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Visit Classical-Music.com for the very latest from the music world Contents SEPTEMBER 2024 September Radio 3 highlights See p100 FEATURES 24 Cover: Holst: Beyond The Planets Daniel Jaffé explores the extraordinary variety of the composer’s works outside his great masterpiece; plus, a 150th-anniversary display of previously unseen photos 38 Reel lives Conductor Leonard Slatkin looks back at his childhood days at the very heart of the Hollywood music scene 42 Song and dance man The exhaustive of efforts of folk collector Cecil Sharp changed the face of English music, reveals Andrew Green 46 A classroom collaboration Charlotte Smith visits the Shireland CBSO Academy, a Midlands state school where music enjoys top billing 54 Education special How musical outreach work is helping today’s schools EVERY MONTH 8 Letters 12 The Full Score The latest news and interviews from the music world 23 Richard Morrison 34 The BBC Music Magazine Interview Conductor Antonio Pappano talks to Clive Paget about the joys ahead as he takes the reins of the mighty LSO 60 Musical Destinations John Allison visits the Tsinandali Festival in Georgia 62 Composer of the Month The famously self-deprecating Imogen Holst was a composer well worth shouting about, says Leah Broad 66 Building a Library Erik Levi names the best recordings of Schoenberg’s ultra-Romantic orchestral work Pelleas und Melisande 100 Radio & TV 104 Crossword and Quiz 106 Music that Changed Me Composer, cellist and singer Ayanna Witter-Johnson I N C H , F R A N C E S M A R S H A L L , DA N N Y C L I A N M U S E U M I C T O R : H O L S T V PA G E I S T H : G E T T Y C O V E R 24 Gustav Holst Subscriptions £64.87 (UK); £65 (Europe); £74 (Rest of World) ABC Reg No. 3122 EDITORIAL Plus our favourite Holst work other than The Planets (see p24) Editor Charlotte Smith Brook Green Suite Deputy editor Jeremy Pound The Hymn of Jesus Reviews editor Michael Beek Indra Multi-platform content producer Ste ve Wr i g ht B e ni Mora Cover CD editor A l ic e Pea r son The Mystic Trumpeter Art editor Dav Ludford Cotswolds Symphony Than k s to Jen ny P r ic e , Hanna h Nepi lov a MARKETING Direct marketing manager Kel l ie La ne Subscriptions marketing coordinator Dennis Awdziejczyk ADVERTISING Advertisement manager Rebecca Janyshiwskyj +44 (0)117 300 8547 Commercial brand leads Rebecca Yirrell +44 (0)117 300 8811 Rebecca O’Connell +44 (0)117 300 8814 Client solutions manager Tom Houlden +44 (0)117 300 8203 Brand sales executives Willem Curran +44 (0)117 300 8534 4 BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
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September reviews Your guide to the best new recordings and books Composer Gabriela Ortiz, violinist María Dueñas and conductor Gustavo Dudamel join forces 34 Antonio Pappano 54 Education special James Phillips +44 (0)117 300 8224 Inserts Laurence Robertson +353 876 902208 SYNDICATION & LICENSING Tim Hudson +44 (0)20 7150 5170 Richard Bentley +44 (0)20 7150 5168 PRODUCTION Production director Sa r a h Powel l Production coordinator Hannah Gazzard Ad coordinator Molly Websdell Ad de s i g ner s Cee Pike, Andrew Hobson Reprographics Tony Hunt, Chris Sutch PUBLISHING Brand leader Rosa Sherwood Managing director A nd r ew Dav ie s Group managing director A ndy Marsha l l BBC STUDIOS, UK PUBLISHING Chair, editorial review boards Nichola s Bre t t Managing director, consumer products and licensing Stephen Dav ie s Global director, magazines Mandy Thwa i t e s Compliance manager Cameron McEwan EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Janet Tuppen, Adam Barker, Philip Raperport This magazine is published by Our Media Company Bristol Limited under l icence from BBC Studios 72 Recording of the Month Gabriela Or t iz Orchestral works ‘This album is outstanding, bringing together a sense of vision and virtuosity in a celebration of the power of music’ 74 Orchestral 77 Concerto 80 Opera 82 Choral & Song 86 Chamber 90 Instrumental 93 Jazz 94 Brief Notes 96 Books 97 Audio 98 From the Archive 99 Reviews Index Subscribe today to BBC Music Maga zine Save money on newsst a nd pr ices! See p10 for our fantastic of fer BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE 5

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Contents

SEPTEMBER 2024

September Radio 3

highlights

See p100

FEATURES 24 Cover: Holst: Beyond The Planets

Daniel Jaffé explores the extraordinary variety of the composer’s works outside his great masterpiece; plus, a 150th-anniversary display of previously unseen photos 38 Reel lives Conductor Leonard Slatkin looks back at his childhood days at the very heart of the Hollywood music scene 42 Song and dance man The exhaustive of efforts of folk collector Cecil Sharp changed the face of English music, reveals Andrew Green 46 A classroom collaboration Charlotte Smith visits the Shireland CBSO Academy, a

Midlands state school where music enjoys top billing 54 Education special How musical outreach work is helping today’s schools

EVERY MONTH 8 Letters 12 The Full Score

The latest news and interviews from the music world 23 Richard Morrison 34 The BBC Music Magazine Interview

Conductor Antonio Pappano talks to Clive Paget about the joys ahead as he takes the reins of the mighty LSO 60 Musical Destinations

John Allison visits the Tsinandali Festival in Georgia 62 Composer of the Month

The famously self-deprecating Imogen Holst was a composer well worth shouting about, says Leah Broad 66 Building a Library

Erik Levi names the best recordings of Schoenberg’s ultra-Romantic orchestral work Pelleas und Melisande 100 Radio & TV 104 Crossword and Quiz 106 Music that Changed Me

Composer, cellist and singer Ayanna Witter-Johnson

I N C H

, F R A N C E S M A R S H A L L , DA N N Y C L

I A N M U S E U M

I C T O R

: H O L S T V

PA G E

I S

T H

: G E T T Y

C O V E R

24 Gustav Holst

Subscriptions £64.87 (UK); £65 (Europe); £74 (Rest of World) ABC Reg No. 3122 EDITORIAL Plus our favourite Holst work other than The Planets (see p24) Editor Charlotte Smith Brook Green Suite Deputy editor Jeremy Pound The Hymn of Jesus Reviews editor Michael Beek Indra Multi-platform content producer Ste ve Wr i g ht B e ni Mora Cover CD editor A l ic e Pea r son The Mystic Trumpeter

Art editor Dav Ludford Cotswolds Symphony Than k s to Jen ny P r ic e , Hanna h Nepi lov a MARKETING Direct marketing manager Kel l ie La ne Subscriptions marketing coordinator Dennis Awdziejczyk ADVERTISING Advertisement manager Rebecca Janyshiwskyj +44 (0)117 300 8547 Commercial brand leads Rebecca Yirrell +44 (0)117 300 8811 Rebecca O’Connell +44 (0)117 300 8814 Client solutions manager Tom Houlden +44 (0)117 300 8203 Brand sales executives Willem Curran +44 (0)117 300 8534

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