BBC Music February 2023

For our March issue, we take a deep dive into Wagner's extraordinary Ring cycle. Broadcaster and regular BBC Music Magazine contributor Terry Blain tells the story of the greatest achievement in the history of opera, from the composer’s first inspiration to the completion of four legendary stage works that rewrote the artform itself.

Elsewhere, Paul Roberts examines Franz Liszt's infatuation with Lord Byron, and explains how this passion for the iconic Romantic found its way into the Hungarian composer's music. Moving forward a few decades, Roger Nichols zooms in on 1923, an extraordinarily fruitful year for music and the arts. A wealth of premieres in Paris that year took classical music off in exciting new directions, as Roger reveals.