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Béla Bartók composer

Bartók: discover six of his lesser-known works

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason

BBC Proms 2020 live line-up announced

Proms in the Park

When did Proms in the Park start?

Why the proms are so famous

15 people who made the Proms what it is today

Conductor and founder of the Aurora Orchestra Nicholas Collon on the Music to my Ears Podcast from BBC Music Magazine

Music to my Ears: Conductor Nicholas Collon

Cellist Jacqueline du Pré

Six of the best recordings of Elgar’s Cello Concerto

Lockdown listening

Our pick of the concerts and operas to stream online

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The concerts and operas available to stream online during the coronavirus pandemic

Eric Whitacre Virtual Choir

How to join virtual orchestras, choirs and music masterclasses online

Music lessons and workshops for kids during lockdown

The BBC Proms

Everything you need to know about the 2020 season

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BBC Proms announce 2020 season of live and archive concerts

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Proms 2020: Full schedule

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Six of the best… First Nights of the Proms

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BBC Proms 2020 on TV: Full schedule

Music news

The latest happenings from the classical music world

British singer-songwriter Laura Marling

Laura Marling and Benjamin Grosvenor to join 2020 BBC Proms live line-up

Wigmore Hall post-lockdown concerts with social distancing

Live audiences to return to London’s Wigmore Hall

St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London

BBC Radio 3 announces the return of live Choral Evensong broadcasts

Composer Anna Meredith

Anna Meredith among this year’s female-dominated Mercury Prize shortilst

Podcast

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

Saxophonist Amy Dickson on the Music to my Ears podcast from BBC Music Magazine

Music to my Ears: Saxophonist Amy Dickson

Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani on BBC Music Magazine Podcast Music to my Ears

Music to my Ears: Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani

Drive-in operas • BBC Music Magazine Awards • Music and fashion

Culture in Quarantine • Ravi Shankar • Cyrillus Kreek

Beethoven 250

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

How did Beethoven cope with going deaf?

Five of the best lesser-known Beethoven works to discover

10 of the best recordings released in celebration of Beethoven’s 250th anniversary

10 composers who were inspired by Beethoven

The top 20 Beethoven works

Beethoven: A guide to his symphonies

BBC Music Magazine's Recording of the Year

Greatest recordings

Our recommendations of essential additions to your listening library

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The best recordings of works by Nico Muhly

The best recordings of Paul Robeson

Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor

Five of the best recordings by pianist Benjamin Grosvenor

The best recordings of Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata

More great recordings

The great composers

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

Conductor Oliver Knussen

Knussen, Oliver

Beethoven on a Traffic Light

Celebrate Beethoven by resisting ‘Beethoven’: how to programme concerts for the great composer’s 250th anniversary

Iain Farrington

Composer Iain Farrington on his First Night of the Proms commission for virtual orchestra

Film composer Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone: the Italian film composer on reassessing his role as ‘king of the cowboy genre’

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Festivals and live performances you shouldn’t miss

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