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Britten-Pears Art

Britten-Pears Art Britten’s got talent… As the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme celebrates its 50th anniversary, Tom Stewart speaks to past and present staff and students In October 1976, the tenor Peter Pears was in Canada to perform music by Benjamin Britten, his partner of 37 years. Midway through a newspaper interview, the phone rang. The […]

Music and the night

Music and the night Through the Night Whether peaceful moonlit evenings or witching hour nightmares, composers over the centuries have been inspired by the after hours. Rebecca Franks takes us on a musical journey from dusk till dawn The day is done, the sun has set. Imagine it sinking majestically in the sky, as depicted […]

Interview: Lars Vogt

THE BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE INTERVIEW Lars Vogt ‘‘I’m immersed in music and forget about everything – but then one melodic line can move me to tears” Shortly before his death in early September, the pianist spoke to Jessica Duchen about living with cancer and grabbing every chance to record, perform and conduct while he could […]

Marin Alsop

Marin Alsop Lunar tunes As Marin Alsop records a new space-themed symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra, she speaks to Stephen Moss about leading the way for female conductors and where her career might lead next Marin Alsop is looking a little tired. So am I. I’ve been pursuing her since May when she was […]

Richard Morrison

Richard Morrison In this time of financial crisis, we must all do our part to support the arts The American newspaper columnist Don Marquis once observed that ‘an optimist is a guy that hasn’t had much experience’. I disagree. Experience can make you more optimistic. Being able to look back decades reminds you that what […]

Music to my ears

Music to my ears What the classical world has been listening to this month Samantha Ege Pianist & musicologist To come across Armenian Gayane Chebotaryan was very exciting, as I do a lot of work on women composers. She wrote a set of Six Preludes, each one of which is based on an Armenian folksong. […]