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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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.

Chopin waltz found in New York • Unknown work an exciting discovery, say scholars

Lapwood puts Royal Albert Hall organ in Cruise control

Rotating pope leaves opera audience reeling

Hitting the top notes

Not my usual aria…

RisingStar • Today’s up-and-coming talent offer advice for their peers Violinist Eva Zavaro explains why chamber music is central to a soloist’s development

Menotti’s Christmas visitors wow millions of TV viewers

Also in December 1951…

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

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

My Hero • Albanian tenor Saimir Pirgu recalls how lucky he was to be mentored by the legendary Luciano Pavarotti

Dream machines

FAREWELL TO…

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN • Pick a theme… and name your seven favourite examples

Richard Morrison • Making music together in the home is a wonderful way to unite families

Family album • Rebecca Franks meets the delightfully jolly and energetic Bevan Family Consort – members of the multi-generational, multi-talented Bevan clan – as they prepare to release a new album for Christmas

Nearest and dearest • The other Bevan Consort members.

Relative values • Jeremy Pound ponders nurture, nature and ancestral trees as he admires the collective talents of history’s most musical families

At home with music • Julian Lloyd Webber

Alexandre Kantorow • THE BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE INTERVIEW

Going for gold • The Olympic pianist

A winter’s tale • Ashutosh Khandekar heads back to a particularly bleak midwinter in the early 20th century, as he traces the chilly history of one of today’s most beloved carols

A spotlight on Darke • Harold’s other music

The first lesson • Although the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is today synonymous with King’s College Cambridge, the format originated in Cornwall, as Andrew Green explains

A wonderful life • As conductor Michael Tilson Thomas marks his 80th birthday, he speaks to Michael White about continuing to make music while living with cancer

In good grace • A composing collection

Moogmusic • In 1968, Wendy Carlos’s Switched-On Bach became an instant best-seller. As the experimental composer turns 85, Nick Shave looks back at her life and career

Feat of engineering • Robert Moog’s synthesiser

Oxford UK • The famous university city is home to an astonishing range of music, from choral delights to orchestral concerts, explains Adrian Mourby

Honorary doctorates

Leroy Anderson • Geoff Brown hears sleigh bells jingling and typewriters pinging as he celebrates the unique talents of America’s master of light music

Anderson’s style

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