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LETTER of the MONTH
Climate change sets the tone at The Ivors Awards • Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Thomas Adès among this year’s big-name winners
Enjoy a taste of Telemann as winegrowers go for Baroque
THE MONTH IN NUMBERS
SoundBites
RisingStars • Three to look out for…
Schumann throws himself into the ice-cold Rhine
Also in February 1854
Salzburg invites Merkel to take a long-term pew
DÉJÀ VU • History just keeps on repeating itself…
Stewart Goodyear
StudioSecrets • We reveal who’s recording what and where…
REWIND • Great artists talk about their past recordings
BuriedTreasure
How Satie liberated music
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 • Why the early music revolution of the 1970s was truly a moment to savour
BBC music MAGAZINE AWARDS2022 • VOTE NOW and help to name the best classical recordings of the past 12 months
The great perfectionist • Jascha Heifetz’s formidable technique and instantly recognisable sound made him a superstar among violinists, but behind that seemingly effortless ability lay hard graft and a generous heart, as Julian Haylock explains
A view from the violin • Jack Liebeck on Jascha Heifetz
Ludovico Einaudi
A little classical learning • Six who chose to go popular
Musicalman • We pay tribute to the late Stephen Sondheim, a true giant of musical theatre, as both a lyricist and composer of over a dozen acclaimed works, famously beginning with West Side Story…
The voice of the people • Not only lovers and tyrants, but also entire nations and peoples have been represented on the operatic stage – a tradition which is still very much alive, as Gavin Dixon reveals
Operatic shipwrecks • Britain misses the boat
NorthernLight • Stephen Pritchard visits Iceland, where a much loved orchestra and a local piano superstar have helped to bring in a golden era for classical music
Iceland’s choral landscape • The unique sound of the Arctic
Stratford-upon-Avon England • The Warwickshire town famous for a certain local playwright is also full of noises, sounds and sweet airs, as Claire Jackson discovers
William Shakespeare
John Luther Adams • Rebecca Franks describes how the American composer found his distinct musical style by abandoning all for the wilderness of Alaska
Adams’s style
JOHN L ADAMS Life&Times
George Frideric Handel Acis and Galatea • Created for a wealthy earl’s estate, Handel’s Ovid-inspired pastoral brilliantly brings its subjects to life; Paul Riley seeks the best versions
The composer
Curnyn’s lovers snatch the crown
Three other great recordings
Continue the journey… • We suggest five works to explore after Handel’s Acis and Galatea…
Prepare to be totally spellbound by Brahms • Erik Levi is left breathless by pianist Alexandre Kantorow’s lithe and lyrical performance of the epic Sonata No. 3
Welcome
An interview with Alexandre Kantorow
Orchestral
Lean and lyrical Bruckner from Linz • The orchestra’s latest entry in its cycle is an experience, says Michael Tanner
BACKGROUND TO… Brahms’s Symphony No....