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Elgar 'Nimrod' guide

A Guide to ‘Nimrod’ from Elgar’s Enigma Variations

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What does acoustic mean?

What is pink noise

What is pink noise and how does it differ to white and brown noise?

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What are the lyrics to ‘Amazing Grace’?

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Andrew Nethsingha named as new Westminster Abbey choirmaster

Massenet’s Werther: a guide to his operatic masterpiece and its best recordings

Massenet’s Werther: a guide to his operatic masterpiece and its best recordings

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The latest news from the classical music world

Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt

Dover Quartet to say goodbye to its violist

Diana Princess of Wales

New opera about Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed premieres today

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New education plan aims to give thousands of children the opportunity to learn an instrument

Nathan Evans became a TikTok star

TikTok to release orchestral versions of its most popular hits

Greatest recordings

Our recommendations of essential additions to your listening library

Barber’s Violin Concerto: 3 of the best recordings

A guide to Copland's Appalachian Spring and its best recordings

A guide to Copland’s Appalachian Spring and its best recordings

Brahms Symphony No. 3 guide and its best recordings

A guide to Brahms’s Symphony No. 3 and its best recordings

Mahler's Rückert-Lieder best recordings

The best recordings of Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder

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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

15 of the best Romantic composers

Caroline Shaw

Who is Caroline Shaw?

Gabriela Lena Frank is one of ther best Latin American composers of all time

Best Latin American composers of all time

Who is Sally Beamish

Who is Sally Beamish?