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    Bernard Haitink conducing the London Symphony Orchestra

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    Beethoven - Symphony No.7 in A: The 10 best recordings

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    6. Bernard Haitink conducing the London Symphony Orchestra

    A live recording on the LSO’s own label sees Haitink approaching the work’s lyrical sections with tenderness and the dance rhythms with an easy swagger.

    1. Image 1: Beethoven Symphony No. 7 Carlos Kleiber Vienna Philharmonic
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    McDonald’s restaurant in Wales to play Beethoven to tackle late-night antisocial behaviour

    A smaller, but still immense, 5,000 strong choir in Japan sing Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’

    Listen to this 10,000-strong Japanese megachoir sing Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’

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    LeBron James reveals he listens to Beethoven to ‘calm down’ before games

    Orchestra’s outer space Beethoven performance leaves legendary conductor in tears

    Orchestra’s outer space Beethoven performance leaves legendary conductor in tears

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    Beethoven's great choral anthem is based on a poem by Friedrich Schiller

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    'Beethoven's Funeral March' was played at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral procession

    The power of ‘Beethoven’s Funeral March’, the musical masterpiece played during the Queen’s procession

    The Philadelphia Orchestra, and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, performing at Carnegie Hall last year, mostly without masks

    Beethoven symphony dropped from Edinburgh International Festival following Covid-19 mask disagreement

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    Dolphins behave better after listening to Bach and Beethoven, study finds

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    10 pieces of classical music that will 100% change your life

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    The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

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    New TV piano talent show judged by Lang Lang to be hosted by Claudia Winkleman

    Lang Lang to judge train station piano talent show, finding the nation’s top amateur pianists

    Lang Lang

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    Beyoncé eclipses legendary conductor Sir Georg Solti’s Grammys record – with 32 award wins

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

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    Four virtuoso pianists astonish passersby with epic boogie-woogie improvisation

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    Ludovico Einaudi surprises young fan in spontaneous airport piano duet

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