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Threatening Music Notation

13 horrifying music notations that will make you want to tear up your sheet music

Musicians play the EyeHarp

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

10 best works by pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi

10 best works by pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi

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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Best Tchaikovsky works: 10 of the Romantic composer’s musical masterpieces

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Extraordinary virtuoso Felix Klieser plays the French horn with his left foot

Extraordinary virtuoso Felix Klieser plays the French horn with his left foot

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What makes Christmas music sound so Christmassy?

What makes Christmas music sound so Christmassy?

The history of the Christmas carol

The surprising origins of Christmas carols: explained

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Auld Lang Syne

What are the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne, and what does Auld Lang Syne actually mean?

What does this song teach us about music theory...?

Why ‘Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire’ is the perfect song to teach music theory

Why do we sing Christmas carols?

Why do we sing Christmas carols?

Christmas

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Musician plays Byrdle

BYRDLE: The choral music parody of Wordle you didn't know you needed

9 hilariously misheard Christmas carol lyrics

9 hilariously misheard Christmas carol lyrics to bring you joy

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Tchaikovsky meets Will Smith

A genius mixed Tchaikovsky’s ‘Swan Lake’ with Will Smith’s ‘Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It’ and it’s an actual bop

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Funny nativity girl

This adorable village church nativity video will never get old

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Beethoven typo

This absolutely crucial typo in a Beethoven book changes everything

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An Australian professor has spent over a decade forensically analysing Mozart scores.

Mozart claimed credit for his sister’s compositions, says former conductor turned professor

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Lidiya Yankovskaya and her newborn daughter

Opera director told she ‘couldn’t conduct with a newborn’ returns to podium three days after birth
Happy Birthday

‘Chopsticks’ to ‘Happy Birthday’ – 5 famous melodies you didn’t realise were written by women
Chi-chi Nwanoku plays in the Chineke! Orchestra at Classic FM Live

Chi-chi Nwanoku: ‘After a three-decade career in classical music, I was still the only person of colour on stage’

Chineke! Orchestra

Alexandra Dariescu is a ground-breaking Romanian pianist playing at Classic FM Live 2021

Who is Alexandra Dariescu? The groundbreaking Romanian pianist’s biography, performances and recordings

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Pick your favourite classical music and we’ll reveal your age, height and star sign

This in-depth test about your favourite classical music will reveal your age, height and star sign

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Can you identify the Christmas carols from just the first few notes?

Can you identify the Christmas carols from just the first few notes?

Lifestyle

Tanglewood Festival Chorus perform The 12 days of Christmas

QUIZ: Can you name every famous melody hidden in this epic ‘12 Days of Christmas’ medley?

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Guess the Christmas carol from the emojis

We bet you can’t guess these Christmas carols from the emojis

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Can you recognise these composers?

Quiz: Can you unscramble these famous classical composers’ faces?

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