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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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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

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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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A Ukrainian musician plays the National Anthem in a metro station being used as a bomb shelter

Ukrainian trumpeter’s solo national anthem echoes through underground shelter

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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 a painfully high piccolo trumpet solo for ‘Penny Lane’

The astounding moment a virtuoso played three trumpets at once

The moment an incredible Swedish brass virtuoso played three trumpets at once

Trumpeter Alison Balsom takes part in landmark Covid-19 study for musicians

Covid study with trumpeter Alison Balsom reveals brass-playing is safer than talking

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Lucy Illingworth and her mother on stage at the King’s Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle in May 2023

Who is Lucy from The Piano? Blind and neurodivergent young pianist has a new documentary

Duncan captured the hearts of the nation with his moving performance on ‘The Piano’.

80-year-old pianist with dementia moves ‘The Piano’ viewers with beautiful love theme for his wife

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Lang Lang on Lucy, last year’s winner of The Piano

‘She’s a miracle kid’ – star pianist Lang Lang on Lucy, last year’s winner of The Piano

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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...

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

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

Yunchan Lim plays Rachmaninov in the competition final

Who is Yunchan Lim? Piano sensation’s debut Chopin album, competitions and best performances

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?

Miguel’s recorder videos have millions of views on TikTok

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

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Miloš Karadaglić: ‘From The Beatles to Bach, the guitar has been my best friend’

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

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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

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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

Paganini’s violin is X-rayed to examine its wood.

Scientists X-rayed Paganini’s favourite violin, to reveal the deep secret of its sound

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Amy Beach’s stunning violin Romance

Amy Beach’s stunning Romance, played by a rising star violinist for International Women’s Day

The 10 greatest pieces by German composer Fanny Mendelssohn.

The 10 greatest pieces of music by Fanny Mendelssohn, ranked

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Four women conductors lead the Met Opera in one week – in historic first

Four women conductors lead the Met Opera in one week – in historic first

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The best classical music playlists to suit your every mood

The best classical music playlists to suit your every mood

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A 150-year-old Beethoven symphony helped to invent the CD.

A CD can hold exactly 74 minutes of music, thanks to Beethoven

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Anthony Hopkins has been cast as Handel in an upcoming biopic, ‘The King of Covent Garden’, telling the story of the composer’s ‘Messiah’.

Anthony Hopkins will play Handel, in a new biopic about the composer’s ‘Messiah’

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The remarkable story of Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony No. 9 and the ‘Ode to Joy’

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Laufey, the genre-defying musician bringing classical and jazz music to Gen Z.

Who is Laufey? The genre-defying singer-songwriter bringing classical and jazz to Gen Z

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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

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The 4 eras of classical music: a quick guide

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

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Nicola Benedetti, Bryn Terfel and Karl Jenkins are among the signatories on a letter to government officials concerning ‘devastating’ funding cuts to the Welsh National Opera.

Celebrity-signed letter warns £2.5 million Welsh National Opera cuts will be ‘devastating’

Greater Manchester has been made the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for Music and Dementia

Orchestra working with charity to transform dementia patients’ lives through music

New analysis of Beethoven’s hair could help solve mystery of composer’s hearing loss.

Why did Beethoven go deaf? New hair analysis could solve mystery, say scientists

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The CBSO has sparked a debate over whether phones should be allowed at classical concerts.

Birmingham orchestra sparks debate over decision to allow phones in concerts

Beethoven reincarnated by visual artist using composer’s life mask for first time

Ultra-realistic image of Beethoven created by visual artist using composer’s own life mask

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

What are the lyrics to ‘Ode to Joy’ from Beethoven’s Symphony No.9?

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Challengers - a new movie by Luca Guadagnino

What classical music is in ‘Challengers’ and who wrote the soundtrack?

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

Monumental sound as 10,000-strong Japanese megachoir sings Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’

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Floral Hall of the Royal Ballet & Opera, London.

London’s Royal Opera House announces a new name and redesigned logo

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Genius of Joy: The Story of Beethoven’s Ninth

Richard Armitage narrates story of Beethoven’s Ninth in 200th anniversary Classic FM radio special

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