Realities of lockdown for theatres

People turn to Twitter to expose the catastrophic collapse of theatre and arts during coronavirus‪‬

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Coronavirus

Two musicians find an abandoned US church

When two musicians found an abandoned country church, they knew what to do…

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Discover Music

Introducing Bill Turnbull’s new Classic FM podcast, Claws & Paws

Listen to Bill Turnbull’s new podcast for animal lovers

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An emergency appeal from Global’s Make Some Noise

Global’s Make Some Noise Emergency Appeal reaches 1.7 million for those hit hardest by coronavirus in our communities

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Charity

Children are practising their instruments more in lockdown

Two-thirds of young musicians are practising more in lockdown, study finds

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La Concepcion Inmaculada De Maria by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Botched artwork restoration in Spain leaves the Virgin Mary utterly unrecognisable

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The haunting last words of unarmed black men killed by police, powerfully set to music

The haunting last words of unarmed black men killed by police, powerfully set to music

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Videos

Simon Rattle urges government to reduce 3-metre brass rule

Rattle urges government to ‘avoid superstition’ with orchestras, reduce 3-metre woodwind distancing

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Simon Rattle

Composer make up

We used FaceApp to put makeup on composers, and they all look incredible

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Discover Music

Ludwig van Beethoven

Was Beethoven black? Twitter debates German composer’s true heritage

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Beethoven

Alexander Armstrong will narrate Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf for London Mozart Players’ adaptation

Alexander Armstrong joins London Mozart Players to narrate Prokofiev’s ‘Peter and the Wolf’

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Prokofiev

Glyndebourne announces first series of summer open-air concerts and operas

Glyndebourne to stage outdoor opera with live audience this summer

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Glyndebourne

Andrew Lloyd Webber shows draft government report on theatres

Andrew Lloyd Webber says government suggested shows restart ‘without any singing’

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Lloyd Webber

Music shivers

If this music gives you goosebumps, you might have a special brain

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Shostakovich 'The Nose'

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

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason: ‘Classical music isn’t racist. It’s about access to music education’

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason

An emergency appeal from Global’s Make Some Noise

An emergency appeal from Global’s Make Some Noise

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Charity