BBC Music June 2023

We're all about the Proms this issue. Yes, our lead feature is a comprehensive guide to the 2023 BBC Proms season. Yes, here's our lowdown on two months of splendid crowdpleasers, from Beethoven's Fifth and Stravinsky's Rite to celebrations of birthday boys Ligeti, Rachmaninov and Byrd, and no fewer than 15 new commissions.

The range of programming this year, too, is particularly broad, with concerts inspired by film, gaming, Bollywood, Northern Soul and mindfulness, and events taking place in Londonderry, Gateshead, Aberystwyth, Dewsbury, Truro, Perth and Great Yarmouth.