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JUNE 2020

All award winners revealed!

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FEATURES 26 Cover: BBC Music Magazine Awards The votes have been counted and our jury of critics has spoken! Here we exclusively reveal all the winners of this year’s BBC Music Magazine Awards 46 Spanish f lu Brian Wise looks at how musicians across the world faced up to the challenges of the 1918 pandemic 50 Music and fashion Claire Jackson explores how classical artists and fashion labels are finding ways to work together 54 Edington Festival Oliver Condy reports from a week-long celebration of church music deep in the Wiltshire countryside

EVERY MONTH 8 Letters 12 The Full Score The latest news from around the classical music world 25 Richard Morrison 40 The BBC Music Magazine Interview The French conductor François-Xavier Roth discusses his use of original instruments with James Naughtie 58 Musical Destinations Jeremy Pound drops in on a festival in Lecce, Italy 60 Composer of the Month Malcolm Hayes on the imagination, technical brilliance and wit of the music of Judith Weir 64 Building a Library

Daniel Jaffé selects the best recordings of Britten’s thrilling Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra 100 Radio & TV listings 104 Crossword and Quiz 106 Music that Changed Me Tenor A l l an Clay ton

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