CONTENTS

February 2013

Features

PRELUDES

NEWS ANALYSIS

How live streaming is opening up opera to new audiences

CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS

David Fanning champions the music of Kalevi Aho

SESSION REPORT

Alban Gerhardt records Britten’s Cello Symphony

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MUSICIAN’S DIARY

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Tugan Sokhiev storms through a Stravinsky festival in Toulouse

ICONS

Tully Potter pays tribute to the Pro Arte Quartet

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THE MUSICIAN AND THE SCORE

Christian Poltéra on Barber’s ‘tricky’ Cello Concerto

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LETTERS

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VERDI: A LIFE IN FOUR OPERAS

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The creative process behind four of Verdi’s greatest operas – Macbeth, La traviata, Aida and Falstaff – with personal insights from Gianandrea Noseda, Renée Fleming, Sir Mark Elder and Bryn Terfel

MUSIC EDUCATION SPECIAL

How to write music for children; the Berlin Philharmonic’s Orchestra Academy; the National Plan for Music Education

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MUSICAL JOURNEYS

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Classical music and opera in Cape Town; Music at Tresanton

HIGH FIDELITY

AVA Media Zara Premium; Wharfedale celebrates 80 years

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NEW RELEASES

REVIEWS INDEX

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MY MUSIC

The actor James Dreyfus on his obsession with Philip Glass

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13 Finnish master: Kalevi Aho

25 Verdi: celebrating his genius through four masterpieces

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44 Education special: bringing children closer to music PHO T O G R A P H Y

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