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

This week’s Classic FM radio highlights – including featured albums this week

2 months ago

Sir Simon Rattle conducts cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the London Symphony Orchestra in Trafalgar Square

Who is Sheku Kanneh-Mason? Star British cellist’s age, family, albums and more revealed

2 months ago

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

A hand-embroidered bra was thrown at Ray Chen during applause, after his Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto performance in Munich with the RSNO.

Audience member throws bra at Ray Chen after a rousing Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

2 months ago

Ray Chen

Peter Schickele Beethoven 5 parody

‘PDQ Bach’ musical satirist has died – this Beethoven 5 parody captures Peter Schickele’s rare genius

2 months ago

Beethoven

The 15 best violin concertos of all time.

The 15 greatest violin concertos of all time, ranked

2 months ago

Discover Music

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Arsha Kaviani Rachmaninov

Why this virtuoso reimagined a Rachmaninov Concerto as an epic for solo piano

2 months ago

Rachmaninov

Ruth Slenczynska

Meet Rachmaninov’s last surviving pupil, incredible 99-year-old virtuoso Ruth Slenczynska

2 months ago

Rachmaninov

The top 10 best pieces of music by Haydn.

10 greatest pieces of classical music by Haydn

2 months ago

Haydn

Jonathan Tetelman sings ‘Nessun Dorma’

Star tenor sings thundering ‘Nessun dorma’ in viral bookshop flashmob

2 months ago

Puccini

Best symphonies: Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak and Florence Price

The 15 greatest symphonies of all time

2 months ago

Discover Music

Luciano and Fernando Pavarotti

When Luciano Pavarotti sang with his 88-year-old father in an emotional duet

2 months ago

Luciano Pavarotti

AI piano disabled musicians to play Beethoven

The new AI piano that allows disabled musicians to play Beethoven in full harmony

2 months ago

Beethoven

John Williams was the most performed living composer in 2023.

Movie maestro John Williams named 2023’s most-performed living composer

2 months ago

Williams

Did Mozart really transcribe Allegri’s Miserere, after hearing it once in the Sistine Chapel?

Did a teenage Mozart really transcribe Allegri’s Miserere, after hearing it once in the Vatican?

2 months ago

Mozart

Cat piano prodigy surprises owner with tuneful solo.

Owner catches her cat playing the piano, with surprising virtuosity…

2 months ago

Discover Music

Glynis Johns sings Sondheim’s ‘Send in the Clowns’

The late Glynis Johns’ eternal ‘Send in the Clowns’ is her singular artistry at its most beautiful and moving

2 months ago

Videos

Conductor surprised on birthday by youth orchestra

Youth orchestra expertly pranks their conductor, surprising him on his birthday

2 months ago

Videos