The World of Music

Interesting facts and quirky stories from around the classical music world
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Petroc Trelawny
18/06/2013
We talk to the presenter about the standard of this year's competition, the atmosphere...
Joshua Bell
17/06/2013
Photographer James Cheadle and art editor Dav Ludford head to the Royal Albert Hall
Rite of Spring
29/05/2013
In February 2006, BBC Two showed Riot at the Rite, a specially commissioned film that relived the...

The World of Music

A selection of our favourite questionable CD covers 
BBC Music Magazine April 2011 cover CD
To accompany your April 2011 cover CD, here is a translation of the final scene from Goethe's Faust
Chantage
We ask six top choirmasters to name their favourite little-known festive treats
Something for the Weekend
The quotes, clips and links we like…
Something for the weekend!
Something for the weekend: the quotes, clips and links we like!
Something for the weekend!
Something for the weekend: the quotes, clips and links we like…
Pablo Casals
From Pablo Casals to Jacqueline du Pré, Helen Wallace explores the iconic cellists and recordings of the 20th century
Something for the weekend!
Something for the weekend – the quotes, clips and links we like…
15 Unlikely Composers
What did Leo Tolstoy's Waltz sound like? Did Friedrich Nietzsche compose as well as he philosophised? Find out here as we explore unexpected amateur composers… 
Mozart Symphonies from Sir Charles Mackerras
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