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Bassoonist pleads for return of stolen instrument

Professional musician begs for return of her £30,000 bassoon stolen from London home

Queen and Stravinsky

‘We are the Champions’ sounds exactly the same as ‘The Rite of Spring’ – and life will never be the same again

Eric Barga's bassoon was mistaken for a rifle in Springfield, Ohio

Someone called 911 to report a gun – but it was just a guy playing his bassoon

Elgar's Nimrod in a multi-tracked version for bassoon

It's Elgar's Nimrod – but played on six bassoons

Elgar

Dulcian bassoon bird duet

A hilarious duet for Renaissance bassoon and a very angry bird

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Andrew Wojo bassoon helium

Mozart's Bassoon Concerto played with helium sounds wonderfully terrible

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Ed Sheeran plays Andrea Bocelli’s flute in Tuscany

Ed Sheeran plays Andrea Bocelli’s prized flute in impromptu music lesson

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Jude Law learned to play harpsichord and flute as Henry VIII in new Tudor film

Jude Law learned to play harpsichord and flute as Henry VIII in new Tudor film

11 of the greatest flautists in the world: Claire Chase, Emmanuel Pahud, Katherine Bryan

11 of the greatest flautists in the world

Miguel’s recorder videos have millions of views on TikTok

Nimble-fingered recorder virtuoso goes viral playing classical concertos in his car

The 15 best pieces of music by Mozart.

The 15 greatest pieces of classical music by Mozart

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Why do orchestras tune to an oboe’s ‘A’?

Why do orchestras tune to an ‘A’?

Why are flutes held to the side?

Why are flutes held to the side?

Leading flautist Katherine Bryan had her £15,000 flute stolen from a London train.

Top flautist ‘devastated’ after her £15,000 flute was stolen on London train

Lizzo plays ‘The Lord of the Rings’ on recorder

Lizzo plays ‘The Lord of the Rings’ theme in surprise recorder performance on the movie set

Mischievous cat steals owner’s music stand during flute practice.

Mischievous cat repeatedly steals owner’s music stand during flute practice

This is what a 12,000-year-old bone flute may have sounded like

Archaeologists uncover tiny 12,000-year-old flutes which mimic the piercing calls of prehistoric birds

Yellowstone National Park seismic activity transformed into a mesmerising flute solo, performed by Dr Alyssa Schwartz.

Scientist transforms volcanic vibrations at Yellowstone park into a hypnotic flute solo

The Neanderthal Flute is carved from the bone of a Cave Bear

Hear the world’s oldest instrument, the 50,000 year old neanderthal flute

Lizzo: pop star, flute star, and now an animated sitcom voice-over star.

Lizzo and her flute star in The Simpsons season finale, in ‘dream come true’ cameo

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Musical friends – Lizzo and Sir James Galway

‘Sir James Galway championed the flute in the 1970s – Lizzo is doing the same for today’s generation!’

Sir James Galway

Lizzo and Sir James Galway at Met Gala 2023

Lizzo and Sir James Galway’s ‘treasured’ duet – flute footage emerges from 2023 Met Gala

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Mozart never completed his Requiem.

Five pieces of classical music inspired by true horror

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From ‘Psycho’ to ‘The Shining’: the most terrifying music ever written for the movies

The 13 scariest horror film soundtracks ever written

Cat piano prodigy surprises owner with tuneful solo.

Owner catches her cat playing the piano, with surprising virtuosity…

The spookiest pieces of classical music for Halloween.

The 20 scariest pieces of classical music for Halloween

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This piece by Haydn sounds exactly the same played backwards as it does forwards

Haydn

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A new piece by Chopin has been discovered after almost 200 years

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Conductor reacts to himself conducting Grieg’s ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’!

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Paganini/The Devil

Niccolò Paganini was such a gifted violinist, people thought he sold his soul to the devil

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Angelina Jolie plays the title role in this thrilling biopic.

Maria Callas biopic: all the information as official trailer released

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22-year-old Brad Kella wins The Piano 2024

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Brett Yang (left) and Eddy Chen.

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Margarita Balanas playing bach in a hot air balloon.

Cellist plays Bach solo in hot air balloon over breathtaking Kenyan landscape

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