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Classic FM announces new book ‘The Very Young Person’s Guide to Ballet Music’

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This week’s Classic FM radio highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery

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Classic FM is upgrading to DAB+ across the UK giving listeners superior sound quality

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Angelina Jolie (right) stars as legendary Greek soprano, Maria Callas (left) in the upcoming musical biopic about the singer

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Who was Felicia Montealegre, Chilean actress and Leonard Bernstein’s wife?

Who was Felicia Montealegre, Chilean actress and Leonard Bernstein’s wife?

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Amazing key changes in pop music

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Violinist Esther Abrami and pianist Khatia Buniatishvili – beautiful and moving pieces of classical music

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Freddie De Tommaso sings ‘Nessun dorma’ for the Ryder Cup

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Tamar Greene sings to his baby

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Who is André Rieu, what’s his net worth, and did he create the Johann Strauss Orchestra?

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Marin Alsop is one of the world’s greatest conductors and a fierce supporter for the next generation of maestros.

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Lise Davidsen Norwegian Lyric Dramatic Soprano

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Sir Simon Rattle conducts cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the London Symphony Orchestra in Trafalgar Square

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Aled Jones is an acclaimed Welsh singer and long-time Classic FM presenter

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Leonard Bernstein led some of the world’s best orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, sometimes from the piano

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Bernstein, L

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Whitney Houston and Luciano Pavarotti stunned crowds with an opera duet.

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Fiji World Cup Rugby team sing in France

Fiji rugby team sing together in spine-tingling harmony ahead of World Cup triumphs

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Sir Anthony Hopkins surprised hotel staff with a dazzling piano performance in their lobby.

Sir Anthony Hopkins, 85, stuns hotel staff with spontaneous piano playing in empty lobby

Acclaimed violinist Itzhak Perlman, and legendary conductor Gustavo Dudamel swapped their instrument and baton in rare rehearsal insight

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Organist plays epic ‘Davy Jones’ from Pirates of the Caribbean in bone-chilling cathedral acoustic

Organist plays epic ‘Davy Jones’ from Pirates of the Caribbean in bone-chilling cathedral acoustic

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Cat disrupts a live orchestra performance in Istanbul

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The most memorable times classical music featured in the hit cartoon ‘Bluey’

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Hildur Guðnadóttir’s original score to A Haunting in Venice, starring Kenneth Branagh as Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot.

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Academy Award-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins is also a talented pianist and accomplished composer of classical music.

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Bradley Cooper stars in and directs the upcoming Netflix film, ‘Maestro’; a biopic of Leonard Bernstein’s life

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Bradley Cooper is Leonard Bernstein

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Bradley Cooper (left) has been accused of ‘Jew Face’ in his portrayal of conductor Leonard Bernstein (right) for using a prosthetic nose to play the character

Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose to play Leonard Bernstein deemed ‘not’ antisemitic by Jewish rights group

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A depiction of Jesus holding a lamb

What are the lyrics to ‘The Lord is my Shepherd’ and who wrote the hymn?

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India players stand to sing the national anthem at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Sri Lanka

What are the lyrics to India’s national anthem?

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Juan Manuel Cat, Santiago Civetta, Manuel Leindekar, Santiago Arata and Gaston Mieres of Uruguay sing the national anthem prior to the Rugby World Cup 2019

What are the lyrics to Uruguay’s national anthem?

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Alicia Keys performs Lift Every Voice and Sing

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Bangladesh cricket players line up to sing the National Anthem ahead of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup

What are the lyrics to Bangladesh’s national anthem?

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‘Auld Lang Syne’ was written by Scottish poet Robert Burns, and is usually sung to fireworks on New Year’s Eve

What are the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne, and what does Auld Lang Syne actually mean?

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St Paul’s Cathedral Choir sing ‘Jerusalem’

What are the lyrics to the hymn ‘Jerusalem’ and who composed it?

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London Concert Orchestra performs ‘Rule, Britannia!’ at a Christmas-New Year concert at Birmingham Symphony Hall

What are the lyrics to ‘Rule Britannia’ and who composed it?

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Portrait of Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

What are the lyrics to ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ and what do they mean?

Elgar

Australia players sing their national anthem at The Cup of Nations (2019)

What are the lyrics to Australia’s national anthem, ‘Advance Australia Fair’?

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Pavarotti sings the powerful Turandot aria, ‘Nessun Dorma’

What are the lyrics to Puccini’s ‘Nessun dorma’ and what do they mean?

Puccini

Who wrote Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and what are the full lyrics of the popular lullaby?

Who wrote Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and what are the full lyrics of the popular lullaby?

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Team Wales sing the national anthem during the Rugby World Cup 2021

What is a national anthem and why do we sing them at sporting events?

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What is Spain’s national anthem, and why does it have no words?

What is Spain’s national anthem, and why does it have no words?

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Japan players sing the national anthem prior to the Rugby World Cup 2019 at the Tokyo Stadium

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Denmark national anthem: what are the lyrics, and why are there two Danish national anthems?

What are the lyrics to the Danish national anthem, and why does Denmark have two official songs?

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