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BBC Music Magazine announces nominees for its 2022 Awards

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Organist and composer Francis Jackson dies, aged 104

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 28: Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs with the Chineke! London Contemporary Orchestra at Southbank Centre on May 28, 2021 in London, England. The performance is part of the Southbank Centre: Summer Reunion which marks the return of an audience for the first time since March 2020. (Photo by Kate Green/Getty Images)

Sheku Kanneh-Mason explores Elgar’s hometown in the Malvern Hills on Countryfile

The Ivors Composer Awards in the British Museum on Wednesday 8 December 2021.
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Winners of 2021 Ivors Composer Awards address climate change and isolation in their pioneering new works

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Horatio Clare takes on the four highest peaks in the UK for this year’s Christmas Walk on BBC Radio 3

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Ryan Bancroft appointed chief conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 15: Phoebe Dynevor attends the 6th Annual InStyle Awards on November 15, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor and narrator Stephen Fry to join London Symphony Orchestra on audiobook of Sleeping Beauty

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West Side Story 2021 soundtrack to be released before the film

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Ryan Corbett becomes first accordionist in 28 years to win ROSL Gold Medal

Mark Elder photographed for the cover of BBC Music Magazine

Mark Elder announced as new principal guest conductor of Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 04: Annotated pages from 'The Snowman' by Raymond Briggs is displayed at Sotheby's auction House on December 4, 2014 in London, England. A selection of annotated first edition books from the Worlds greatest living illustrators and authors including contributions from Michael Bond, Raymond Briggs, Quentin Blake, Lauren Child, Terry Gilliam, Judith Kerr, Paula Rego & Gerald Scarfe are to be auctioned to Raise Money for 'House of Illustration' on December 8, 2014. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

The Snowman Christmas radio special on the BBC pulled after Howard Blake makes complaint

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Ivors Composer Awards announces 2021 nominations, with themes of lockdown, mythology and nature leading the shortlist

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Mark Wigglesworth announced as Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s principal guest conductor

BBC Music Magazine announces Charlotte Smith as its new editor

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Abba pays tribute to Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake in the final track in its new Voyage album