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From a descent into the underworld, to the parting of the Red Sea: 7 incredible stories told through music
Conductor and harpsichordist Jeannette Sorrell shares vivid examples of musical storytelling
Review: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, etc (WDR Sinfonieorchester/Mǎcelaru)
Misha Donat is impressed by the exhilarating energy of these personality-filled performances
'The worst night of my playing life': Paul McCartney's one-off supergroup featuring stars from Led Zep, Pink Floyd and The Who
Assembled in the late 1970s, this who’s who of rock royalty won a Grammy and played to a sell-out crowd. Yet few could tell you their name, let alone what they sounded like…
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Out now: our December issue, featuring Mozart's Requiem, Alice Sara Ott, Nigel Kennedy and more!
Young Concert Artists winners announced: meet classical music’s rising stars
A select few have been chosen from more than 150 emerging musicians worldwide to earn one of classical music’s most career-defining opportunities
11 brilliant albums that nobody understood when they first came out
Not every classic album is recognised straight away. These 11 records were overlooked, misunderstood or simply too strange for their time – until people caught on
Riots, floods, imprisonment: six 1970s rock festivals that went spectacularly wrong
The 1970s produced some legendary rock festivals – and some spectacular disasters, as ambition, crowds and chaos collided in unforgettable ways
The strange tale of the rock-star composer held at gunpoint by an infatuated student
Why did a disenchanted student threaten one of the Romantic era's greatest composers at gunpoint? Terry Blain reveals the shocking story
Herbert Blomstedt (1927-2026): obituary
The Swedish-American maestro, known for his interpretations of Mahler, Brahms and Bruckner, continued to conduct into his late nineties
Lust, murder, madness… music’s most dramatic Greek mythological heroines
For centuries, Greek myths have inspired great composers – but, asks Rebecca Franks, how
do female characters fare in these heroic tales?
We're calling it: this was the greatest singles year in music history. And these 15 songs make it so
A year of extraordinary contrasts, it gave us everything from dancefloor anthems to punk statements, futuristic synth-pop and timeless rock classics.
'You Can't Always Get What You Want': 9 fun facts about the iconic song featured on the John Lewis Christmas advert
It'll be all across your TV this Christmas, in Same Fender's cover version. But this Stones classic has some interesting tales behind its creation
Review: Contes (Sandrine Piau / David Kadouch)
Sandrine Piau and David Kadouch are
enchanting storytellers, writes Natasha Loges
'Rock's most enduring soap opera': the 15 most traumatic band breakups in rock history
Bands fall apart every day – but these splits were absolute carnage: betrayal, addiction, lawsuits, and wounds that still haven’t fully healed
Violinist Sofia Demetriades wins BBC Young Musician 2026
Python breeding and Nazi memorabilia: 23 rock stars and their surprising hobbies
Beekeeping, WW2 memorabilia.... owning a football club? Iconic rockers have found some colourful ways to relax down the years
These 15 classic rock albums would be perfect – if it weren't for one terrible song
Even the greatest artists have songs which make us reach for the skip button sometimes
Before they were rock gods, these 17 stars had proper jobs
A future glam rock god dug graves, an 80s pop icon taught children, and a New Wave frontwoman wore a Playboy Bunny costume. Welcome to the strange world of rock stars' pre-fame jobs
Live fast… die young? 15 bulletproof rock legends who cheated the cliché
15 rockers who have somehow managed to combine legendary excess and hedonism with a frankly very respectable time upon this earth
Witching hour: 15 classic rock songs about magic, witchcraft and wizardry
From Black Sabbath via the Eagles to Kate Bush, 15 songs in thrall to the strange magic of witchcraft and wizardry
15 classic 1970s albums that time seems to have forgotten
From Poco to Eno, Caravan to Creedence, 15 extraordinary 1970s albums that, undeservedly, have slipped through the net
Review: Sturm und Drang, Vol. 4 (The Mozartists/Ian Page)
Michael Jameson hails the latest in Ian Page’s increasingly unmissable Sturm und Drang project
The Beatles kicked off this global fashion trend in 1966. And it all started with a moonlit road accident
A moonlit ride, a nasty accident and an unexpected change of image. One of the Beatles’ most influential fashion statements began with a mishap on a quiet country road
What if? 13 moments that could have changed rock history forever
What if rock's biggest turning points had unfolded differently? These 13 alternate histories could have changed the music you love forever
