The BBC has launched a new archive of more than 600 recordings of classical music performances, under the name Experience Classical.A collaboration between BBC Radio 3 and BBC Archive, the project is being fronted by BBC Young Musician winner Sheku Kanneh-Mason, his sister Isata, and composer Hannah Peel.
It aims to provide tools for people – particularly newcomers – to discover classical music. Users can browse music by composer, instrument, mood and the age of pieces.Recordings in the archive are all performed by BBC Orchestras, Choirs and New Generation Artists and span works by more than 150 different composers.
A number of compositions are newly-commissioned works from former contestants in the BBC Young Composer competition.As well as.
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