Skip to content
    skip to navigation

    Classic FM

    Listen

    On Air Now

    Early Breakfast with Sam Pittis 4am - 6am

    Early Breakfast with Sam Pittis

    Now Playing

    Seven Wonders : Suite for Orchestra (4) Stuart Mitchell Download 'Seven Wonders : Suite for Orchestra (4)' on iTunes

    Seven Wonders : Suite for Orchestra (4) artwork
    • Playlist
    • Schedule
    • Home
    • Radio
    • News
    • Discover Music
    • Composers
    • Artists
    • Lifestyle
    • Win
    • Charity
    • Podcasts
    • Events
    • Dating
    • Follow us on:
      Follow Classic FM on Twitter
      Follow Classic FM on Facebook
      Follow Classic FM on Instagram
      Follow Classic FM on Youtube

    Discover Music

    • Discover Music Home
    • Periods & Genres
    • Occasions
    • Mood
    • Instruments
    • Music Theory
    • Learning
    • Humour
    • Women in Music
    • More Classic FM

    String player

    This image appears in the gallery:
    7 essential processes for musicians

    musician life processes

    6. String player

    1. Image 1: musician life processes
    2. Image 2: musician life processes
    3. Image 3: musician life processes
    4. Image 4: musician life processes
    5. Image 5: musician life processes
    6. Image 6: musician life processes
    7. Image 7: musician life processes 7 images

    See the full gallery: 7 essential processes for musicians

    Latest humour

    See more Latest humour

    Netflix ‘The Perfection’ film poster

    Cellists are ripping into this Netflix poster that very much *isn’t* ‘Perfection’

    11 days ago

    Metrolinx’s new train posters have caused havoc among musicians online.

    A train company poster features dubious music notation – and musicians are not on board

    15 days ago

    A musical butt in Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights.

    Hear the haunting music printed on a man’s bottom in this wild Renaissance painting

    18 days ago

    I am an opera singer

    7-year-old asked to describe her opera singer dad’s job gives the cutest response

    1 month ago

    Have you ever tested your musical IQ?

    Are you a musical prodigy? Take this scientific music IQ test

    1 month ago

    Lifestyle

    Trending on Classic FM

    Chopins’ Funeral March, backwards.

    Chopin’s ‘Funeral March’ played backwards sounds bizarrely psychedelic

    Chopin

    A beginner musician learns how to play the piano through augmented reality

    Music in the Metaverse - learn to play the piano in this new augmented reality app

    This week’s on-air highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery

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

    Danny Boy: what are the lyrics and history behind the traditional Irish song?

    Danny Boy: what are the lyrics and history behind the traditional Irish song?

    Nicky Benedetti plays Scottish National Anthem at Glasgow Games opening ceremony

    What are the lyrics to Scottish national anthem ‘Flower of Scotland’?

    The violin that survived the Titanic belonged to bandmaster Wallace Hartley, who perished with the ship.

    The 110-year-old Titanic violin that miraculously survived the sinking ship

    One Voice Mixed Chorus perform, “Singing Darkness to Light” in 2019

    How choirs can welcome trans singers: ‘It’s about creating a place of belonging’

    Scam artists are posing as violinists in America, and pretending to play for money

    Police across America issue warnings over busking scammers, pretending to play the violin

    South Africa’s national anthem: what are the lyrics and why are there two separate songs?

    South Africa’s national anthem: what are the lyrics and why are there two separate songs?

    New Zealand singer Hayley Westenra sings ‘God Defend New Zealand’

    New Zealand national anthem: what are the lyrics and who wrote ‘God Defend New Zealand’?

    Back to top

    Also on Classic FM

    • Listen to Global Player
    • Alexander Armstrong on Classic FM
    • Google Doodle
    • Quizzes
    • Mozart
    • Debussy
    • Music theory
    • Instruments
    • Classic FM Live
    • Brahms
    • Vivaldi
    • Bach
    • Tchaikovsky
    • Chopin
    • Andrea Bocelli
    • Florence Price
    • Beethoven
    • Best classical music
    • Classic FM Requests
    • Best pianists
    • Harry Potter music
    • Saturday Night at the Movies
    • Star Wars soundtrack
    • Composer or pasta
    • Music for Studying
    • Best violinists
    • Classical music tearjerkers
    • Relaxing classical

    Useful Links

    • Contact Us
    • Help
    • How To Listen
    • About Classic FM
    • Company Details
    • Cookies
    • Privacy
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Advertise
    • Global Jobs

    Download the app

    Get it on the app store Get it on Google Play

    Follow Us

    Follow Classic FM on Twitter
    Follow Classic FM on Facebook
    Follow Classic FM on Instagram
    Follow Classic FM on Youtube
    © Global 2022
    30 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LA
    Privacy Manager