The World of Music
Interesting facts and quirky stories from around the classical music world
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22/05/2013
Seven leading musicians – including Sir Mark Elder and soprano Deborah Voigt – tell us...
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The World of Music
Should Mozart have been included in our list of 'Ten Greatest Prodigies'? Reader John Stone argues in favour of the young composer's brilliance
Sir Adrian Boult's interpretation gets to the heart of this piece, says the composer's biographer Michael Kennedy. Plus hear a clip of the symphony from this month's cover CD
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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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