What are the lyrics to 'South Australia', the traditional sea shanty?

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Once greeted with hostility, the saxophone has become an integral part of the music scene. Mervyn Cooke explores the early days following its invention in 1840.

COMPOSERS: Scharwenka/Sauer LABELS: Hyperion WORKS: Piano Concerto No. 4 in F minor; Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor PERFORMER: Stephen Hough (piano)CBSO/Lawrence Foster CATALOGUE NO: CDA 66790 DDD ...

The 'devil in music': the musical trick once thought so dangerous that it was banned outright ...

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Which classical musicians should be the stars of Hollywood blockbusters?

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the ...

Richard Bratby a freelance writer based in Lichfield, Staffordshire, specialising in classical music. He is deputy music critic of The Birmingham Post, writes regularly for Gramophone and The ...

Puccini's La bohème: the best recordings of this masterful opera ...

Tom Service is a familiar voice to BBC Radio 3 listeners, the station on which he has presented Music Matters since 2003 and his own programme The Listening Service, in which he breaks down how music ...