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What's the composer's first name?

If you can match 6 classical composers to their first names, you’re basically a music historian

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What classical concerts are returning in the UK?

The return of live music: what venues have re-opened and are there any classical concerts near me?

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The piano is made out of sausage, and it works.

The piano is made of sausages, and it works.

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The best live-streamed and archive classical concerts available online

The best classical music and opera online streams available

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Trumpet plastic bottle mute

These trumpeters used plastic bottles as mutes, because… conductor said so

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Will pantomimes and ballets be cancelled this Christmas?

Will pantomimes and ballets be cancelled this Christmas?

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Coronavirus

British orchestras are struggling to survive

‘The ship is sinking’ – British orchestras are losing £6m a month and fighting to survive

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Coronavirus

Beirut citizen plays ‘Auld Lang Syne’ on piano

A grandmother played ‘Auld Lang Syne’ on piano amid debris of Beirut explosion

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Operatic parrot sings Mozart’s Queen of the Night aria

Operatic parrot sings Mozart’s Queen of the Night aria better than most sopranos

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Mozart

Joshua Bell plays Bach with healthcare workers

Violinist Joshua Bell joins ‘heroic’ healthcare workers to play virtual Bach Double Concerto

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Joshua Bell

Cute 2-year-old boy drops his recorder in a vase, gets arm stuck, is rescued by firefighters

Cute 2-year-old boy drops his recorder in a vase, gets arm stuck, is rescued by firefighters

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Cellist performs Super Mario Bros with egg shaker to improve the world’s week

Cellist creates brilliant multitrack of the Mario Kart theme, with three cellos and an egg shaker

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Dog duets with Pavarotti

Operatic dog duets perfectly with Luciano Pavarotti on ‘Nessun dorma’

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Luciano Pavarotti

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Michelangelo's God

Artist brings famous historical portraits to life in hyperrealistic drawings

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Hong Kong Sinfonietta

Around the world, we’re getting a glimpse of what live music looks like post-lockdown

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Lang Lang

Lang Lang: net worth, injury, wife and more facts about the star pianist

Lang Lang

Ennio Morricone, immortalised on the streets of his beloved Rome.

Poignant Ennio Morricone street art appears in Rome, a day after the film composer’s death

Morricone

Ennio Morricone performs at Mediolanum Forum on st

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Morricone