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Picture of five finalists int he brass category for BBC Young Musician 2022

BBC Young Musician 2022: finalists, judges, broadcast dates and more

A choir and band from Wisbech arrive for the Diamond Jubilee festival of the English Folk Dance and Song Society at Cecil Sharp House, London in 1958

What is folk music?

A scene from the BBC 1 programme ‘Marriage’

TV and Film music

What is the music used in the BBC 1 programme ‘Marriage’?

Obbligato meaning

Obbligato meaning: what the word obbligato means when written on a score

Match of the Day theme tune

TV and Film music

Who wrote the theme tune for Match of the Day ?

Picture of Icelandic multi-instrumentalist Olafur Arnalds

BBC100 on Radio 3: Vaughan Williams, Ólafur Arnalds… and an eight-hour, non-stop broadcast

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Greatest recordings

Our recommendations of essential additions to your listening library

Janáčeks Taras Bulba

Janáček’s Taras Bulba: a guide to Janáček’s powerful piece and its best recordings

Porgy and Bess by Gershwin

Porgy and Bess: a guide to Gershwin’s popular opera and its best recordings

Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1

Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1: a guide to his famous piano masterpiece and its best recordings

Schubert Death and the Maiden

Schubert’s Death and the Maiden: A guide to Schubert’s emotional string quartet and its best recordings

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Music to my Ears Podcast

Top musicians share their musical passions with the BBC Music Magazine team

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Music to my Ears Podcast: Cosmo Sheldrake

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Music to my Ears Podcast: Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński

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Music to my Ears Podcast: Pianist Peter Jablonski

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Music to my Ears Podcast: Boxer and bassoonist Hannah Rankin

Albums of the week

A selection of the best reviewed albums from the latest issue of BBC Music Magazine

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Martin Suckling: The Tuning

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JS Bach • Buxtehude • Schütz: Cantatas etc

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Barber • Bruch • Vaughan Williams: Violin Concertos

The great composers

Explore the lives and works of classical music's finest composers

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Royal Philharmonic Society honorary membership for Thea Musgrave

How the Queen inspired Britten to start composing again after he almost died

How Queen Elizabeth II inspired Britten to start composing again after he almost died

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Gabriela Lena Frank: an exclusive interview with the American composer

Composers30

Fifteen composers at 30