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‘The News Agents’ wins Best Podcast Show at The Global Player Awards 2025

‘The News Agents’ wins Best Podcast Show at The Global Player Awards 2025

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Conch shells

Archaeologists discover 6,000-year-old musical shells which are as loud as a lawnmower

Michael Bublé gets Pope to sing along at Vatican concert

Pope Leo asks Michael Bublé to sing spontaneous Schubert ‘Ave Maria’ at the Vatican

Royal Shakespeare Company’s Romeo and Juliet

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The most sinister lyrics you never noticed in Christmas carols

The most sinister lyrics you never noticed in Christmas carols

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See a screening of ‘Home Alone’ with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall

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Soloist forced to travel with ‘naked’ 1782 violin as airline refuses her boarding with case

Soloist forced to travel with ‘naked’ 1782 violin as airline refuses her boarding with case
Study finds monkeys can tap to beat of human music after metronome training

Monkeys can tap to beat of human music after metronome training, study finds

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The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

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

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4 eras of classical music

The 4 eras of classical music: a quick guide

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A young Marin Alsop, Sir Simon Rattle, and Seiji Ozawa conduct their respective orchestras.

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Hildegard von Bingen, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Edward Elgar among the greatest composers in classical music history.

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Greggs customers spend more when classical music is playing

Greggs customers spend more when classical music is playing

Find out how to donate to Global's Make Some Noise

Ways you can donate to Classic FM’s charity, Global’s Make Some Noise

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Oliver won £100,000 in our Christmas Cash Call

Oliver celebrates Christmas to the tune of £100,000 – could it be you next?

A Christmas bauble, classical music baby grows and more

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Rotherham opera

More than 2,000 children come together to stage Rotherham’s first ever opera

St Martin’s Voices launched the sound of Christmas on Classic FM Breakfast with Dan Walker

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111 pianos played simultaneously at ‘epic’ fundraiser

135 pianists play over a hundred pianos simultaneously at huge fundraiser

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Bass clarinettist plays in ‘cathedral-like’ acoustic of cooling towers

Bass clarinettist plays in ‘cathedral-like’ acoustic of cooling towers

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Protesters storm Met Opera Carmen performance

Protestors storm Carmen stage, bringing Met Opera production to a halt

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Swedish musician Mattias Krantz teaches piano to an octopus

Swedish musician teaches a highly intelligent octopus to play piano

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Star cello soloist proposes to his girlfriend on stage at orchestral concert

Star cello soloist proposes to his girlfriend on stage at orchestral concert

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French cellist Gautier Capuçon plays while suspended from a zipline in the French Alps.

Gautier Capuçon plays cello while suspended on a zipline in the French Alps

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