57-PAGE SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVALS GUIDE! Your e s sent i a l companion to t he big ge s t and bes t event s i n t he UK and beyond

The world’s best-selling classical music magazine

Angela Hewitt

The pianist reflects on her Bach triumphs… and an unexpected tragedy

Tom Ser v i c e A little night music Southbank Encounters Experiences of a concert newbie Scarlatti Sonatas Federico Colli’s terrific new disc

Full April listings inside

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Wagner’s Parsifal We name the best recordings

iPad scores Is it time to ditch your sheet music?

Also in this issue

Felix Mendelssohn The father of Romantic music Mundane magic! Music inspired by the banal

Stephen Fry ‘My mad passion for Wagner’

and much more…