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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THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS

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The genius revealed in Franck’s fiery visions • Julian Haylock introduces two works which totally changed the reputation of the Belgian-French composer

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

Mozart and Clementi lock horns in a royal piano duel

REWIND • Great artists talk about their past recordings

Whipping up a storm

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

Richard Morrison • As a musical monarch, Charles III could transform the classical industry

To be Franck • César Franck has sometimes been unfairly dismissed by critics as plodding and passé, but as we mark the Belgian-French composer’s 200th anniversary, Roger Nichols says there is much to admire in his colourful melodic language

THE BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE INTERVIEW • ‘I like the feeling of falling into a different era, not just in my music but in any music’

And did those feet…? • Since Parry wrote his much loved setting of Blake’s poem more than a century ago, a wide array of versions of Jerusalem have followed in its famous footsteps, as Jason Whittaker explains

Shining a light • Awarded by composers to composers, The Ivors have propelled a wealth of outstanding British talent to the forefront of musical life during the past two decades, as Kate Wakeling discovers

Playing for her life • Hélène de Montgeroult risked the guillotine during the French Revolution – but there’s far more to this talented composer than her remarkable survival, as pianist Clare Hammond tells Rebecca Franks

Books for Christmas

The Sound of Silence • As the conflict in Ukraine prompts the barring of contemporary Russian works and artists from global stages, Erik Levi looks at how Britain similarly censored German composers during World War I

Berlin Germany • Jeremy Pound heads to the German capital’s Philharmonie concert hall to enjoy a late-summer feast of spectacular orchestral playing

Reinhold Glière • Dismissed by some as being stuck in the past, Glière was nonetheless blessed with a rare melodic gift and fine technique, says Erik Levi

Herbert Howells Requiem • Though Howells wrote his Requiem in contented times, it would go on to become associated with personal tragedy, as Jeremy Pound explains

Continue the journey… • We recommend five further works to explore after Howells’s Requiem

Recording of the Month

Brahms and Dvořák face off in fine style • Jakub Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony bring their acclaimed recorded symphony cycle to a most fitting close, says Erik Levi

Performer’s notes

Orchestral

Powerful performances and rare asides • Misha Donat welcomes this fine collection of Berg works from Andrew Davis

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Hilary Hahn finds light and shade in this Eclipse • Julian Haylock feels the violinist truly revels in every nuance for her first recording since the pandemic

Concerto

Opera

A ravishing and definitive recording of Lully’s finale • Christophe Rousset’s cast and musicians work real magic in this celebratory effort, says Berta Joncus

Choral & Song

John Luther Adams is a force of nature •...