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.
THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
Welcome
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The colourful world of Malcolm Arnold • The British composer’s Second and Fourth symphonies reveal a mind of rare ingenuity, says Julian Haylock
Further listening
A response to Notting Hill • Music of reconciliation
Have your say…
LETTER of the MONTH
Thefullscore • Our pick of the month’s news, views and interviews
Sound Bites
THE MONTH IN NUMBERS
Rising Stars • Three to look out for…
Berlioz abandons murder for the pleasures of Nice
Also in April 1831
Parish council discord ends in sweet harmony
DÉJÀ VU • History just keeps on repeating itself…
Anders Hillborg
Studio Secrets • We reveal who’s recording what and where...
REWIND • Great artists talk about their past recordings
Buried Treasure
The science of style
FAREWELL TO…
Music to my ears • What the classical world has been listening to this month
READER’S CHOICE
Our Choices The BBC Music Magazine team’s current favourites
Richard Morrison • Who will join Purcell, Elgar and Britten as British composing greats?
England’s forgotten great • Malcolm Arnold wrote an astonishing breadth of music, so why is he snubbed by concert halls both in the UK and abroad? Malcolm Hayes reassesses the work of one of Britain’s finest composing talents
Malcolm Arnold on disc • Recommended CDs, plus a film
Arnold’s soundtracks • The composer’s best film scores
Music for pleasure • The lighter side to Malcolm Arnold
Renaud Capuçon
A friend in Reed • Elgar’s violinist adviser
Playing with Paganini • When Niccolò Paganini died, his Guarneri was locked away with only a select few allowed to play it. Francesca Dego is the latest lucky one, discovers Julian Haylock
String sensations • Four famous fiddles
Animal attraction • Beasts and birds of all shapes and sizes have inspired composers in a remarkable variety of ways. Claire Jackson takes us on a zoological tour
The birds and the B flats • A celebration of fauna in song
Sovietstories • Pianist Sulamita Aronovsky studied at the Moscow Conservatoire during its 1950s golden era. Now aged 92, she shares her memories of that time with Michael Church
Spring forth! • To celebrate BBC Radio 3’s series of spring programmes, Geoff Brown ponders the challenges for composers of bringing the new season to life
Countdown to Spring • Radio 3’s March line-up
Salt Lake City United States • Clive Paget travels to the Utah state capital, a city with one of the oldest and most respected classical music traditions in America
Maurice Abravanel
Reynaldo Hahn • Hahn’s artistry as a song composer sets him apart but, says Roger Nichols, let’s not ignore the adopted Frenchman’s many other assets
Hahn’s style
HAHN Life&Times
Symphony No. 8 Antonín Dvorák • Dvorák’s lively Eighth flew off the page in more ways than one, says Terry Williams, as he gives his spotter’s guide to the best recordings
The composer
A performance of perfect poise
Three other great recordings
Continue the journey… • We suggest further works to explore after Dvorák’s Symphony No. 8
Welcome
This ‘New Day’ is one to savour and celebrate • Kate Wakeling is captivated by baritone Will Liverman’s performance of art songs that have...