The World of Music
Interesting facts and quirky stories from around the classical music world
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18/06/2013
We talk to the presenter about the standard of this year's competition, the atmosphere...
17/06/2013
Photographer James Cheadle and art editor Dav Ludford head to the Royal Albert Hall
29/05/2013
In February 2006, BBC Two showed Riot at the Rite, a specially commissioned film that relived the...
The World of Music
Seven leading musicians – including Sir Mark Elder and soprano Deborah Voigt – tell us the operas by Wagner that inspire them most
Read the text for Brahms's A German Requiem, the work on this month's BBC Music Magazine cover CD
Watch our audio slideshow of paintings by Vermeer accompanied by music of his time
Photographer James Cheadle and art editor Dav Ludford head to Manchester…
Roxanna Panufnik's new chamber work, Orchestrapaedia, mirrors Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra – but with added cartoons by her brother, Jem.
Hear the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013 Newcomer of the Year
Neil McKim's guide to some of the biggest jazz chart hits
We name the best recordings of the great composer's music
The text for Britten's masterpiece
Katy Wright explores half a dozen of music's most atmospheric nocturnal compositions
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