Another Year of Wonder

  • Author Clemency Burton-Hill
  • Narrator Eddie Redmayne, Elizabeth Day
  • Publisher Headline
  • Run Time 9 hours and 43 minutes
  • Format Audio
  • Genre Music, The Arts.
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What to expect

In this follow-up to her much-loved Year of Wonder, award-winning violinist, journalist and broadcaster Clemency Burton-Hill continues her mission to demystify and open up the world of classic music to everyone, offering up one piece of music to listen to every day of the year. Year of Music shows that whoever you are and wherever you come from, classical music can be a soundtrack for your everyday life.

In curating this collection, Clemency set out to represent the widest possible picture of what the genre known as 'classic music' can be. Her accompanying narrative, full of anecdotes and emotion, humanizes the creators of each piece of music. She recognizes that classical composers can seem impossibly remote from our busy lives in the 21st century. We don't think of these people as being 'just like us': relatable; fallible and flawed. Exploring the stories of the composers' lives and loves, sorrows and joys, she reveals how relatable they still are to us today.

The pieces of music included in this book will see you through a whole year, offering a soundtrack to your life as well as a reminder that in our ever more frenetic and fragmented lives, finding a space to sit and listen to a piece of music every day can be a singular gift to yourself. Enjoy your year of music!

Critics Review

  • Clemency Burton-Hill makes classical music absolutely accessible, magical and medicinal. Another Year of Wonder is, indeed, another wonder

    Dolly Alderton, broadcaster, writer and bestselling author of Everything I Know About Love

  • Clemmie is single-handedly the reason I have multiple classical music playlists, having always assumed that it wasn’t for me. In Clemmie’s world, everyone is invited to the classical party and that’s what makes her books so beautiful and her words so welcoming. Clemmie’s recommendations have broadened my mind, sharpened my imagination, tugged on my heartstrings and given me a song for every mood. Read this book and let yourself float away for a moment or two. What a gift.

    Emma Gannon, bestselling author and host of the Ctrl Alt Delete podcast

  • Another Year of Wonder is a gorgeous compendium of a piece of classical music for every day of the year. The perfect start to 2022, which we all hope will be brighter than the last two.

    Elizabeth Day, bestselling author and host of the How to Fail podcast

  • Clemmie writes about each piece of music with such energy and passion that you can’t help but immediately want to stop what you’re doing and seek it out. It’s a fascinating book which I hope many will enjoy.

    Eddie Redmayne

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