violin drop

When your conductor gets a little too close to your priceless 17th century violin…

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coloratura masterclass Ezgi Kutlu

We asked a top opera singer to explain coloratura (aka fancy vocal fireworks) and how on earth you do it

bach prelude visualisation

This visualisation of a Bach prelude lets you see just how clever the piece really is

Bach

Minecraft Pachelbel's Canon

A complete music nerd spent days composing Pachelbel’s Canon in Minecraft. And it’s surprisingly good

andrea bocelli leicester city

Emotional Leicester City manager hushes fans so they can hear Andrea Bocelli sing Nessun Dorma

Andrea Bocelli

spain's got talent cristina ramos

She starts off singing a beautiful operatic aria, but then something magical happens

four seasons accordion

Is this the best accordion version of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons ever?

Vivaldi

opera singer mri scanner

Here’s what happens to your mouth when you sing a beautiful operatic aria inside an MRI scanner

Wagner

classical music puns

This lady crams SO many classical music puns into this two-minute story

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The Piano Guys Jungle Book Maya video Chichén Itzá

The Piano Guys filmed at one of the wonders of the world, Chichén Itzá – and it was exactly as monumental as you’d expect

The Piano Guys

star wars organ voluntary

An organist just forced up this wedding service with this epic Star Wars organ voluntary

Williams

Martin Frost circular breathing

Clarinettist Martin Fröst's guide to one of the hardest techniques for woodwind players: circular breathing

A Fly on the Wall videos

We went behind the scenes at recording sessions with some of the biggest names in classical music

piano player in tip

Watch a refuse worker play the beautiful last notes on this abandoned piano

prince plays gershwin in rehearsal

Here’s Prince casually owning Gershwin’s ‘Summertime’ in rehearsal

metal moonlight sonata

This metal version of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata is not even slightly relaxing

Beethoven

boethius 1000 year old song

This song hasn’t been performed in over 1,000 years: but now you can hear it