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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The fullscore • Our pick of the month’s news, views and interviews

SEPTEMBER 1910 Vaughan Williams’s Tallis Fantasia entices Gloucester

DÉJÀVU • History just keeps on repeating itself…

Gabriela Lena Frank

REWIND • Great artists talk about their past recordings

No laughing matter? • Though several composers have made valiant attempts to integrate comedy into their wordless music, the joke is more often on us, observes Tom Service

FAREWELL TO…

Music to my ears • What the classical world has been listening to this month

Our Choices The BBC Music Magazine team’s current favourites

Richard Morrison • To what extent has the music industry changed itself over the last 30 years?

GLORIOUS YEARS! • In celebration of BBC Music Magazine’s 30th birthday, we present 30 unmissable albums of the past three decades

30th Anniversary Special

THE BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE INTERVIEW • As he prepares to embark on a month-long tour of the UK, the great bass-baritone reflects with Tom Service on his distinguished career to date, and on his Welsh heritage

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Fifteen composers at 30 • What were the great composers getting up to as they reached three decades? Jeremy Pound looks at some notable examples

Order & Progress • Since Brazil gained independence 200 years ago, its composers have enriched both classical and jazz worldwide, as Mervyn Cooke relates

Roger and out • As a leading pioneer of the period performance movement, Roger Norrington has transformed how we hear composers from Bach to Mahler. As he retires, he shares his memories with Julian Haylock

Pen to pixels • Communication between musicians and their fans was once time-consuming if more personal. Ariane Todes looks at how social media has changed everything

Bodø Norway • Michael Beek joins the inaugural Aria Borealis Bodø, a biennial Early Music festival and singing competition just beyond the Arctic Circle

Benjamin Britten • His music was deeply rooted in the landscapes of Suffolk, but Britten also drew inspiration from well outside Europe, says Daniel Jaffé

BRITTEN Life & Times

George Gershwin Porgy and Bess • Terry Blain explains how the popular American songwriter came to compose his country’s first great opera, and finds the best recordings

Three other great recordings

Continue the journey… • We suggest five works to explore after Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess

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RECORDING OF THE MONTH • Virtuosic revelations in this Polish showcase

An interview with José Maria Florêncio

A distinct and diverse set of premieres • Paavo Järvi’s vibrant Estonian celebration strikes a chord with Steph Power

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Piemontesi brings piano works into sharp focus • The pianist offers stellar interpretations of Ravel, Messiaen and Schoenberg, says Malcolm Hayes

A lyrical spoof with bags of charm and humour • Berta Joncus welcomes a long overdue premiere recording of John F Lampe’s The Dragon of Wantley

A convincing patchwork of Vivaldi hits • Kate Bolton-Porciatti enjoys this hypothetical Mass from Les Arts Florissants

Ries is on the rise in this convincing reassessment •...