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James Bowman sings at Leeds Town Hall, 1972

Leading countertenor James Bowman, who ‘inspired a generation’, has died aged 81

Andrea Bocelli and HAUSER duet in New York

Andrea Bocelli and cellist HAUSER perform a glittering New York Times Square duet

Andrea Bocelli

This week’s on-air highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery.

This week’s Classic FM radio highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery

The Aurora Orchestra performing in Printworks London

Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 fills Printworks in Aurora Orchestra’s thrilling immersive concert

Beethoven

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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The history of the castrati

What was a castrato? And what did they sound like? Inside their sinister history...

Discover Music

Classic FM’s Rising Stars: 30 brilliant musicians under the age of 30 we’re celebrating in 2023.

Classic FM’s Rising Stars: 30 sensational musicians performing in 2023

Discover Music

The Stumpff Lock in a laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany.

Scientific analysis of Beethoven’s DNA reveals he had Hepatitis B and high risk of liver disease

Beethoven

Classical Dreams is a Global Player exclusive podcast

Listen to new ‘Classical Dreams’ podcast episodes on World Sleep Day

Pachelbel’s Canon on trains

Pachelbel’s Canon… honked out by hundreds of train horns in a hilarious medley

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The Classic BRIT Awards

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Music Teacher of the Year

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Classic FM Live: Best of British

Classic FM Live: Best of British

Luciano Pavarotti 10th Anniversary Concert

Luciano Pavarotti 10th Anniversary Concert: In Pictures

Luciano Pavarotti

Classic FM Live, April 2017

Classic FM Live 2017 in pictures