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The remains of Nesyamun, former waab priest and scribe

Haunting voice of a 3,000-year-old mummy heard for the first time

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Tina Fey and the cast of Mean Girls on Broadway opening night

Tina Fey is turning the Mean Girls Broadway musical into a movie

Pictured: Terry Jones (left) and Eric Idle (right)

Remembering Terry Jones with this genius comedy sketch: composer Arthur ‘Two Sheds’ Jackson

Shostakovich’s opera, The Nose, follows a Kovalyov Yakolevich as he loses his nose and attempts to track it down.

Giant tap-dancing noses star in this brilliantly surreal Shostakovich opera

Salvatore Lombardo performs Swan Lake in a tutu

Watch ‘crazy violinist’ perform Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake in a tutu

Anya Taylor-Joy stars as Emma

Emma movie 2020: we reveal the trailer, soundtrack, cast and release date

What's the music in 'No Time to Die'?

No Time To Die soundtrack: what’s the music in the new Bond film and when is it released?

The morsing, an instrument used in the Carnatic South Indian classical tradition

What is a ‘morsing’ – and what is the instrument’s place in Indian classical music?

A 9-year-old pianist was killed in the Iran plane crash, and her father posted this moving tribute

A 9-year-old pianist was killed in the Iran plane crash, and her father posted this moving tribute

Alice Sara Ott Beethoven

Current obsession: this descending scale in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1

Trumpet wedding fail

This ‘Wedding March’ trumpet fail is the worst thing to happen on your special day

Pastor accuses musicians who play church instruments and get paid for their performance of being thieves

Pastor says ‘You’re a thief if you play a church instrument and collect money’

‘Flamenco priest’ shows off dance moves in packed church service

‘Flamenco priest’ shows off dance moves in Andalusia church service

Bells ring out 'Life on Mars' at Amsterdam church

Bells ring out Bowie’s ‘Life on Mars’ at 17th-century Amsterdam church

Guitarist plays Space Oddity to dog

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

Jimmy Fallon does not understand how to play the contrabass flute

Shaquille O'Neal and Jimmy Fallon: a musical analysis of their Random Instruments Challenge

Lorna and Nelson speak exclusively to Classic FM about meeting on Classic FM Romance at the end of 2018.

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Cellist Margarita Balanas stars in ‘Pianissimo’ – a short film that uses classical music to highlight mental health struggles and loneliness

This powerful short film uses classical music to highlight mental health struggles and loneliness

Jennifer Hudson plays Grizabella in Tom Hooper’s 2019 Cats adaptation

5 reasons why Jennifer Hudson’s version of ‘Memory’ is the best thing about the new Cats movie

Classic FM Musical Cipher

Someone made an algorithm that turns your name into a musical cipher

Ballerinas protest outside Opéra Garnier

Ballerinas perform ‘Swan Lake’ in protest against France’s pension reform

New Zealand Police singing carols

New Zealand Police go viral singing ‘Silent Night’ and other Christmas carols

Nicki Minaj and Pachelbel meet

Someone has done a disturbing remix of Pachelbel’s Canon and Nicki Minaj’s ‘Starships’

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - John Williams

Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker: what to expect from John Williams’ soundtrack

Funny nativity girl

This adorable village church nativity video will never get old

The little girl joins her grandad at the piano for a duet in the festive advert

Independent piano shop makes the most heartwarming Christmas advert on a £10 budget

School nativity goes wrong when sheep steals baby Jesus doll

School nativity goes wrong as sheep hilariously steals baby Jesus

East 17's Tony Mortimer re-records Stay Another Day with London choir

East 17’s Tony Mortimer joins London choir to re-record Christmas hit ‘Stay Another Day’

Sad Jingle Bells

This sad Jingle Bells cover is the darkest thing that’s happened to Christmas

Sleigh Ride on handbells

Leroy Anderson’s ‘Sleigh Ride’ played on handbells is about the most Christmassy thing there is

The cabin crew sang Christmas carols to thousands of airline passengers

British Airways cabin crew sing Christmas carols to thousands of airline passengers

Handel's Messiah disaster

We can’t stop watching this utterly ridiculous Handel’s Messiah disaster

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Brandon Lawrence and Céline Gittens in ‘The Nutcracker’ with Birmingham Royal Ballet

What makes The Nutcracker the perfect Christmas ballet? Catherine Bott asks Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Brandon Lawrence

'Classical' Barbie Girl

Someone made a classical version of ‘Barbie Girl’ because the world is ending

Pachelbel Trains

Pachelbel’s Canon, but it’s played by hundreds of train horns

Alto line in Christmas

The alto line from ‘All I Want For Christmas’ is the most boring and painful thing

Courteney Cox plays piano at the Royal Albert Hall

Courteney Cox casually melts Instagram playing piano at the Royal Albert Hall

Bach's Last Christmas

What if Bach had written Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’?

Brass band in Co-op advert

Brass band takes centre stage in Co-op’s heartwarming Christmas advert

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Sir Elton John speaks to Classic FM at the Royal Academy of Music

Elton John: ‘It’s tragic that music is being taken out of schools’

Baby Yoda may make the best memes, but his cuteness didn’t do any favours for scoring, says ‘Mandalorian’ composer

Baby Yoda makes good memes, but not easy melodies, says ‘Mandalorian’ composer

E.T. Returns with John Williams' score

E.T. reunites with Elliot in Sky’s Christmas ad, complete with John Williams’ brilliant score

Jordan performs in The Nutcracker

Teenage ballerina in wheelchair achieves dream of dancing in Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker

Watch Igudesman & Joo’s Chariots of Fire x Czardas mash-up with Vienna Symphony orchestra

This vocalised, slow-motion version of ‘Chariots of Fire’ is comedy genius

Playing violin during surgery

Violinist carries on playing during conscious brain surgery

Netflix’s Green Eggs and Ham has spoofed its own orchestral soundtrack in a hilarious way

Netflix’s Green Eggs and Ham has spoofed its own orchestral soundtrack in a hilarious way

Pianist plays for rescue cats

This guy loves playing piano for his rescue cats

Valentina Irlando on Instagram

Teenage pianist with rare muscle disease is showing music’s power with incredible Chopin videos

Tushar Lall's Indian version of Pirates of the Caribbean theme song

This Indian version of the Pirates of the Caribbean theme is too infectious for words

A chorus of hedgehogs

Woodland creatures sing a Bellini opera in beautiful short film

Dads and their daughters in the Philadelphia ballet class

This US dance studio has a father-daughter ballet class and it’s just precious

Trumpet and Excitable Edgar

John Lewis Christmas advert 2019: what’s the music and who sings this year’s cover?

Opera singer performs Schubert during brain surgery

Opera singer performs Schubert song while undergoing brain surgery

Lizzo Tin Flute

Lizzo played the penny whistle in her live show and it’s important news

OnePlus phone piano

Phone company OnePlus uses 17 smartphones to make a full concert piano

Soprano singer Ayleen Jovita Romero gave her neighbours a performance during Chile curfew

Chilean soprano sings out of her window in powerful defiance of government-imposed curfew

Police officer plays snake charmer's flute to help capture snake

Police officer plays snake charmer's flute to capture snake in station

A techno mash-up of Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro exists, and it's interesting.

Someone has made a very odd techno-pop remix of The Marriage of Figaro

Ray Chen tickets

Young violinist, 7, busks to save money to see his hero Ray Chen in concert

Nicola Benedetti on music education

Nicola Benedetti: ‘Music teaching is vital to a child’s education’

Nicola Benedetti

United States Army Band

US Army officers troll voice part warm-ups in a very accurate parody

Alan Titchmarsh and the Queen

The Queen told Alan Titchmarsh he’s ‘given lots of ladies a lot of pleasure’

Alan Titchmarsh

Lana and Mia Santrach flute

This young flautist broke her finger, so her sister decided to help

New York saxophones

Anti-LGBTQ street preacher drowned out with saxophones on New York street

Taiwan piano staircase

Hospital installs ‘piano staircase’ to boost exercise

Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her composer, Isobel, play ukulele for Olivia Coleman’s Portishead cover

Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her composer sister, Isobel, duet on ukulele while Olivia Colman sings

Mini Elton John plays piano

Toddler dresses up as a tiny, piano-playing Elton John for Halloween

Saturday Night Live choirs

Saturday Night Live sketch accurately roasts choirs and their outfits

This Yamaha piano plays Bach just like legendary pianist Glenn Gould

This piano plays Bach just like legendary pianist Glenn Gould, thanks to artificial intelligence

Elon Musk's son plays piano

Elon Musk posts video of his son playing Debussy on piano for senior citizens

Lebanese protestors sing ‘Ode To Joy’ in Arabic

Lebanese protestors pause to sing Beethoven’s Ode to Joy in Arabic

8-year-old Edward Yudenich

This incredible 8-year-old can conduct Liszt better than you ever will

Marching band plays Lizzo’s ‘Juice’

School marching band turns Lizzo’s ‘Truth Hurts’ into a glorious brass fanfare

Violin on Antiques Roadshow

Antiques Roadshow unearths antique Italian violin worth £60,000

Baby Shark, but by two organists

‘Baby Shark’, but it’s played by two organists in Washington Cathedral

Muhai Tang’s trousers fall to his knees during a performance

Orchestra plays on as conductor’s trousers fall down during performance

Arron Crascall surprises members of the public with opera

This guy yelling out opera arias in public is comedy gold

Jenna Marbles

Viral pianist turns Jenna Marbles’ laugh into a genius Bach chorale

bear plays piano

An actual bear broke into a woman’s house and started playing piano

Danish Radio Big Band

Danish big band joyfully surprises their new Japanese conductor... at the airport

“Wow child” attends Handel Haydn Society rehearsal as special guest

Boy who blurted out ‘Wow!’ in concert, invited back as a special guest

Latest music news

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Musical instruments quiz

Definitely the hardest musical instruments quiz you’ll ever take

Eímear Noone to conduct the 42-piece Oscar orchestra

Oscars to feature a female orchestra conductor for first time in history

Lawyer is fined for punching London-based fashion designer

Lawyer to pay hefty fine for punching fashion designer at Royal Opera House

Latest pictures

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simon rattle iconic photos

Sir Simon Rattle turns 65! Here are the most iconic pictures of the great conductor

Left-handed classical musicians

Left-Handers Day 2019: celebrating the most successful left-handed classical musicians

Nicola Benedetti violin

Nicola Benedetti: we reveal the star violinist’s parents, albums and concerts

Nicola Benedetti

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