Issues
Out now: our July issue, featuring Dudamel, Yunchan Lim, EVERY 2026 BBC Proms concert and more!
Out now: our June issue, featuring Timothy Ridout, music and food, a brand new Thatcher opera and more!
Out now: our May issue, featuring Miles Davis, outrageous operas and... the BBC Music Magazine Awards!
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Out now: our April issue, featuring Haydn symphonies, videogame soundtracks, classical's most erotic works and more!
Out now: our March issue, featuring Joyce DiDonato, Erik Satie, Max Richter and more
Out now: our February issue, featuring Steve Reich, Agatha Christie, secrets of performers' brains and more
Out now: our January issue, featuring Nicholas McCarthy, David Bowie, United States of music and much more!
Welcome to the January 2026 issue of BBC Music Magazine. When our cover star, the acclaimed one-handed pianist Nicholas McCarthy, took to the stage at the BBC Proms last summer to perform Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, he did so as the only professional one-handed concert pianist in the world today. But this was just one in a series of remarkable achievements for the inspiring and resilient British artist. Born without a right hand, McCarthy defied early naysayers to become the first one-handed pianist to graduate from the Royal College of Music in its 130-year history in 2012
Out now: our Christmas issue, featuring Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky... and the Christmas music we love to hate!
Out now: our December issue, featuring Peer Gynt, iconic Rachmaninov, famous excerpts and more!
Out now: our November issue, featuring Hildur Guðnadóttir, Debussy's gamelan, Tchaikovsky and much more!
Out now: our October issue, featuring Pavarotti, Porgy and Bess, tango and more!
Out now: our September issue, featuring Itzhak Perlman, Arvo Pärt, classical music in film and much more!
On sale now: our September issue—featuring Itzhak Perlman, Arvo Pärt, the most unforgettable classical music in film, and so much more to explore
Out now: our August issue, featuring The Beatles, Nicola Benedetti... and overrated composers (prepare for a shock)
Our August issue features musicians enthusing about The Beatles, and other musicians pointing the finger at composers they feel are overrated
Out now: our July 2025 issue, featuring BBC Proms, castrati, Einaudi... and orchestral metal!
Out now: our June 2025 issue, featuring Yunchan Lim, Anna Lapwood, Jaws, calming music and more
Out now: our May 2025 issue, featuring World War II, the Nazis, Myra Hess, Sibelius and more
Here's your guide to the May 2025 issue of BBC Music Magazine, featuring the music of World War II, Sibelius, Vaughan Williams, Sian Williams and much more
Out now: our April 2025 issue, featuring Yuja Wang, Stewart Copeland, Jeff Goldblum, and music's most iconic openings
BBC Music Magazine April 2025 issue: Yuja Wang, Stewart Copeland, Jeff Goldblum, Duke Ellington, music's most iconic openings
Out now: our March 2025 issue, featuring Ravel, Korngold, echoes... and the best film scores of all time
Out now: our February issue, featuring Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Beethoven's Fourth, bed-hopping composers and more
For our February issue we take a deep dive into the eventful history of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Plus Gluck, Beethoven's Fourth Symphony, bed-hopping composers and more
Out now: our January issue, featuring Angel Blue, Patricia Routledge, Mozart's mind and much more
The January 2025 issue of BBC Music Magazine features the dazzling American soprano Angel Blue. Plus Mozart's mind, soprano-turned-actress Patricia Routledge, US inauguration music and much more
Out now: our Christmas 2024 issue, featuring Nine Lessons, a Sleigh Ride, a much-loved carol... and Britain's most multi-talented singing clan!
Our Christmas 2024 issue features plenty of festive goodness, including Sleigh Ride, Nine Lessons and Carols, In the Bleak Midwinter and more
Out now: our December 2024 issue, featuring Pictures at an Exhibition, Wolf Hall, Fauré Requiem and more
Out now: our November issue, featuring Vilde Frang, Thomas Tallis, Disney's Fantasia, and Puccini's unfinished masterpiece
The November 2024 issue of BBC Music Magazine features violinist Vilde Frang, Thomas Tallis and the bloodthirsty Tudor monarchs, famous political musicians, and much more
Out now: our October issue, featuring Beethoven, Bruckner, JoAnn Falletta... and the joy of musicals!
This month, we celebrate the joy of the musical - not such a distant cousin to 'higher-brow' opera as you might think. Plus, Bruckner, female composers, and Beethoven's astonishing late flowering
