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‘Taking away music education is an incredibly dangerous thing’ says top trumpeter Alison Balsom

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Chopin Funeral March backwards

Chopin’s ‘Funeral March’ played backwards sounds bizarrely psychedelic

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A string quartet played Pachelbel’s Canon in a massive traffic jam and calmed everyone’s rage

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Mozart’s ‘Rondo alla Turca’, but bluegrass-style and on a BANJO

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The ‘Up’ theme tune, but it’s played by a string quartet

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Watch this pianist turn John Williams’ Harry Potter music into an exquisite piece of Baroque counterpoint

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Child prodigy improvises a whole piece from just FOUR notes

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