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'Judas!': how Bob Dylan enraged the Sixties folk scene
As Timothée Chalamet returns to our screens as a young Bob Dylan, we take a look at two infamous - but crucial - moments in his whirlwind early career
BBC Radio 3 marks the first quarter of the century with 25 new commissions
'25 for 25: Sounds of the Century', showcasing 25 new commissions for BBC ensembles and New Generation Artists, launches on 25 January
Musical politicians: From Nero to Nixon, 11 great political figures with musical talent to burn
With the US presidential election looming, we name the musical politicians vying for the position of history’s most musical world leader
'Coarse, primitive, vulgar and perverted...' How Stalin's displeasure left Shostakovich fearing for his life
Sex, scandal, symphonies: the dark history of composers and syphilis
Romantic composers were passionate, sensual and untrammelled in their desires. Sadly, this meant a surge in deaths from syphilis
From 'measured dignity' to 'jittery pop stars': US presidential inauguration music down the ages
As Donald Trump is sworn in as America’s 47th president this month, Terry Blain looks back at the music that has shaped presidential inaugurations
How did Anton Webern die?
How a fateful cigar led to the death of composer Anton Webern, just as he had found peace
American classical music: ten US composers reveal the American masterpiece that inspired them
Irish folk songs: 7 beautiful Irish songs you can't help singing along to
Self-confessed folk obsessive Freya Parr shares her favourite 7 Irish folk songs
Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events author on the music that's defined him
The author of A Series of Unfortunate Events shares the music that has shaped his life and career
14 places you need to hear: the world's most weird and wonderful acoustic destinations
Our roundup of the 14 most incredible sound destinations in the world
These five composers forged amazing music from depression and mental illness
A number of composers are known to have suffered from mental illness. But, asks Stephen Johnson, himself a sufferer of bipolar disorder, did their affliction in fact provide the key to much of their creativity?
When music kills: seven tales of musical curses and death wishes
From eerie coincidences to bizarre psychological effects, here are seven stories of classical music with deathly powers
Dalia Stasevska extends BBC Symphony principal guest conductor contract to 2027
Bonbons, candied fruits and royal jelly... 5 notoriously sweet-toothed composers
Would you go for a delicate Marjolaine or a hearty game pie? Bakewell tart or savoury fougasse? We find out which composers had a taste for sugary treats…
Mozart stories: ten of the wildest rumours about the great composer's life and death
Did Salieri poison him? Was he buried in a pauper's grave? And is that his widow in a photo? We examine 10 Mozart rumours
Star Wars music: ranking the nine film scores from worst to best
How do all nine Star Wars scores stack up? Here's our ranking of the best and worst Star Wars music
Simon Rattle receives 2025 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
The celebrated British conductor receives the award, worth €250,000, on 17 May 2025 at a ceremony in Munich
And the BAFTA goes to...? Music nominees revealed!
The nominees for the British Academy Film Awards have just been revealed, and here are the composers up for this year’s BAFTA for Original Score...
The humble coat button that saved a great composer's life
How a fight between Mattheson and Handel could have caused the demise of one of classical music’s greatest composers – had it not been for a metal coat button
English folk songs: 11 beautiful, memorable folk melodies from our past
Are these the best English folk songs?
'No deflowering took place': inside Tchaikovsky's tragic sham marriage
Tchaikovsky's marriage to Antonina Milyukova was a disaster, with the composer repressing his homosexuality and finding his wife to be 'absolutely repulsive'
These are the Los Angeles homes of 14 classical music icons
From Beverly Hills to Brentwood – passing Palm Springs – Brian Wise reveals the former famous musical inhabitants of California’s City of Angels
Winterreise: the tale of Schubert's brilliantly bleak song cycle - and four great recordings
Michael Tanner sets out on one of the bleakest and loneliest journeys in classical music, as he selects the finest recordings of Schubert's harrowing song-cycle, Winterreise