Join Moira Stuart for The Classic FM Chronicles this Easter weekend

Join Moira Stuart for The Classic FM Chronicles on Global Player, the official Classic FM app

Ages ago

Sir Antonio Pappano appointed chief conductor of London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Antonio Pappano appointed chief conductor of London Symphony Orchestra

Ages ago

LSO

Government announces new music curriculum for England’s schoolchildren

‘Long time coming’ – government announces new music curriculum for England’s schoolchildren

Ages ago

Busking pianist fined for breaching COVID-19 rules and ‘causing a crowd’ in York

Busking pianist fined for breaching COVID-19 rules and ‘causing a crowd’ in York

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Coronavirus

Oxford University academics consider 'decolonising' music syllabus

Oxford University suggests ‘decolonising’ music syllabus, following years of pressure by students

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Salisbury Cathedral becomes a vaccination centre

Beautiful organ music at Salisbury Cathedral’s COVID-19 vaccination centre is now an album

Ages ago

Coronavirus

81 percent of women say it’s harder for women artists in music, with sexual harassment a key challenge

81 percent of women say it’s harder for female artists in music, with sexual harassment a key challenge

Ages ago

Women in Music

Singer does a cappella ‘Aladdin’ in an empty museum

Vocalist sings spine-tinglingly beautiful ‘Arabian Nights’ in an empty museum acoustic

Ages ago

Videos

House of Lords report says post-Brexit touring could be "prohibitively bureaucratic and expensive"

Post-Brexit touring ‘prohibitively expensive’ for musicians if government fails to act, says Lords report

Ages ago

Black composer ‘decommissioned’ by Tulsa Opera for refusing to amend one word in massacre commemoration

Black composer ‘decommissioned’ by Tulsa Opera for refusing to amend one word in massacre commemoration

Ages ago

Discover Music

Is The Weeknd a good singer?

Is The Weeknd a good singer, and what is his vocal range?

Ages ago

Discover Music

Isolated musicians create hypnotic ‘Sacrificial Dance’ with light-boxed Stravinsky

Isolated musicians create hypnotic ‘Sacrificial Dance’ with light-boxed Stravinsky

Ages ago

This is actual footage of Pavarotti singing in the shower

Someone has unearthed actual footage of Luciano Pavarotti singing in the shower

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Luciano Pavarotti

Bolero on just one cello

Four cellists play Ravel’s Bolero on one cello, in acrobatic classical masterpiece

Ages ago

Ravel

Choral singer duets with talking koala toy

Choral singer duets on Mozart Requiem with talking koala toy, and a masterpiece is born

Ages ago

Mozart

Show-stealing lightbulb explodes and terrifies violinist during serene string recital

Show-stealing lightbulb explodes and terrifies violinist during serene string recital

Ages ago

Discover Music

Young patient Kadina, 16, can’t wait to play the violin

A hospital school is giving child patients a free violin to boost mental health

Ages ago