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‘In Italy, opera is like the football’ – Bill Bailey on classical music and the arts

‘In Italy, opera is like the football’ – Bill Bailey on classical music and the arts

This week’s on-air highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery.

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

Kyiv children’s choir

Kyiv children’s choir sings powerful ‘Carol of the Bells’ in New York Grand Central

Videos

Jenna Ortega plays cello as Wednesday Addams, in new Netflix series ‘Wednesday’.

Jenna Ortega learned to play Bach cello suites for hit Netflix series ‘Wednesday’

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Ironworker Paul Harvey plays 'Lord of the Rings' theme on flute in abandoned tunnel

Flute player performs haunting ‘Lord of the Rings’ melody in mile-long tunnel

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Christmas carols for children

12 beautiful Christmas carols for children

Christmas

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen lyrics Christmas carol

What are the lyrics for ‘God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen’ – and what is the Christmas carol about?

Christmas

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at Christmas.

10 best Christmas concerts from Classic FM’s partner orchestras

Christmas

Orchestra’s outer space Beethoven performance leaves legendary conductor in tears

Orchestra’s outer space Beethoven performance leaves legendary conductor in tears

Seiji Ozawa

Bats have a wider vocal range than Mariah Carey, at an astonishing seven octaves

Bats have a wider vocal range than Mariah Carey, at an astonishing seven octaves

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Best classical music

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10 pieces of classical music that will 100% change your life

10 pieces of classical music that will 100% change your life

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4 eras of classical music

The 4 eras of classical music: a quick guide

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The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

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Women composers gallery

21 of the greatest women composers in classical music

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Best pianists of all time

The 25 best pianists of all time

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Some of history's greatest composers were part of the LGBTQ+ community.

15 LGBTQ+ composers in classical music history that you probably already know

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Latest news

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Vote for your favourite Christmas carol for the chance to win a £500 voucher

Vote in The Nation’s Favourite Carol for the chance to win a £500 voucher

Christmas

George and Mary in the original 1946 film and the 2022 English National Opera production

Why beloved Christmas film ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ makes the perfect opera

ENO

Classic FM is the home of Christmas music

Advent music: 10 best carols and hymns to begin the festive season

Christmas

New York Philharmonic

Women now outnumber men in the New York Philharmonic, for the first time ever

New York Phil

90% of musicians are worried about affording food this winter

90 percent of musicians are worried about affording food due to the cost of living crisis

Yo-Yo Ma in 1962 and 2022 playing in honour of President John F. Kennedy

Yo-Yo Ma opens JFK exhibition, 60 years after he performed as a child for the late President

Yo-Yo Ma

Church of England vicars have been told to try to avoid putting carol services on the last Sunday of Advent to avoid a clash with the World Cup Final

Churches told to avoid carol concerts on 4th Sunday of Advent due to World Cup Final

SANSARA at Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, London

Top UK choir records powerful new Ukrainian choral work in response to Russia’s invasion

13 great gift ideas for classical music lovers this Christmas

13 great gift ideas for classical music lovers this Christmas

Christmas

Aled Jones’ Christmas album with Russell Watson flies to number one in classical charts

Aled Jones’ Christmas album with Russell Watson flies to No.1 in classical charts

Aled Jones

Latest videos

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Pianist plays on piano properly for the first time in 20 years, with the help from bionic gloves

‘Bionic’ gloves allow injured concert pianist to play again after decades of lost dexterity

17 days ago

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Hans Nickel and the WDR Symphony Orchestra

Jaw-droppingly nimble soloist plays virtuosic violin Czardas... on the tuba?

18 days ago

Videos

ENO chorus sing ‘You’ll never walk alone’ from Carousel outside the ACE London office

ENO chorus sing ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ outside Arts Council office as 300 jobs at risk

21 days ago

ENO

Kelvin Harrison Jr. stars as Joseph Boulogne in 'Chevalier' (2023)

First trailer released for ‘Chevalier’ biopic about 18th-century composer Joseph Boulogne

27 days ago

Spielberg proclaims 'You still got it!' as John Williams plays Brahms at piano

‘You still got it!’ – 90-year-old John Williams casually plays Brahms concerto during recording session

1 month ago

Williams

Intrepid insect joins classical guitarist for duet in amusing concert moment

Intrepid insect joins classical guitarist for duet in amusing concert moment

1 month ago

Xuefei Yang