Best Christmas concerts and classical music being streamed online this festive season

Best Christmas concerts and classical music being streamed online this festive season

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Christmas

What does the government’s Brexit deal mean for touring musicians?

What does the government’s Brexit deal mean for touring musicians and orchestras?

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Music school suffers severe damage in Croatian earthquake

Music school suffers heavy damage as earthquake strikes central Croatia

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Join us as we count down the Ultimate Classic FM Hall of Fame

Join us as we count down the Ultimate Classic FM Hall of Fame

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Classic FM Hall of Fame

'O Holy Night' voted the Nation's Favourite Carol

‘O Holy Night’ voted the nation’s favourite Christmas carol for 2020

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Organist accidentally hits ‘transpose’ during Handel’s Messiah, and produces this spectacular fail

Organist accidentally hits ‘transpose’ during Handel’s Messiah, and produces this spectacular fail

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Handel

Andrea Bocelli sings ‘Silent Night’ in an empty cave

Andrea Bocelli sings ‘Silent Night’ in an empty cave, in haunting duet with his own echo

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Andrea Bocelli

Beethoven lights

Musician spectacularly synchronises his Christmas light display with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

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Beethoven

Andrea Bocelli sings with his daughter on ‘Hallelujah’ in stunning new duet

Andrea Bocelli sings ‘Hallelujah’ with his eight-year-old daughter in magical duet

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Andrea Bocelli

Bespoke piano encourages social distancing

Designer creates giant floor manuscript to help people practise social distancing

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Coronavirus

Dame Fanny Waterman, legendary pianist, teacher and competition founder, dies aged 100

Dame Fanny Waterman, legendary pianist, teacher and competition founder, dies aged 100

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Discover Music

Inspiring music moments in 2020: Anne-Sophie Mutter; Andrea Bocelli; Quarantined musician

Play on! The most inspiring music moments that brought us hope in 2020

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Discover Music

Christmas carols in a minor key

Someone has put Silent Night into a minor key and it’s super creepy

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Chineke! Orchestra performs Adolphus Hailstork’s ‘Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed’

‘Classical music expresses the universality of human experience’ – composer Adolphus Hailstork

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Become a member of the Royal Philharmonic Society

Become a member of the organisation that commissioned Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9

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Discover Music

Guitarist duets with his piano-playing cat

Guitarist duets with piano-playing cat, and a soothing jazz masterpiece unfolds

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Discover Music

Mass Christmas carol gathering in California sparks backlash amid COVID-19 surge

Mass Christmas carol gathering in California sparks backlash amid COVID-19 surge

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Coronavirus