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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
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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
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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
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'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
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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
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How did Anton Webern die?

How a fateful cigar led to the death of composer Anton Webern, just as he had found peace
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American classical music: ten US composers reveal the American masterpiece that inspired them

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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
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A group of school children from the Hugh Middleton School take a lesson in whispers. A verger, who is 170 feet away from them, is telling them the story of the building of St Paul's Cathedral and it's famous gallery. It is here that a whisper delivered at one point around the dome 170 feet away reproduces itself with great distinctness at a distant point where the children are sitting. 17th June 1975. (Photo by Freddie Reed/Mirrorpix via Getty Images

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
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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
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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…
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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
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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...
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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
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