The World of Music
Interesting facts and quirky stories from around the classical music world
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03/05/2013
Watch our audio slideshow of paintings by Vermeer accompanied by music of his time
22/04/2013
Photographer James Cheadle and art editor Dav Ludford head to Manchester…
17/04/2013
Roxanna Panufnik's new chamber work, Orchestrapaedia, mirrors Britten's Young Person's...
The World of Music
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As James Naughtie continues his journey through the history of music, he takes a look at neglected composers and lost masterpieces
As Wimbledon heads to its grand finale, Rebecca Franks finds out which composers would have a chance at making it onto Centre Court
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How do you go about exploring a millennium of music? In the first of a six-part series, James Naughtie reveals how he wrote his landmark history of classical music for Radio 4
Heard the one about the good viola player? No? Hardly surprising. This Cinderella of the string family is the butt of most instrumentalists' jokes. But unfairly so, as Rebecca Franks finds out
Uncovering the story of Mendelssohn's complex religious identity made sense of her own childhood, says Sheila Hayman, the composer's great great great great-niece. She tells us what it was like to film the tale
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In the July issue of BBC Music Magazine we present 15 truly unpleasant ways in which pianos have been treated over the years. Six of those occasions were, alas, filmed for posterity. Here they are...
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