BBC Music Magazine - September 2022

In this issue

Fifteen composers at 30
Jeremy Pound explores what top composers were up to as they left their twenty-something years behind them.

Roger Norrington
As he lays down his baton at 88, the great conductor looks back at his pioneering career with Julian Haylock.

30 Glorious Years!

In celebration of BBC Music Magazine's 30th birthday, we present 30 unmissable albums of the past three decades

10+ mins

Fifteen composers at 30

What were the great composers getting up to as they reached three decades? Jeremy Pound looks at some notable examples

6 mins

Order & Progress

Since Brazil gained independence 200 years ago, its composers have enriched both classical and jazz worldwide, as Mervyn Cooke relates

7 mins

Roger and out

As a leading pioneer of the period performance movement, Roger Norrington has transformed how we hear composers from Bach to Mahler. As he retires, he shares his memories with Julian Haylock

6 mins

Pentopixels

Communication between musicians and their fans was once time-consuming if more personal. Ariane Todes looks at how social media has changed everything

7 mins

Bodø Norway

Michael Beek joins the inaugural Aria Borealis Bodø, a biennial Early Music festival and singing competition just beyond the Arctic Circle

3 mins

Benjamin Britten

His music was deeply rooted in the landscapes of Suffolk, but Britten also drew inspiration from well outside Europe

6 mins

This month: Trish Clowes

‘I respond to what band members are interested in – you develop together’

1 min

BACKSTAGE WITH… Cellist Guy Johnston

How did you come up with the inspiration for it?

2 mins

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Music that changed me

3 mins

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BBC Music Magazine is a monthly classical music magazine published by Immediate Media Company. It was first published in 1992 and is the best-selling classical music magazine in the world.

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