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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