LOGIN

Request new password
Register

November 2008

  • "Share

French music special issue

Susan Graham
To kick off our special French issue, Susan Graham reveals all about her intense love affair with the Mélodie and talks about her sparkling new disc, Un frisson français.

The Great War:
How WWI changed British music forever

Olivier Messiaen

France’s most important 20th-century composer

 

 

 

Back issues:

If you'd like to buy this issue of BBC Music Magazine, please get in touch with our back issues service:
Tel: +44 (0)844 826 7350
Email: bbcmusic@dovetailservices.com


On Sale Date: 
30/10/2008
Issue Number: 
199

On the Cover Disc

20th-century French classics

Three masterpieces from 20th-century Paris this month. Poulenc’s Gloria, at turns jubilant, humorous and dark, is complemented by one of Messiaen’s great orchestral works, the spiritually charged L’Ascension. And to finish, the electric Symphony of Psalms by our honorary Frenchman this month, the Paris-dwelling Stravinsky

Download Cover Disc Inlay Here
Subscribe to BBC Music Magazine
This website is made by BBC Worldwide.
BBC Worldwide is a commercial company that is owned by the BBC (and just the BBC).
No money from the licence fee was used to create this web site.
The profits we make from it go back to BBC programme makers to help fund new great BBC programmes.
chevronMore about BBC Worldwide.