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Wycliffe Gordon soprano trombone solo

Mighty jazz musician plays tiny soprano trombone in ferocious brass solo

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Even after fainting from heatstroke, the soldier attempted to continue playing the trombone after he had collapsed

A trombonist fainted during the King’s birthday parade rehearsal, got up – and tried to play on

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Musician plays ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ on garden watering can

This trombonist playing ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ on a watering can is the bee’s knees

Trombone Champ – the world's first interactive trombone rhythm game

Toot your way to musical genius with the world’s first trombone rhythm game

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What are all the instruments in an orchestra?

Brass players delight passengers with impromptu ‘The Bare Necessities’ on aeroplane

Brass players delight passengers with impromptu ‘The Bare Necessities’ on aeroplane

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A boy plays the trumpet at a No Kings protest in San Diego

‘Goosebumps’ as young boy plays Star-Spangled Banner on his trumpet at San Diego protest

Trumpet rental letter

Son finds touching note sent to his struggling mother ‘forgiving trumpet debt’

English trumpeter Alison Balsom plays in Cologne’s philharmonic hall

10 most spectacular pieces of trumpet music

Paul McCartney asked an English trumpeter to play a painfully high piccolo trumpet solo for ‘Penny Lane’

When Paul McCartney asked an English trumpeter to play the painfully high ‘Penny Lane’ piccolo trumpet solo

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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’

The top 10 best pieces of music by Haydn.

10 greatest pieces of classical music by Haydn

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Trumpeter creates mesmerising sound wave visualisation using fire

Trumpeter uses actual fire to create mesmerising soundwave visualisation

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Elgar Cello Concerto; Alison Balsom plays Haydn Trumpet Concerto; Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Williams Violin Concerto No.2

The 20 greatest concertos in classical music

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Trumpeter Matilda Lloyd performs a Puccini aria in a beautiful stairwell acoustic.

Trumpeter finds extraordinary church stairwell acoustic, plays opera’s greatest tune

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Hans Nickel and the WDR Symphony Orchestra

Jaw-droppingly nimble soloist plays virtuosic violin Czardas... on the tuba?

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Bugler sounds the Last Post

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

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Alison Balsom is an award-winning trumpet soloist

‘To diminish music in education is a really big mistake’ – star trumpeter Alison Balsom

Alison Balsom

Seven students age 16-18 have been left without their musical instruments for 25 days

‘How is this okay?’ – outrage as seven music students’ brass instruments lost by Lufthansa

The UK experienced its highest ever temperatures on record

How do extreme temperatures affect our musical instruments?

John Blanke, Trumpet

Meet John Blanke, Henry VIII’s highly favoured trumpeter and the face of Black Tudor England

Alison Balsom reveals her Top 5 Trumpet Concertos of all time

Star trumpeter Alison Balsom reveals the top five trumpet concertos of all time

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French cellist Gautier Capuçon plays while suspended from a zipline in the French Alps.

Gautier Capuçon plays cello while suspended on a zipline in the French Alps

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Who is Dave, and does he really play the harp?

Who is Dave, and does he really play the harp?

Trailer full of pianos is a write-off after spontaneously combusting in Oklahoma

Trailer full of pianos is a write-off after spontaneously combusting in Oklahoma

Denise Bacon played her clarinet while undergoing four-hour brain surgery to help relieve symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

Parkinson’s patient plays clarinet during brain surgery, revealing miraculous instant results

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Camden Stewart, St Pancras station’s viral piano star who began life as a boy soprano

Meet St Pancras station’s viral piano star who began as a boy soprano

Violinist Maya Levy accuses Transavia airlines of ‘complete injustice’ for refusing to let her board with rare 1761 violin

Violinist accuses airline of ‘complete injustice’ for refusing to let her board with rare 1761 violin

Lise Cristiani (December 24, 1827 – October 24, 1853)

Have you heard the story of the world’s first female cellist, also an intrepid explorer?

Yumeka Nakagawa moved to tears playing the ‘Raindrop’ Prelude at 19th Chopin Competition

Chopin piano competition contestant visibly moved to tears while playing the ‘Raindrop’ prelude

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Albert Einstein’s first violin, which he hid from the Nazis, is up for auction

Albert Einstein’s first violin which he hid from the Nazis sells for £860,000 at auction

Man plays guitar during brain surgery

Incredible footage shows dad playing guitar while undergoing brain surgery

Playing an instrument gives you extra ‘bumps’ on your brain

Playing an instrument gives you extra ‘bumps’ on your brain

Norbert Merkl’s instrument collection stolen from apartment

Musician’s priceless instrument collection stolen from apartment including 61 violin bows

3D printed violins

US school cuts music lesson costs by printing 3D violins for students

Violinist refused boarding by Transavia Airlines after declining to check in his Stradivarius

Violinist refused boarding by airline after declining to check in ‘rare’ Stradivarius

Leo Woodall plays a piano tuner in new film

Leo Woodall is playing a piano tuner in his latest indie film

Novak Djokovic ‘plays’ Vivaldi’s Winter on violin in unexpected Asics advert

Novak Djokovic ‘plays’ Vivaldi’s Winter on violin in unexpected Asics advert

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This keyboard kitten is a fan of classical music

10 calming pieces of classical music for your pet

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Uncovered 9th-century manuscript could contain earliest Western music notation

Uncovered 9th-century manuscript could contain earliest Western music notation

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Studio Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi wrote his famous ‘Totoro’ theme in 20 minutes

Composer Joe Hisaishi: ‘I wrote the Totoro theme in 20 minutes!’

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The spookiest pieces of classical music for Halloween.

The 20 scariest pieces of classical music for Halloween

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Ralph Fiennes to star in WWII film ‘The Choral’ where young men find hope in music

The Choral: Ralph Fiennes plays a demanding chorus master in ‘funny’ new WWI film

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John Williams and Spielberg reunite for new UFO epic

John Williams, 93, to score Spielberg’s UFO epic as the duo reunite for their 30th film

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The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

Best symphonies: Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak and Florence Price

The 15 greatest symphonies of all time

4 eras of classical music

The 4 eras of classical music: a quick guide

A young Marin Alsop, Sir Simon Rattle, and Seiji Ozawa conduct their respective orchestras.

The 25 greatest conductors of all time

Hildegard von Bingen, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Edward Elgar among the greatest composers in classical music history.

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