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

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Double bassist Luis Cabrera plays the ‘Prelude’ from Bach’s Cello Suite No.1

Double bassist plays Bach’s Suite No.1 for solo cello – and it sounds utterly glorious

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Freddie De Tommaso sings a glorious ‘Nessun dorma’ at dawn, on Rome’s famed golf course

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