From Old Spice to X Factor, one section of Carmina Burana is known to many of us. Here's our guide to this great, unusual work, and some best recordings

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13.10.2023

Julian Lloyd Webber calls for end to one-to-one music tuition | Classical Music

The British cellist recommends teaching in groups after Royal College of Music professor is suspended following allegations

BBC Music Magazine

13.10.2023

Best portable speakers for enjoying your music indoors and outdoors | Classical Music

Our audio expert Chris Haslam chooses the best portable speakers for enjoying your music inside the home and in the great outdoors

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13.10.2023

New documentary about Fanny Mendelssohn to be released in cinemas | Classical Music

Dartmouth Films will release Sheila Hayman’s feature film Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn on 27 October throughout the UK

BBC Music Magazine

13.10.2023

10 scariest songs | Classical Music

Our guide to the scariest songs of all time. For hundreds more insightful and entertaining musical guides, visit www.classical-music.com

BBC Music Magazine

21.09.2023

Who was Claudio Abbado, the world-renowned Italian conductor? | Classical Music

A guide to the legendary Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, known for his lyrical, effortlessly musical renditions of everyone from Mozart to Mahler

BBC Music Magazine

21.09.2023

10 most famous protest songs | Classical Music

Our guide to the most powerful and famous protest songs in history. For hundreds more guides visit www.classical-music.com

BBC Music Magazine

21.09.2023

Best funeral songs: most popular songs to say goodbye to loved ones | Classical Music

Funeral songs may be emotional, celebratory, passionate. Here are some of the best-loved songs for funerals

BBC Music Magazine

20.09.2023

Who was Bernard Haitink, the revered Dutch conductor? | Classical Music

The great conductor Bernard Haitink conducted some of the world's great orchestras, and was renowned for his Mahler, Bruckner and Shostakovich in particular

BBC Music Magazine

20.09.2023

Bullying in music industry needs to stop | Classical Music

There is nothing civilised about bullying, says Richard Morrison

BBC Music Magazine

15.09.2023

10 of the most famous songs for Thanksgiving | Classical Music

Our round-up of the best, most famous Thanksgiving songs. For hundreds more guides visit www.classical-music.com

BBC Music Magazine

14.09.2023

Audiences want more modern concert experience, says RPO survey | Classical Music

Shorter concerts, advance digital programmes and more informal dress codes were among the most popular suggested innovations

BBC Music Magazine

13.09.2023

Wynne Evans - ambassador for Welsh National Opera's new dementia choir | Classical Music

The opera singer, broadcaster and Celebrity MasterChef champ will help with the WNO's community singing groups for people living with dementia

BBC Music Magazine

12.09.2023

Vera Lynn: who was the wartime singer known as the Forces' Sweetheart? | Classical Music

Her performances and recordings during World War II made her something of a national treasure. But who was Vera Lynn and what are her best-known songs?

BBC Music Magazine

12.09.2023

Sir Malcolm Sargent: A revered hero or an arrogant bully? | Classical Music

Sir Malcolm Sargent breathed life into the BBC Proms. Yet for all his fame and fortune, says Andrew Green, the conductor’s personality and music-making heavily divided opinion

BBC Music Magazine

12.09.2023

Five great English music tracks you’ve probably never heard | Classical Music

Leading English soprano Sarah Fox chooses five favourite neglected English gems from her recording career

BBC Music Magazine

11.09.2023

10 songs about death | Classical Music

Our guide to the most famous and powerful songs about death. For hundreds more guides, visit www.classical-music.com

BBC Music Magazine

11.09.2023

10 songs about death | Classical Music

Our guide to the most famous and powerful songs about death. For hundreds more guides, visit www.classical-music.com

BBC Music Magazine

11.09.2023

Radio 3 Carol Competition: Simon Armitage pens climate change lyrics | Classical Music

The annual competition invites amateur composers, budding songsmiths and music lovers to submit melodies for possible performance on BBC Radio 3 in December

BBC Music Magazine

07.09.2023

Walt Disney Concert Hall history: when it was built and who designed it | Classical Music

In October 2003 the long anticipated Disney Concert Hall opened - and was hailed a modernist masterpiece. here we recount its history...

BBC Music Magazine

07.09.2023

How the Dreyfus affair caused Grieg to boycott Paris - and receive death threats as a result | Classical Music

In September 1899 Grieg said ‘non’ to Paris as the Dreyfus affair rages

BBC Music Magazine

07.09.2023

Best speakers for the bathroom | Classical Music

Like listening to music in the bathroom? Chris Haslam reviews the best bathroom speakers

BBC Music Magazine

06.09.2023

10 most famous stolen instruments | Classical Music

Our round-up of the most famous stolen instruments in history. For hundreds more guides, visit www.classical-music.com

BBC Music Magazine

05.09.2023

10 saddest songs | Classical Music

Our guide to the saddest songs in musical history. For hundreds more illuminating and inspiring guides to music, visit www.classical-music.com

BBC Music Magazine

05.09.2023

Royal College of Music launches free training programme for young bassoonists | Classical Music

The inaugural programme for students aged 11 to 18 will take place on select Sundays from November 2023 to April 2024

BBC Music Magazine

05.09.2023

10 saddest songs | Classical Music

Our guide to the saddest songs in musical history. For hundreds more illuminating and inspiring guides to music, visit www.classical-music.com

BBC Music Magazine

05.09.2023

Édith Piaf: who was the much-loved 20th-century French singer? | Classical Music

She was much-loved for her mastery of both the cabaret and chanson genres. But who was Édith Piaf and what were her best-loved songs?

BBC Music Magazine

04.09.2023

Maestro: Bradley Cooper's new Bernstein biopic coming to Netflix | Classical Music

Maestro is Netflix's new Hollywood biopic about the composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein. Here are all the details, including actors, music and release date

BBC Music Magazine

04.09.2023

Titanic band of courage: the story of the doomed ship's musical heroes | Classical Music

On the night of 15 April 1912, one of the most heroic performances in history was witnessed, as the musicians of the Titanic carried on playing despite their inevitable fate. Andrew Green tells their story

BBC Music Magazine

04.09.2023

BBC Radio 3 celebrates 60 years of the cassette | Classical Music

Late Junction's Casseptember will explore how the new format proved a watershed moment in the democratisation of audio culture

BBC Music Magazine

01.09.2023

World's best choirs | Classical Music

Which are the greatest choirs in the world? We name our top 13

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Dartington Summer School and Festival on hold, director resigns | Classical Music

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2023 Ivors Classical Awards: more than 30 composers nominated | Classical Music

Martyn Brabbins leaves English National Opera, blaming cuts | Classical Music

Which is your favourite Ralph Vaughan Williams work? | Classical Music

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Julian Lloyd Webber calls for end to one-to-one music tuition | Classical Music

Best portable speakers for enjoying your music indoors and outdoors | Classical Music

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10 scariest songs | Classical Music

Who was Claudio Abbado, the world-renowned Italian conductor? | Classical Music

10 most famous protest songs | Classical Music

Best funeral songs: most popular songs to say goodbye to loved ones | Classical Music

Who was Bernard Haitink, the revered Dutch conductor? | Classical Music

Bullying in music industry needs to stop | Classical Music

10 of the most famous songs for Thanksgiving | Classical Music

Audiences want more modern concert experience, says RPO survey | Classical Music

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Vera Lynn: who was the wartime singer known as the Forces' Sweetheart? | Classical Music

Sir Malcolm Sargent: A revered hero or an arrogant bully? | Classical Music

Five great English music tracks you’ve probably never heard | Classical Music

10 songs about death | Classical Music

10 songs about death | Classical Music

Radio 3 Carol Competition: Simon Armitage pens climate change lyrics | Classical Music

Walt Disney Concert Hall history: when it was built and who designed it | Classical Music

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Best speakers for the bathroom | Classical Music

10 most famous stolen instruments | Classical Music

10 saddest songs | Classical Music

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10 saddest songs | Classical Music

Édith Piaf: who was the much-loved 20th-century French singer? | Classical Music

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Titanic band of courage: the story of the doomed ship's musical heroes | Classical Music

BBC Radio 3 celebrates 60 years of the cassette | Classical Music

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