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Dick Van Dyke singing ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ in a diner will put an enormous smile on your face

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Pianist Stan Urban just rocked up to Dundee train station – and we stan his playing

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A music geek has been transcribing the sound of closing doors on the London Underground

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Little Women trailer

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This cat listening to Mahler is basically all of us

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These students just surprised their music teacher with a special gift – and our hearts have officially melted

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Lang Lang performs a medley of music with friends

Lang Lang playing a piano medley with friends is an absolute dream

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People have realised their appliances are playing ‘In Paradisum’ from Fauré’s Requiem

“Weird Al” Yankovic conducts a live symphony orchestra

“Weird Al” Yankovic conducting a live orchestra is the best thing you’ll see all day

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Mezzo sings a gigantic 72-note Handel phrase in one breath

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Violinist Ray Chen performs for horses – and their reactions are giving us life

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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

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555 Domenico Scarlatti Harpsichord Sonatas, all played at the same time

Liszt's great-great-grandson plays his music

This teenager says he is Franz Liszt’s great-great-great-grandson – and we can feel it

Man plays rubber chicken

Man hilariously plays the recorder with a squeezy rubber chicken

Handel shred

This Handel shred is the most majestic piece of classical humour

Fedotov won last year's Ice Age Kids contest

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pavarotti's granddaughter sings nessun dorma

Pavarotti’s 15-year-old granddaughter sings ‘Nessun Dorma’ magnificently

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Soloist is left in tears after an emotional performance of ‘Schindler’s List’

Countertenor singing hack

This countertenor has found an amazing hack for hitting a top C

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These musicians keep on making music… in the middle of major surgery

Billy Joel duet with Logan Riman

Billy Joel invited a blind teenage piano prodigy to play with him and hearts were melted

Christian Li violin

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Mufasa's theme

This fiery piano visualisation of ‘Mufasa’s Theme’ from The Lion King will set you ablaze with emotions

Love Island playing classical music

Love Island and classical music: what’s been played on series five of the ITV2 show so far?

Pictured: Tom Hanks (left) and Fred Rogers (right)

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Mum claims Liam Price smashed her window with his voice

‘The Voice Kids’ viewer claims contestant’s high note shattered her window

Renée Zellweger plays Judy Garland in 'Judy' (2019)

Is Renée Zellweger really singing as Judy Garland in ‘Judy’?

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Someone fell asleep during Stravinsky’s The Firebird, then woke up SCREAMING on this chord

Joshua Bell busking Washington subway metro violin

The time when Joshua Bell went busking in the subway, but no-one cared

Metallica on viola da gamba

Metallica’s ‘One’ on viola da gamba sounds absolutely phenomenal

Disney medley on plastic bottles

Watch this epic Disney medley played on rows of plastic bottles

Opera dial up

Someone has replaced opera singers’ voices with dial-up tones – and we can’t stop listening

Scuba diver plays music underwater

Scuba divers just played ‘The Little Mermaid’ under the actual sea

Folks and Bairns parent and baby choir

This parent and baby choir is supporting new mums while making beautiful music

New Zealand’s All Blacks sing the national anthem

New Zealand national anthem lyrics and the composer behind ‘God Defend New Zealand’ revealed

Choir sings during NYC blackout

Choir singing outside Carnegie Hall during NYC blackout shows the power of music

Classical pieces inspired by walking

7 pieces of classical music inspired by walking

Menzi Mngoma goes viral singing Verdi in his cab

South African Uber driver sings Verdi on a ride, and obviously goes viral

QPR footballers dance to a waltz

Footballers coordinate expertly with Johann Strauss II’s ‘Blue Danube’ waltz

Guitarist plays Space Oddity to dog

This guitarist playing ‘Space Oddity’ to his dog is the loveliest thing ever

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Triangle solo Florida Orchestra

Watch this guy’s heroic triangle solo – and don’t act like you’re not impressed

Lisa Batiashvili plays with Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Gautier Capuçon

Three legends of classical music just played an exquisite piano trio – exclusive video

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Renée Zellweger stars as Judy Garland in the musical biopic

Watch Renée Zellweger sing Judy Garland’s ‘Over the Rainbow’ in the trailer for the new biopic

Mariah Carey just did the Bottle Cap challenge

Mariah Carey just did the Bottle Cap Challenge using her voice – here’s how it worked

Greater Bridgeport Symphony

This performance of ‘The Lark Ascending’ in an abandoned theatre is completely mesmerising

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Can Seth Rogen really sing as Pumbaa in ‘The Lion King’ live-action remake?

Elijah Wood surprises shoppers with piano performance

Elijah Wood surprises shoppers with piano performance of the Star Wars theme

Bees set up hive in cello

Bees have set up a hive inside this cello

Yoko Ono is campaigning for peace with a bell-ringing ceremony

Yoko Ono is campaigning for peace with a mass bell-ringing ceremony in Manchester

Gabriel Prokofiev, composer and DJ

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Finlandia hymn on toothbrushes

Sibelius’ ‘Finlandia’ played on four electric toothbrushes, because... the Internet is weird

Renée Fleming

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1812 Overture

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Brexiteers turn their backs on the EU anthem

Brexit Party MEPs turn their backs on Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ in protest against EU

Pictured: Meryl Streep (left) and Yo-Yo Ma (right)

Watch Meryl Streep recite poetry while Yo-Yo Ma plays the cello

Jeff Goldblum plays Jurassic Park theme

Jeff Goldblum amazes Glastonbury fans with Jurassic Park theme during piano set

György and Márta Kurtág Bach duet

This 90-year old couple play Bach together and it will bring tears to your eyes

John Williams

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