{"id":25843,"date":"2023-03-22T15:51:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T14:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=182062"},"modified":"2023-03-22T16:33:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T15:33:44","slug":"april-2023","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/april-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Steve Wright\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 22 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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You\u2019ll probably recognise the cover star of our April issue. Yes, to mark what would be the composer Sergey Rachmaninov\u2019s 150th birthday this month, a handpicked selection of performers including Steven Isserlis, Howard Shelley and Vasily Petrenko discuss the Romantic Russian\u2019s genius with our writer Andrew Green<\/strong><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Staying with Rachmaninov, our editor Charlotte Smith<\/strong><\/a> meets the Clarion Choir, who are marking the composer\u2019s centenary-and-a-half by recording all his major choral works \u2013 including The Bells<\/em> and the All-Night Vigil<\/em>, the two works of which the great man was proudest of all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Steve Wright<\/strong><\/a> looks at some of our great composers\u2019 unlikely obsessions, from trainspotting to fear of the number 23 \u2013 via a certain French composer and his white-foods-only diet. And Claire Jackson<\/strong><\/a>\nexplores how Egypt and its rich history have inspired a wealth of music across the centuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among our regular features, for this month\u2019s Musical Destination<\/em> Charlotte Smith heads for the musical peaks of Gstaad in the Swiss Alps. For April\u2019s Composer of the Month<\/em>, Claire Jackson examines how tackling tough subjects and f<\/span>orging his own technique <\/span>have earned Steve Reich cult status.<\/span><\/p>\n

And in\u00a0Building a Library<\/em> we continue to luxuriate in Rachmaninov\u2019s music, as our resident Russian music expert Daniel Jaff\u00e9<\/strong><\/span><\/a> sifts through the best recordings of the composer\u2019s evocative All-Night Vigil<\/em> (Vespers<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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