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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

Mozart

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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

Andrea Bocelli

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

Mozart

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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Who is Christopher Macchio, the operatic tenor singing the national anthem at the US inauguration?
Yo-Yo Ma and Marion Cotillard in Notre Dame

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and French actor Marion Cotillard perform an intensely mystical duet

Yo-Yo Ma

The Lost Music of Auschwitz

Hear haunting music composed at Auschwitz for the first time in 80 years

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Sir Simon Rattle.

When Simon Rattle raised the roof of a brand-new Symphony Hall with unforgettable Mahler

Simon Rattle

Arnold Schoenberg’s archive has been destroyed by the LA fires, including photographs, letters, and over 100,000 scores.

Over 100,000 Arnold Schoenberg scores destroyed by LA fires in ‘profound cultural blow’

Ruth Slenczynska

100-year-old piano virtuoso Ruth Slenczynska is the last surviving pupil of Sergei Rachmaninov

Rachmaninov

Mohand Al Ashram, a Palestinian singer and Oud player, sits in front of a small classroom of children.

Palestinian music teacher uses drone sounds to teach school children in haunting video

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Gustavo Dudamel, the Musical Director of the LA Philharmonic Orchestra.

LA Philharmonic forced to cancel concerts due to wildfires

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Listen to the Classic FM Hall of Fame countdown live, 9am-9pm across the Easter weekend.

Vote for your favourite classical music in the Classic FM Hall of Fame 2025

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Is Timothée Chalamet really singing and playing in new Bob Dylan biopic?

Is Timothée Chalamet really singing and playing in new Bob Dylan biopic?

Ray Eveleigh, at the piano

88-year-old man passes Grade 8 piano after 67-year break

Novak Djokovic celebrates his Wimbledon win with a violin gesture

Why does Novak Djokovic play his racket like a violin when he wins?

Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason forced to cancel sold-out concert after Air Canada deny boarding with cello

Kanneh-Mason duo forced to cancel sold-out concert after Air Canada deny boarding with cello

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Jacqueline du Pre, who brought the Concerto to prominence in her breakthrough recording with John Barbirolli and the LSO in 1965.

What’s the history of Elgar’s Cello Concerto – the work with a disastrous premiere?

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