The time Rowan Atkinson forgot the words to Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in hilarious skit

The time Rowan Atkinson ‘forgot’ the words to Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in hilarious skit

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Beethoven

Orchestra joins Colombia's anti-government protests

Orchestra plays Aaron Copland fanfare in powerful protest on the streets of Colombia

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Watch English National Opera and Max Richter at South Facing Festival

Watch English National Opera and Max Richter at South Facing Festival

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Events

Árstíðir sing in Wuppertal train station

An 800-year-old Icelandic hymn sung in a train station is utterly haunting

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Spectacular Carmina Burana flashmob brings train station to a shuddering halt in blaze of music

Spectacular Carmina Burana flashmob brings train station to a shuddering halt in blaze of music

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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs beautiful Bach in poignant tribute to lives lost to COVID-19 in India

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs beautiful Bach in poignant tribute to India

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Yo-Yo Ma

'The Wellerman', but it's ragtime

Pianist gives viral sea shanty ‘The Wellerman’ a ragtime spin and it’s wonderful

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Your life is worthy of any great opera plot. But which one?

Tell us your life story and we’ll reveal which opera is literally about you.

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Lifestyle

Book tickets Agatha Christie’s Mouse Trap

Book tickets to Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap

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Events

Nina Simone & JS Bach

Nina Simone plays a stunning Bach-style fugue in the middle of one of her classic songs

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Star Wars Imperial March in the style of Beethoven

Star Wars ‘Imperial March’ in the style of Beethoven sounds momentous and sad

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Government plans to halve funding for music in higher education will be ‘catastrophic’

Government plans to halve funding for music in higher education could be ‘catastrophic’

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Music Education

The Global Awards Crowns 2021 winners

The Kanneh-Masons awarded Best Classical Artist in the Global Awards 2021

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Global Awards

Eight cellists play recital for Hereford cows

Cows moo-ved by classical music as eight cellists play to ‘relax’ livestock

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Alexander Armstrong announced as new ambassador for Cathedral Music Trust.

‘I owe my entire career to my years as a chorister’ – Alexander Armstrong to become Cathedral Music Trust ambassador

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What’s the music in Shadow and Bone on Netflix, and who wrote the eerie soundtrack?

What’s the music in Shadow and Bone on Netflix, and who wrote the eerie soundtrack?

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Violin, oboe and soprano cover of Britney Spears’ ‘Toxic’

Every second of this viral oboe, violin and opera cover of ‘Toxic’ belongs in a museum

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