BBC Music Magazine - July 2023

In this issue

Welcome to The Proms!
Your guide to the 2023 BBC Proms season, complete with the BBC Music Magazine team’s personal picks.

A titan without ego
Conductor Otto Klemperer’s drama-filled career would make a fine subject for a movie, explains Andrew Green.

Hidden treasures
Conductor Charles Peebles discusses the pleasures and pitfalls of researching and staging long-forgotten operas..

Once a Prom a time...

From Horrible Histories to Doctor Who, Clare Stevens takes a whistlestop tour of children's Proms through the last 30 years

5 mins

Eric Whitacre

It's not really the done thing to go into fan mode during an interview

6 mins

A titan without ego

For many, conductor Otto Klemperer will be remembered as the steady and reliable champion of classic repertoire, but in his youth the German was a dashing advocate of the new

7 mins

The fight to be heard

Exiled from their homeland by the Taliban, Afghan musicians are striving to promote a rich musical heritage

6 mins

Hidden treasures

After spending two decades searching the archives for neglected operas, conductor Charles Peebles recalls the risks and challenges of bringing them to the stage

6 mins

Making Tracks

Composer, and Radio 3 presenter, Hannah Peel is forging a multi-faceted career while also giving crucial breaks to fellow musicians, as she tells Tom Stewart

5 mins

San Diego United States

Jeremy Pound enjoys the great outdoors as the sun sets to Debussy and Mahler at the southern Californian city's eye-catching new venue

3 mins

Gustav Mahler

Forthright and bold as Mahler's symphonies may appear, they are also works of remarkable subtlety and ambiguity

6 mins

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BBC Music Magazine Description:

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.

The magazine covers all aspects of classical music, from news and reviews to features and interviews. It also features exclusive content from the BBC Proms and other BBC classical music events.

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