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Wigmore Hall to reopen to audiences with special 120th anniversary festival

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This vocal arrangement of Elgar’s Nimrod is an utterly sublime moment of music

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‘It’s genius’ – classical music stars on why we love The Lark Ascending so much

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Listen to the enchanting sound of the world’s oldest song, the Hurrian Hymn

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Watch our exclusive broadcast of Joseph Calleja’s star-studded sacred concert from Malta

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Woman’s extraordinary ‘mouth trumpet’ playing is taking TikTok by storm

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Sir Antonio Pappano appointed chief conductor of London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Antonio Pappano appointed chief conductor of London Symphony Orchestra

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Government announces new music curriculum for England’s schoolchildren

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Busking pianist fined for breaching COVID-19 rules and ‘causing a crowd’ in York

Busking pianist fined for breaching COVID-19 rules and ‘causing a crowd’ in York

23 days ago

Oxford University academics consider 'decolonising' music syllabus

Oxford University professor suggests ‘decolonising’ music syllabus to make it less ‘white European’

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Freddie Mercury ‘We Are The Champions’ vocals

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81 percent of women say it’s harder for women artists in music, with sexual harassment a key challenge

81 percent of women say it’s harder for female artists in music, with sexual harassment a key challenge

27 days ago

Delirious dog sings unimaginably virtuosic vocal solo in a piano room

Delirious dog sings virtuosic vocal solo in a piano room

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Vocalist sings spine-tinglingly beautiful ‘Arabian Nights’ in an empty museum acoustic

28 days ago

House of Lords report says post-Brexit touring could be "prohibitively bureaucratic and expensive"

Post-Brexit touring ‘prohibitively expensive’ for musicians if government fails to act, says Lords report

29 days ago

Black composer ‘decommissioned’ by Tulsa Opera for refusing to amend one word in massacre commemoration

Black composer ‘decommissioned’ by Tulsa Opera for refusing to amend one word in massacre commemoration

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Isolated musicians create hypnotic ‘Sacrificial Dance’ with light-boxed Stravinsky

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Someone has unearthed actual footage of Luciano Pavarotti singing in the shower

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Bolero on just one cello

Four cellists play Ravel’s Bolero on one cello, in acrobatic classical masterpiece

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Choral singer duets on Mozart Requiem with talking koala toy, and a masterpiece is born

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Why the heck do musicians always perform in black?

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What are the lyrics to Puccini’s ‘Nessun Dorma’?

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When the world saw a young Andrea Bocelli sing ‘Con te partirò’ for the very first time

When the world saw a young Andrea Bocelli sing ‘Con te partirò’ for the very first time

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Leonard Bernstein conducts an orchestra with just his eyebrows

The time Leonard Bernstein stood and conducted an orchestra with just his eyebrows

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Mother's Day music

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