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Pop legend Annie Lennox plays enchanting ‘Moonlight’ Sonata on her living room piano

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Incredible 90-year-old soprano, Lina Vasta, sings a majestic Puccini aria

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This piano is made entirely of ice lolly sticks, and it’s pretty cool

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Opera chorus bursts into a Verdi melody on Italian metro

Incredible moment opera chorus bursts into a Verdi melody on Italian metro

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Musicians’ fury at report UK ‘rejected visa-free tours’ for artists, despite blaming EU

Musicians’ fury at report UK ‘rejected visa-free tours’ for artists, despite blaming EU

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sir Simon Rattle is stepping down as music director of the LSO in 2023.

Conductor Sir Simon Rattle steps down from London Symphony Orchestra in move to Munich

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Benedetti Sessions: Join in with violinist Nicola Benedetti’s virtual New Year and Mini Sessions

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This old piano was being dumped, so this guy gave it one last play… using a backhoe digger.

An old piano was being dumped, so this guy gave it one last play… using a backhoe digger.

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Princess Diana plays Rachmaninov

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Best online ballet classes and dance workshops to lift you up in lockdown

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Watch the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain perform Ennio Morricone's 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'

The utterly joyous sound of a ukulele orchestra playing Morricone’s ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’

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Three people have been arrested for damaging the Tudor church

500-year-old Tudor church ‘trashed’ in illegal New Year’s Eve rave

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Watch Alicia Keys make ‘musical art’ with just a piano

Alicia Keys impressively paints a canvas just by playing the piano

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Guys, Luciano Pavarotti sang with the Spice Girls and now I’m feeling nostalgic

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The ‘Interstellar’ theme on one of the world’s weirdest musical instruments is spine-tingling

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Andrea Bocelli accompanies himself on the flute in this stunning performance of ‘Dolce è Sentire’

Andrea Bocelli accompanies himself on the flute in this stunning performance of ‘Dolce è Sentire’

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Prince William and Prince Harry play the piano as toddlers

Prince William and Prince Harry playing the piano as toddlers is too much for our hearts to take

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Cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen perform Debbie Wiseman’s ‘A Lustre to this Day’

Hear Debbie Wiseman’s cello and piano piece celebrating ‘better times ahead’

16 days ago

Best Christmas concerts and classical music being streamed online this festive season

Best Christmas concerts and classical music being streamed online this festive season

17 days ago

What does the government’s Brexit deal mean for touring musicians?

What does the government’s Brexit deal mean for touring musicians and orchestras?

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Music school suffers severe damage in Croatian earthquake

Music school suffers heavy damage as earthquake strikes central Croatia

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Join us as we count down the Ultimate Classic FM Hall of Fame

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'O Holy Night' voted the Nation's Favourite Carol

‘O Holy Night’ voted the nation’s favourite Christmas carol for 2020

23 days ago

Organist accidentally hits ‘transpose’ during Handel’s Messiah, and produces this spectacular fail

Organist accidentally hits ‘transpose’ during Handel’s Messiah, and produces this spectacular fail

25 days ago

Andrea Bocelli sings ‘Silent Night’ in an empty cave

Andrea Bocelli sings ‘Silent Night’ in an empty cave, in haunting duet with his own echo

25 days ago

Beethoven lights

Musician spectacularly synchronises his Christmas light display with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

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Andrea Bocelli sings with his daughter on ‘Hallelujah’ in stunning new duet

Andrea Bocelli sings ‘Hallelujah’ with his daughter in stunning new duet

26 days ago

Bespoke piano encourages social distancing

Designer creates giant floor manuscript to help people practise social distancing

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Dame Fanny Waterman, legendary pianist, teacher and competition founder, dies aged 100

Dame Fanny Waterman, legendary pianist, teacher and competition founder, dies aged 100

27 days ago

Inspiring music moments in 2020: Anne-Sophie Mutter; Andrea Bocelli; Quarantined musician

Play on! The most inspiring music moments that brought us hope in 2020

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Become a member of the organisation that commissioned Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9

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Guitarist duets with his piano-playing cat

Guitarist duets with piano-playing cat, and a soothing jazz masterpiece unfolds

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Mass Christmas carol gathering in California sparks backlash amid COVID-19 surge

Mass Christmas carol gathering in California sparks backlash amid COVID-19 surge

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Google launches Blob Opera tool

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New Beethoven biopic follows Ludwig’s life from boy prodigy to troubled genius

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This 3D colourised portrait of Bach is incredibly lifelike

Bach’s face revealed in artist’s extraordinary 3D sculptures

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Beethoven in 250 words.

Beethoven at 250: famous figures share what his music means to them, in 250 words

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To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable!

10 of Beethoven’s most stirring quotes about music

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Philharmonia cellos

Silent Night played by 8 cellists in this candlelit church is exquisitely beautiful

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LSO records ‘A Christmas Singalong’ at LSO St Luke’s

Sing along with one of the world’s best orchestras this Christmas

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Composer Ethel Smyth receives first Grammy nomination 90 years after work’s premiere

Composer Ethel Smyth receives first Grammy nomination 90 years after work’s premiere

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Royal Oper House to receive a £21.7m emergency loan

Royal Opera House and Albert Hall among struggling arts venues to receive £165m in emergency loans

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Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis has been reimagined as a beautiful choir piece

Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis has been reimagined as a beautiful choir piece

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Vaughan Williams

This is the world's first piano made entirely from plants

About thyme! This is the world’s first green ‘piano’ made from living plants.

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Join our festive celebrations this Christmas on Classic FM!

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Alto line in Christmas

Woman sings painfully funny alto part of Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing sheet music

What are the lyrics to ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’ – and what’s the story behind the carol?

National Virtual Medical Orchestra

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Nicola Benedetti Grammy Award and violin

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Lang Lang

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Ennio Morricone performs at Mediolanum Forum on st

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