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Classic FM Live at 25 with Viking at the Royal Albert Hall

Classic FM Live at 25 with Viking: join us for a spectacular concert at the Royal Albert Hall in October 2025!

Anthony Gabriele conducts Classic FM Live at the Movies with Viking

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Classic FM Live returns to the Royal Albert Hall for a movie music special

Classic FM Live returns to the Royal Albert Hall for a movie music special in April 2025

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Conductor reacts to himself conducting Grieg’s ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’!

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Classic FM Live with Viking: photos from our night of great British classics at the Royal Albert Hall

Classic FM Live returns in October 2024

Classic FM Live with Viking returns for a celebration of great British classics at the Royal Albert Hall

Sibelius ‘Finlandia’ at Classic FM Live

This epic performance of Sibelius’ ‘Finlandia’ will take your breath away

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Ellinor D’Melon plays with two members of the 12 Ensemble at LSO St Luke’s

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Classic FM’s Rising Stars: 30 incredible musicians under 30 we’re celebrating in 2025

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Jeneba Kanneh-Mason stuns with blistering take on Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No.2

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Karl Jenkins pranked by orchestra in 80th birthday surprise at Classic FM Live at the Royal Albert Hall.

Orchestra expertly pranks Sir Karl Jenkins with surprise ‘Happy Birthday’ at Royal Albert Hall

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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...

Classic FM Live with Viking is back for 2024

Classic FM Live returns to the Royal Albert Hall for a night of classical music anthems

Classic FM’s Rising Stars 2024

Classic FM’s Rising Stars 2024: 30 young musicians reshaping classical music

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Lucy played a Bach piano prelude alongside teacher Daniel at the Royal Albert Hall

Blind 15-year-old pianist Lucy plays enchanting Bach prelude in Royal Albert Hall debut

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Pianist Lucy plays at the Royal Albert Hall

Blind pianist Lucy stuns Royal Albert Hall with breathtaking Debussy debut

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The five winners in the Classic FM Music Teacher of the Year Awards received their certificates on stage at Classic FM Live.

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‘Lord of the Rings’ at the Royal Albert Hall

Orchestra’s symphonic ‘Lord of the Rings’ turns Royal Albert Hall into epic Middle Earth

Classic FM Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Classic FM Live: get your tickets for a Hall of Fame spectacular at the Royal Albert Hall this autumn

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Michael Spyres and Danielle de Niese sing Verdi at the Royal Albert Hall

This ‘Drinking Song’ from Verdi’s La traviata is a glass of pure musical joy

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Verdi from English National Opera and Paul Daniel

Operatic chorus sings Verdi’s thunderous ‘Anvil Chorus’, raising the Royal Albert Hall roof

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10 famous adverts that used classical music to evoke emotion

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Long-lost ‘Mendelssohn’ Stradivarius violin taken in Nazi Germany traced in Japan

Long-lost ‘Mendelssohn’ Stradivarius violin taken in Nazi Germany has been traced in Japan

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Pope Leo XIV is a pianist

The new Pope, Leo XIV, is a pianist who can play fiendish Bartók piano solos

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'O mio babbino caro' - a Puccini aria often performed by soprano Renée Fleming

What are the lyrics and translation of ‘O mio babbino caro’?

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Largest string orchestra world record, Recklinghausen, Germany

1,350 musicians break world record for largest string orchestra with immense ‘Ode to Joy’

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