Inside the latest issue of BBC Music Magazine
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Our May 2025 issue is out now
Inside BBC Music Magazine's May issue:
- We mark 80 years since VE Day with a look at the role played by British composers in World War II
- How the Nazis used music as an important part of the propaganda machine at home and abroad
- On the centenary of his birth, we celebrate the German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Why there's so much more to pianist Dame Myra Hess than her morale-boosting National Gallery concerts
- Cellist Matthew Barley on the project helping him to cope with demons of his past
- American composer Carlos Simon on highlighting injustice and racism through his art
- The intriguing enigma of composer Jean Sibelius
- Vaughan Williams's plea for peace, the Dona Nobis Pacem and its best recordings
- Plus our 40-page Summer Music Festivals Guide – your essential companion to the biggest and best events in the UK and beyond
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Each issue of BBC Music Magazine delves into the many joys of classical music, from the great composers and works of the past to the thrilling performers on stage today.
