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The sad family story behind Ludovico Einaudi's hotly anticipated new album...
Italian composer-pianist Ludovico Einaudi sells out concert halls around the world and his last single broke all records with 2.5 million streams in a single day, so news of his latest album has been hotly anticipated…
BBC Young Musician 2024 semi-finalists announced
The much-loved biennial search for the UK’s most promising classical music performers has announced its 2024 semi-finalists
Les Six: the revolutionary French composers who rejected Romanticism and found brand new soundworlds
Post-war France saw the old order booted aside in an attempt to restore morale to a bruised nation. Roger Nichols reveals how, more than 100 years ago, a group of young composers ushered in a bright new dawn
The fugue: a guide to one of classical music's most dazzling effects
Stephen Johnson unpacks the fugue, one of classical music's most sophisticated and often awesome musical effects
Parsifal: a guide to Wagner's most grippingly transcendent experience
We tell the story of Wagner's last opera Parsifal, based on a 13th-century epic poem about an Arthurian knight on a quest for the Holy Grail
'Don't let your inner monologue get in the way': Why nervousness and stage fright are all in the mind
British/Iranian pianist Arsha Kaviani says that when musicians becomes nervous, they're making the performance too much about themselves
Leoš Janáček: five of his most sinister works
The great late Romantic composer Leoš Janáček had a fascination for the darker recesses of human experience. Here are five of his most sinister works
Everything you need to know about the music for Gladiator II
It’s one of the most anticipated films of the year, but what can you expect from the music in Ridley Scott’s sequel to Gladiator? Here’s everything we know so far…
Famous black composers: 11 great names and their impact on the story of classical music
A short guide to some of the greatest black composers from history, from Chevalier de Saint-Georges via Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Florence Price to Jessie Montgomery
Best wedding music: the ultimate classical music choices for your wedding ceremony
Whether you're getting married in a church or a registry office, everyone needs music. Here are some of the best bridal choruses and pieces of music to be played on the organ or during your ceremony or service
Were Bach, Vivaldi and Rossini the real pioneers of disco?
Forget New York’s Studio 54 in the 1970s. For the heart of the disco revolution, head back to Bach, Handel and Rossini in the 18th and 19th centuries, says Tom Service
Vivaldi Four Seasons: five of the greatest recordings of all time (and, just for fun, three wild cards)
These four revolutionary violin concertos remain Vivaldi's most-loved works. Lucy Chaudhuri rounds up the best recordings of The Four Seasons to date, and adds in three wild cards for good measure
ABRSM announces new exams for one handed pianists
Music exams for one-handed pianists herald new opportunity for candidates with upper limb differences
Best of Handel: six essential works by the Baroque master drama, exuberance and grandeur
We name the best pieces by Handel, the Baroque master of opera and oratorio
'Two hours of leaden dross': the biggest stage musical flops of all time
At best they're joyous, but when musicals fail, they fail spectacularly, writes Richard Morrison
'I was in a cold sweat for 28 minutes' – trumpeter Alison Balsom on her best and worst concert performances
Leading British trumpeter Alison Balsom remembers the best and worst performances of her career - including having to play in a different key!
Chamber music: a quick guide. Plus, six wonderful chamber works to get you started
What defines a piece of music as 'chamber music' - and where should you start your chamber music journey?
Roomful of Teeth to Eighth Blackbird: 15 brilliantly bizarre music group names (spot 'em all below...)
The Revolutionary Drawing Room, anyone? Jeremy Pound explores some of classical music's strangest ensemble names and explores their origin stories
Best of Brahms: 15 extraordinary works by the great German Romantic composer
What are the best pieces of music by the great, late Romantic composer Johannes Brahms?
Out now: our November issue, featuring Vilde Frang, Thomas Tallis, Disney's Fantasia, and Puccini's unfinished masterpiece
The November 2024 issue of BBC Music Magazine features violinist Vilde Frang, Thomas Tallis and the bloodthirsty Tudor monarchs, famous political musicians, and much more
All aboard! 32 magical works inspired by boats, lapping waves, sea storms and the irresistible allure of water
Jeremy Pound invites you on deck to discover how boats, from river barges to ocean liners, have inspired many composers across the ages
Brett Dean: Rooms of Elsinore
There’s a bit of everything in this superb Hamlet-inspired selection box, says Christopher Dingle in his review
Anna Clyne: Shorthand
This evocative retrospective is an all-star survey of the Anna Clyne’s string works and features a host of memorable moments, says Jo Talbot in her review
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (Tonhalle/Järvi)
Michael Jameson is blown away by this towering performance of Bruckner’s Ninth from Paavo Järvi’s peerless Tonhalle orchestra, captured in a glorious recording