BBC Music October 2023

Our cover stars this month are the legendary early music ensemble The Tallis Scholars. As his trailblazing vocal group turns 50 years old, the ensemble's conductor Peter Phillips celebrates with Jeremy Pound.

Elsewhere in the magazine, Rebecca Franks reports on the Welsh National Opera Orchestra’s deep delve into the world of Czech music, while conductor François-Xavier Roth tells Clive Paget what marks his versatile Les Siècles orchestra out from others. Jessica Duchen explores a strange, surprising and highly effective new visual take on Fauré’s Requiem, and John Allison tells the story of composer Priaulx Rainier, a distinctive but hidden gem of South African music.