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Classic FM is the home of Christmas music

Advent music: 10 best carols and hymns to begin the festive season

3 days ago

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Maria Callas’ most iconic photographs

Maria Callas’ most iconic photographs, on her 100th anniversary

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The 10 best pieces of music by American maestro and composer, Leonard Bernstein.

Leonard Bernstein: 10 best pieces of music by the American maestro

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Classic FM Live with Viking

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

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Colette Maze, who became the oldest pianist to record an album aged 108, has died at the age of 109.

World’s oldest recording pianist, the inspiring Colette Maze, dies aged 109

5 days ago

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A biopic about Maurice Ravel and his iconic ‘Boléro’ is coming soon

A new biopic about Maurice Ravel and his iconic ‘Boléro’ is set for 2024 release

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Beethoven and West Side Story

Leonard Bernstein borrowed a famous Beethoven melody for West Side Story’s most emotional scene

6 days ago

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The Nation’s Favourite Carol with Viking on Classic FM

Vote for your favourite Christmas carol in The Nation’s Favourite Carol with Viking 2023

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Christmas

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin on teaching Bradley Cooper to conduct

‘He should pursue conducting’ – the real maestro who taught Bradley Cooper to conduct like Bernstein

9 days ago

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Nicolò Foron won the 17th Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition with a programme of Wagner, Grieg and Berlioz.

25-year-old maestro wins competition with explosive Berlioz in joyous finale

9 days ago

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Sir Keir Starmer chooses Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’, the EU Anthem, as music that sums up the Labour Party

Sir Keir Starmer says Beethoven’s choral anthem ‘Ode to Joy’ sums up the Labour party

9 days ago

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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

11 days ago

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Saint Cecilia Playing The Organ.

Who was St Cecilia? Meet the patron saint of music and musicians, who is still celebrated today

12 days ago

Women in Music

Why are there so many violins in an orchestra?

Why do orchestras have so many violins?

12 days ago

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What are the lyrics to Brahms’ ‘Cradle Song’, the most famous lullaby ever written?

What are the lyrics to Brahms’ famous ‘Lullaby’, and what’s the story behind it?

12 days ago

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Sir Anthony Hopkins and André Rieu

Emotional Sir Anthony Hopkins watches as André Rieu’s orchestra plays the waltz he wrote 50 years ago...

13 days ago

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DAB+ – a modern, digital way of listening to radio

Classic FM is upgrading to DAB+ across the UK – here’s how to check you’re ready

13 days ago

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Karl Jenkins and World Orchestra for Peace

Sir Karl Jenkins conducts World Orchestra for Peace in epic world premiere with hundreds of musicians

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Leonard Bernstein conducted a monumental Beethoven symphony to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall.

When Leonard Bernstein conducted an ‘Ode to Freedom’ after the fall of the Berlin Wall

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Piracicaba Symphony Orchestra play in the dark

This orchestra carried on playing perfectly in pitch black, after all stage lights were cut in a storm

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Lang Lang

Lang Lang’s albums, age, wife and more facts about the star pianist

Lang Lang

Queen coronation balcony

What music was played at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation?

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John Williams: Compositions, movies, age and awards revealed

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