BBC Music October 2022

In our December issue we celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of César Franck. The Belgian composer's popularity may have waxed and waned over the decades: but, says Roger Nichols, Franck's colourful and melodic music is due a reappraisal.

Elsewhere in the magazine, as Thomas Adès' new ballet The Dante Project is released on Opus Arte, the composer talks to Steph Power about drawing inspiration from both the past and the present. And Rebecca Franks takes a deep dive into the life and work of the composer Hélène de Montgeroult, whose skills at the piano saved her from the guillotine.