspired by jazz

Richard Morrison • Has the advent of streaming led to a lack of classical music knowledge?

Picture perfect • On the 150th anniversary of its composition, Mussorgsky’s much-loved Pictures at an Exhibition is admired by Jessica Duchen, who takes us on a guided tour of this piano masterpiece

Altered images • Ravel’s orchestration

Meet the artist • Who was Viktor Hartmann?

Francesca Dego • As she releases the complete works for the violin by Busoni, a composer hardly known for the instrument, Dego tells Charlotte Smith why it’s vital always to keep an open mind

All in good time • Francesca Dego on practising

Perfect pitch? • For centuries, promoters have advertised opera in weird and wonderful ways. Alexandra Wilson takes a look at some of the more memorable campaigns

Bold and beautiful • Memorable ad strategies

The conductors’ orchestra • Jeremy Pound puts together an ensemble made up of leading maestros playing their own instruments, from virtuoso violinists to school-level trombonists

From back to front • Ben Gernon and the tuba

Mix and match • As the streaming revolution gathers greater pace, conductor Dalia Stasevska speaks to Claire Jackson about the history and future of recorded playlists

Record breakers • Recording: a history

Harmonic healing • Music’s ability to reduce stress, stimulate nerves and ‘rewire’ the brain can help to manage the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, writes Rebecca Franks

A musician’s take • Alexander Campkin

Return to Wolf Hall • With The Mirror and the Light about to hit TV screens, composer Debbie Wiseman and director Peter Kosminsky talk to Michael Beek

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