John Evans
Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine
Recent articles by John Evans
Music from memory: pros and cons of playing music without the score
How do you learn music by heart? The classical music world is mixed in its views towards playing music without the score, but when does it help or hinder a performance?
Memorising music: top tips for learning music by heart
How do leading musicians go about learning huge amounts of music off by heart? John Evans investigates the art of memorising music.
15 composers who hated each other
Sparks fly and verbal venom is spat, as John Evans explores the great names who simply loved to take potshots at each other
15 famous pieces of music that had disastrous first nights...
John Evans takes a look at the great works that, while much adored and respected today, all got off to a horribly shaky start
The history of Muzak
Banal at its best, stress-inducing at its worst, the phenomenon of background muzak can be traced largely to one man. John Evans tells the sorry tale