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

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Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the ...

Celebrating the best new classical music recordings, this year’s edition of the BBC Music Magazine Awards sees dazzling debuts competing against bold new reframings of classics ...

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So dominant in other areas, Beethoven composed just one opera. And, although its first audience left scratching their heads, 'Fidelio' is something of a gem ...

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Which classical musicians should be the stars of Hollywood blockbusters?

Daniel Jaffé has been associated with BBC Music Magazine since 2004 when he was the reviews editor, working in that post until he went freelance in 2011. Previously he was on the editorial teams of ...