BBC Music November 2021

In the November issue of BBC Music Magazine, composer, author, painter and, of course, one of the UK’s top pianists, Stephen Hough meets Jessica Duchen as he celebrates his 60th birthday. Having lived with ‘Long Covid’, Rebecca Franks tries out the English National Opera’s scheme to help those suffering with breathing problems caused by Covid-19. Claire Jackson, meanwhile, is marking the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Aligheri, the writer behind The Divine Comedy. She looks back on the composers who have been inspired by the author’s iconic depictions of hell.