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What are the lyrics to The First Noel, the popular Christmas carol?

What are the lyrics to The First Noel, the popular Christmas carol?

Christmas

O Holy Night

What are the lyrics to ‘O Holy Night’, in French and English?

Christmas

Argentinian team sing their national anthem at a rugby test match in Chaco, Argentina

What are the lyrics to Argentina’s national anthem, and why is there a shorter version?

The history, lyrics and meaning of Croatia’s national anthem ‘Our Beautiful Homeland’

What are the lyrics to Croatia’s national anthem, ‘Our Beautiful Homeland’?

Christmas is upon us, which means it's time to rediscover all those favourite festive pieces of music

The 20 best pieces of classical Christmas music

Christmas

All the classical music played in ‘Wednesday’ on Netflix

What classical music is played in ‘Wednesday’ on Netflix?

Learning to play piano may help people cope with depression and anxiety

Learning to play piano may help people cope with depression and anxiety

The Very Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

The Very Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: With 10 Musical Sounds!

‘In Italy, opera is like the football’ – Bill Bailey on classical music and the arts

‘In Italy, opera is like the football’ – Bill Bailey on classical music and the arts

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

Latest instrument features

Jenna Ortega plays cello as Wednesday Addams, in new Netflix series ‘Wednesday’.

Jenna Ortega learned to play Bach cello suites for hit Netflix series ‘Wednesday’

Ironworker Paul Harvey plays 'Lord of the Rings' theme on flute in abandoned tunnel

Flute player performs haunting ‘Lord of the Rings’ melody in mile-long tunnel

Pianist plays on piano properly for the first time in 20 years, with the help from bionic gloves

‘Bionic’ gloves allow injured concert pianist to play again after decades of lost dexterity
Mendelssohn’s Wedding March, but uh oh...

This ‘drunk version’ of Mendelssohn’s Wedding March is classical comedy gold

Mendelssohn

Bugler sounds the Last Post

What is The Last Post and why is it played on Remembrance Day?

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

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

4 eras of classical music

The 4 eras of classical music: a quick guide

The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

Women composers gallery

21 of the greatest women composers in classical music

Best pianists of all time

The 25 best pianists of all time

Some of history's greatest composers were part of the LGBTQ+ community.

15 LGBTQ+ composers in classical music history that you probably already know

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