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all the winners of Oscars for Best Original Score

Winners of Oscars for Best Original Score: all the nominated soundtracks from the history of the Academy Awards

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Violinist Callum Smart on how he grew his social media following during lockdown

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Australian Chamber Orchestra to host digital residency at Barbican with didgeridoo player William Barton

why did Antonin Dvorak move to New York

What brought Dvořák to the New World?

Freya Waley-Cohen new Christmas carol

‘A candle sings of simple things’ by Freya Waley-Cohen: Sing our BBC Music Magazine 2020 Christmas carol!

6 Gilbert and Sullivan fans

6 unlikely Gilbert and Sullivan fans

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Festive picks

Durham Cathedral

Carol services and Christmas concerts available to watch online this Christmas

Six of the best pieces of Christmas choral music

The best Christmas classical music CDs and recordings released

The best Christmas classical music CDs and recordings released in 2020

Five of the best modern Christmas carols

Five of the best modern Christmas carols

What are the lyrics to Of the Father's Heart Begotten?

The 25 greatest Christmas carols of all time

1957: Three young carol singers give their rendering of a Christmas song in the falling snow. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Carol singing: When did the Christmas tradition begin?

Lockdown listening

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The BBC Music Magazine Concert Livestream Calendar

Online learning during lockdown

Classical music lectures and courses available online during lockdown

Music lessons and workshops for kids during lockdown

Music news

The latest happenings from the classical music world

Organist Thomas Trotter

Organist Thomas Trotter awarded 2020 Queen’s Medal for Music

Pianist Deschanel Gordon announced as winner of BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020

Pianist Deschanel Gordon announced as winner of BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020

Shirehampton Hall

Jennifer Pike to appear as soloist in centenary performance of The Lark Ascending at Shirehampton Public Hall, where it was premiered

Film composer John Williams wins 2020 RPS Gold Medal

John Williams announced as 2020 RPS Gold Medal recipient

Music to my Ears Podcast

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

Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason on the Music to my Ears podcast from BBC Music Magazine

Music to my Ears: Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason

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Music to my Ears: Newsreader Zeb Soanes

Composer Sally Beamish on the Music to my Ears podcast from BBC Music Magazine

Music to my Ears: Composer Sally Beamish

Composer Jake Heggie on the Music to my Ears podcast from BBC Music Magazine

Music to my Ears: Composer Jake Heggie

Albums of the week

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

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Ives: Symphonies Nos 1-4

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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen; Sinfonietta

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James MacMillan: Organ Works

Beethoven 250

Celebrate the great composer with fascinating articles, playlists, interviews and more…

10 Beethoven references in popular culture

Arabella Goddard

10 great Beethoven performers

Top 10 Beethoven places to visit

How did Beethoven cope with going deaf?

10 composers who were inspired by Beethoven

Beethoven: A guide to his symphonies

Greatest recordings

Our recommendations of essential additions to your listening library

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The best jazz recordings released in 2020 so far

Mozart's Flute Concerto No. 1 best recordings

The best recordings of Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 1

Australian classical music: the best recordings

Australian classical music: the best recordings

Jennifer Pike Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Martin Roscoe (piano) Chandos CHAN20156 (2020)

Four of the best recordings of Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending

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The great composers

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

When did Richard Strauss write his Four Last Songs

When did Richard Strauss write Four Last Songs?

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Did Coco Chanel have an affair with Igor Stravinsky?

Why was Erik Satie sentenced to eight days in jail?

Why was Erik Satie sentenced to eight days in jail?

Military demonstration for Hitler's 50th birthday celebration in Berlin. (Photo by Hugo Jaeger/Timepix/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)

4 Jewish composers suppressed by Nazism and the Third Reich

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Education guide 2020

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Festivals and live performances you shouldn’t miss

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