Conductor surprised on birthday by youth orchestra

Youth orchestra expertly pranks their conductor, surprising him on his birthday

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Konya and Braimah Kanneh-Mason at Classic FM's Carols by Candlelight with Viking

Kanneh-Mason family duo play evocative ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ in London’s oldest surviving church

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Watch soprano’s incredible vocal acrobatics in Handel’s Messiah

Soprano effortlessly sings jaw-dropping Handel ‘Messiah’ aria from church pulpit

Handel

Real-life von Trapp great grandchildren sing a breathtaking impromptu ‘Edelweiss’

When the real-life Von Trapp great grandchildren sang a breathtaking, impromptu ‘Edelweiss’

Leonard Bernstein conducts an orchestra with just his eyebrows

When Leonard Bernstein needed only his eyebrows to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic

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Christopher Plummer’s original vocals for ‘Edelweiss’ revealed

Christopher Plummer’s original vocals for ‘Edelweiss’ song revealed for the first time

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Arsha Kaviani plays Rachmaninov at Classic FM Live

Rising star pianist’s thrilling Rachmaninov finale blows away a packed Royal Albert Hall

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Menahem Pressler makes his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The incredible moment 90-year-old Menahem Pressler made his DEBUT with the Berlin Philharmonic

Berlin Phil

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Aled Jones sings ‘Ave Maria’ duet with his younger self, in stunning Grade II-listed church

Aled Jones sings sublime ‘Ave Maria’ in time-defying duet with his younger, boy treble self

Aled Jones

Funny nativity girl

Youngster gives the most hilariously enthusiastic church nativity performance you’ll ever see

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Malakai Boyah sings ‘Once in Royal David's City’

14-year-old Malakai Bayoh sings angelic ‘Once in Royal David’s City’ in beautiful Christmas performance

This throwback video of Pavarotti singing ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ will give you chills

Pavarotti sings ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ in Notre-Dame Cathedral in spine-tingling 1978 video

Luciano Pavarotti

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin on teaching Bradley Cooper to conduct

‘He should pursue conducting’ – the real maestro who taught Bradley Cooper to conduct like Bernstein

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Nicolò Foron won the 17th Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition with a programme of Wagner, Grieg and Berlioz.

25-year-old maestro wins competition with explosive Berlioz in joyous finale

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Sir Anthony Hopkins and André Rieu

Emotional Sir Anthony Hopkins watches as André Rieu’s orchestra plays the waltz he wrote 50 years ago...

André Rieu

Karl Jenkins and World Orchestra for Peace

Sir Karl Jenkins conducts World Orchestra for Peace in epic world premiere with hundreds of musicians

Jenkins

Leonard Bernstein conducted a monumental Beethoven symphony to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall.

When Leonard Bernstein conducted an ‘Ode to Freedom’ after the fall of the Berlin Wall

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