BBC Music Magazine - December 2022

In this issue

And did those feet…?
Jason Whittaker explores how Parry’s Jerusalem has attracted an array of arrangements, from Elgar to ELP.

Playing for her life
Rebecca Franks on Hélène de Montgeroult, a composer whose skill at the piano saved her from the guillotine.

The sound of silence
World War I saw many German composers banned by a disgruntled British establishment, as Erik Levi reveals..

The genius revealed in Franck’s fiery visions

Julian Haylock introduces two works which totally changed the reputation of the Belgian-French composer

4 mins

Jordan Ashman hits the heights

Percussionist takes BBC Young Musician 2022 crown

2 mins

DECEMBER 1781 Mozart and Clementi lock horns in a royal piano duel

The history books are not short of great performers and composers whose burgeoning careers as musical prodigies were micromanaged at every degree by their parents.

4 mins

REWIND

Great artists talk about their past recordings

3 mins

Whipping up a storm

The sonic extremes of storms, whether physical or cosmic, have attracted composers through the centuries –and with good reason, says Tom Service

2 mins

To be Franck

César Franck has sometimes been unfairly dismissed by critics as plodding and passé, but as we mark the BelgianFrench composer’s 200th anniversary, Roger Nichols says there is much to admire in his colourful melodic language

9 mins

I like the feeling of falling into a different era, not just in my music but in any music

THE BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE INTERVIEW

7 mins

And did those feet...?

Since Parry wrote his much-loved setting of Blake’s poem more than a century ago, a wide array of versions of Jerusalem have followed in its famous footsteps, as Jason Whittaker explains

7 mins

Shining a light

Awarded by composers to composers, The Ivors have propelled a wealth of outstanding British talent to the forefront of musical life during the past two decades, as Kate Wakeling discovers

7 mins

Playing for her life

Hélène de Montgeroult risked the guillotine during the French Revolution – but there’s far more to this talented composer than her remarkable survival, as pianist Clare Hammond tells Rebecca Franks

6 mins

The Sound of Silence

As the conflict in Ukraine prompts the barring of contemporary Russian works and artists from global stages, Erik Levi looks at how Britain similarly censored German composers during World War I

7 mins

Musical destinations – Berlin Germany

Jeremy Pound heads to the German capital’s Philharmonie concert hall to enjoy a late-summer feast of spectacular orchestral playing

4 mins

Reinhold Glière

Dismissed by some as being stuck in the past, Glière was nonetheless blessed with a rare melodic gift and fine technique, says Erik Levi

7 mins

Herbert Howells Requiem

Though Howells wrote his Requiem in contented times, it would go on to become associated with personal tragedy, as Jeremy Pound explains

4 mins

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