BBC Music magazine - June 2014 [classical music]

BBC Music magazine (June 2014)

ISSN: 0966-7180 | 106 pages | PDF


BBC Music Magazine is a must for anyone with a passion for classical music. Classical music connoisseurs and new enthusiast alike will enjoy the fascinating features and reviews of over 120 new works in every issue, including sections on jazz and world music.

IN THE JUNE ISSUE, Ivan Hewitt explores the musical legacy of World War One, from the loss of young composers, to new languages carved out of grief and entirely new genres created in response to the destruction; Kate Kennedy writes on the brilliant English composer George Butterworth, whose life was tragically cut short at the Somme; the extraordinary story of music flourishing in one of the internment camps in World War One; James Naughtie meets James Macmillan, one of today's most influential composers; and the winners of the annual Royal Philharmonic Society are announced.