Contemporary composer: Chaya Czernowin
- Friday, November 24, 2023
The vitalist sound worlds of this Israel-born artist inspire younger composers and leave listeners entranced, finds Liam Cagney
Features
Contemporary composer: Dobrinka Tabakova
- Thursday, November 23, 2023
Having fought against pressures inherent in her field, Dobrinka Tabakova has an unwavering reverence for melody and clarity
Contemporary composer: David Del Tredici
- Monday, November 20, 2023
An enthusiastic David Patrick Stearns ‘explains’ this radical US composer, whose life seemed to feature a series of trapdoors
Dichterliebe’s Daughter: Lili Boulanger’s Overlooked Masterpiece 'Clairières dans le Ciel'
- Friday, November 17, 2023
'Extraordinary works of art remind us that that we’re not alone in our wonder and love and suffering'
The art of playing piano duets
- Friday, November 17, 2023
'Listening skills, dialogue and a sense of shared endeavour are essential components, as in any chamber music collaboration'
Royal Philharmonic Society: revealing the creative process
- Friday, November 17, 2023
The Royal Philharmonic Society invites you to step inside a facet of classical music usually off-limits to public eyes and ears…
Academy of Ancient Music: my favourite recordings, by Laurence Cummings
- Monday, November 13, 2023
In celebration of the orchestra’s 50th anniversary, AAM Music Director Laurence Cummings looks back at some of his favourite AAM recordings
Music Teachers Through Time – A Playlist
- Friday, November 10, 2023
In Part Two of our countdown to this month’s Music For Youth Proms at London’s Royal Albert Hall, composer and MFY Ambassador Jack Pepper curates a playlist of music written by the finest music teachers…
Choral music: 10 of the best recordings from the past 10 years
- Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Outstanding recording of works by Mozart, Cage, JS Bach, Buxtehude and more, from the Latvian Radio Choir, Bach Collegium Japan and Vox Luminis
How Shakespeare has inspired composers through the centuries
- Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Michelle Assay traces a history of music inspired by William Shakespeare, uncovering a treasure trove of well-known as well as lesser-known gems
Music For Youth Proms: Inside the Orchestration
- Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Composer, radio presenter and Gramophone contributor Jack Pepper is also a proud ambassador for UK national charity Music For Youth. This year’s MFY Proms will premiere songs from his new stage musical, which tells the true story of his piano teacher and has classical music at its heart
World Heartbeat Academy: a music school on a mission
- Tuesday, November 7, 2023
World Heartbeat Academy provides life-changing opportunities to children and young adults to experience music, from first lesson to first professional recording
Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op 77: a guide to the best recordings
- Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Brahms’s Violin Concerto stands alongside Beethoven’s at the peak of the instrument’s repertoire. Charlotte Gardner makes a selection from almost a century of recordings
Elgar’s Sea Pictures: a guide to the best recordings
- Monday, November 6, 2023
Janet Baker’s famous recording of Elgar’s song-cycle is justly regarded as a gramophone classic but Andrew Farach‑Colton sets sail in search of its challengers, old and new
JS Bach’s ‘Ich habe genug’: a guide to the best recordings
- Monday, November 6, 2023
The meditative Cantata No 82, among the most emotive of Bach’s 200 or so such works, has inspired a range of highly effective recordings over the past three-quarters of a century
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