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Pope Francis reveals he loves Bach’s Passions and schmaltzy Italian classical-pop

Pope Francis reveals he loves Bach’s Passions and schmaltzy Italian classical-pop

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John Osborn as Arnold Melcthar and Malin Bystrom as Mathilde in the Royal Opera House's 2015 production of Rossini's William Tell

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Abide with Me was written in 1847

Why British hymn ‘Abide with Me’ was scrapped from key Indian ceremony

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Ludovico Einaudi makes history with UK’s fastest-streaming classical album

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The King’s Singers perform ‘Greensleeves’ with sublime harmonies in a London church

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Violin decomposes as it is ‘eaten’ by a mushroom in a one-year timelapse

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The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra performed in Moscow last weekend

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Who is Gina Alice Redlinger? Meet the classical pianist married to Lang Lang

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The People’s Orchestra has suffered a ‘devastating blow’

Charity orchestra loses £60k in ‘devastating blow’ as van of musical instruments is stolen

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Musicians play the EyeHarp

The game-changing instruments disabled musicians can play using just their eyes

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The Band of the Welsh Guards paid tribute to the late Meat Loaf

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