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Bassoonist pleads for return of stolen instrument

Professional musician begs for return of her £30,000 bassoon stolen from London home

Queen and Stravinsky

‘We are the Champions’ sounds exactly the same as ‘The Rite of Spring’ – and life will never be the same again

Eric Barga's bassoon was mistaken for a rifle in Springfield, Ohio

Someone called 911 to report a gun – but it was just a guy playing his bassoon

Elgar's Nimrod in a multi-tracked version for bassoon

It's Elgar's Nimrod – but played on six bassoons

Elgar

Dulcian bassoon bird duet

A hilarious duet for Renaissance bassoon and a very angry bird

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how to make a bassoon reed

This delightful film shows you how to make a bassoon reed

Andrew Wojo bassoon helium

Mozart's Bassoon Concerto played with helium sounds wonderfully terrible

Mozart

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Miguel’s recorder videos have millions of views on TikTok

Nimble-fingered recorder virtuoso goes viral playing classical concertos in his car

The 15 best pieces of music by Mozart.

The 15 greatest pieces of classical music by Mozart

Mozart

Why do orchestras tune to an oboe’s ‘A’?

Why do orchestras tune to an ‘A’?

Why are flutes held to the side?

Why are flutes held to the side?

Leading flautist Katherine Bryan had her £15,000 flute stolen from a London train.

Top flautist ‘devastated’ after her £15,000 flute was stolen on London train

Lizzo plays ‘The Lord of the Rings’ on recorder

Lizzo plays ‘The Lord of the Rings’ theme in surprise recorder performance on the movie set

Mischievous cat steals owner’s music stand during flute practice.

Mischievous cat repeatedly steals owner’s music stand during flute practice

This is what a 12,000-year-old bone flute may have sounded like

Archaeologists uncover tiny 12,000-year-old flutes which mimic the piercing calls of prehistoric birds

Yellowstone National Park seismic activity transformed into a mesmerising flute solo, performed by Dr Alyssa Schwartz.

Scientist transforms volcanic vibrations at Yellowstone park into a hypnotic flute solo

The Neanderthal Flute is carved from the bone of a Cave Bear

Hear the world’s oldest instrument, the 50,000 year old neanderthal flute

Lizzo: pop star, flute star, and now an animated sitcom voice-over star.

Lizzo and her flute star in The Simpsons season finale, in ‘dream come true’ cameo

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Musical friends – Lizzo and Sir James Galway

‘Sir James Galway championed the flute in the 1970s – Lizzo is doing the same for today’s generation!’

Sir James Galway

Lizzo and Sir James Galway at Met Gala 2023

Lizzo and Sir James Galway’s ‘treasured’ duet – flute footage emerges from 2023 Met Gala

Man plays ‘world’s largest flutes’, creating the perfect eerie soundtrack for The Whale movie

Man plays ‘world’s largest flutes’, creating the perfect eerie soundtrack for The Whale movie

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26% of professional musicians have said that they were forced to skip a meal over the past year due to the cost of living crisis

One in four professional musicians are skipping meals due to the cost of living crisis, survey reveals

The inside of a cello

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Alan Titchmarsh shares his top 10 favourite pieces of classical music

Alan Titchmarsh shares his top 10 favourite pieces of classical music

Alan Titchmarsh

John Whitener with his cimbasso backstage at the Royal Albert Hall

Meet the cimbasso, the epic brass contraption heard in ‘Inception’ and ‘Call of Duty’

Hayato Sumino at the Royal Albert Hall

A phone rang during Hayato Sumino’s pin-drop Royal Albert Hall solo – and he duetted with it...
Tenor Innocent Masuku blew the Britain’s Got Talent crowd away with a show-stopping performance.

‘By far, the best opera singer we’ve ever had’ – Innocent Masuku astonishes Britain’s Got Talent judges

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Rachel Duckett is the ‘Queen of the Night’

Classic FM Live with Viking: relive our spectacular Royal Albert Hall concert in pictures

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Sir Andrew Davis, much-loved British conductor, has died aged 80

Sir Andrew Davis, much-loved British conductor, has died aged 80

Freddie De Tommaso on ‘Nessun dorma’

Freddie De Tommaso breaks down what exactly makes ‘Nessun dorma’ the greatest aria of all

Puccini

Yunchan Lim plays Rachmaninov in the competition final

Who is Yunchan Lim? Piano sensation’s debut Chopin album, competitions and best performances
Alexander Armstrong and The Together Project

Alexander Armstrong surprises music charity with ‘transformative’ £61,400 donation

Why were piano keys once white and black – and why did they reverse?

Why were piano keys once white and black – and why did they reverse?

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Miloš Karadaglić: ‘Picking up the guitar was a complete accident – it’s now my best friend’

Miloš Karadaglić

Lucy and her teacher Daniel at Classic FM Live (October 2023)

‘Music is vital to her’ – how neurodivergent The Piano star Lucy speaks through the piano

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

Who is Sheku Kanneh-Mason? Star British cellist’s age, family, albums and more revealed

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

World’s only one-handed concert pianist Nicholas McCarthy reveals fascinating history of left hand piano

World’s only one-handed concert pianist reveals fascinating history of left hand piano

Pianist plays 7 levels of 'Twinkle Twinkle'

Pianist plays 7 levels of ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ with increasing virtuosity

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