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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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.

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

Handel calls in the builders as major refit announced

THE MONTH IN NUMBERS

SoundBites

RisingStars

Weelkes is sacked for being drunk in charge of a choir

Also in January 1617…

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Playing the wrong chord? What a nightmare!

DÉJÀ VU • History just keeps on repeating itself…

Wang Jie

StudioSecrets

REWIND • Great artists talk about their past recordings

MyHero

Call of the wild

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 • The latest changes to Arts Council England funding are deeply worrying

Dual purpose • Tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Mitsuko Uchida tell Richard Morrison about forging a partnership that, as their new recording of Schubert and Beethoven song-cycles shows, has brought out the best in both of them

Timothy Ridout

Scholes of Thought • The 20th-century British music journalist and broadcaster Percy Scholes published a staggering number of articles and books, all to encourage people to listen with care, explains Andrew Green

Power Playing • Actor Cate Blanchett and writer/director Todd Field talk to Michael Beek about creating their riveting psychological drama set against the backdrop of very real music-making. This is Tár

A change of tune • Violinist Rachel Rowntree speaks to the music industry’s leading disability champions about the need to create opportunities for all

Differentstrokes • From performing an all-day Biber recital to naming his album after a disobedient Olympic horse, the violinist Daniel Pioro rarely steers a straight and narrow course, as Julian Haylock discovers

15 unusual ensemble names • Jeremy Pound investigates the curious reasons why various orchestras, choirs and chamber groups are called what they are

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Strasbourg France • Michael Church discovers a city whose splendid architectural riches reflect its mixed German and French heritage, as does its fine orchestra

Robert Schumann • The German composer’s final works before his tragic end have long been controversial. Jessica Duchen explores their unique qualities

Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto • Victor Hugo’s tale of a jester to a depraved monarch was transformed by Verdi into an enduring opera; George Hall finds the very best version

A Rigoletto of vitality and insight

Three other great recordings

Continue the journey… • We recommend five further works to explore after Verdi’s Rigoletto

Reviews • Recordings and books rated by expert critics

Orchestral

CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF BBC WILDLIFE

Concerto

Opera

Choral & Song

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