The organ voluntaries, hymns and songs that were performed at the 1997 ceremonial funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales

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Arturo Toscanini's refusal to bow down to fascist Blackshirts In 1931 had brutal consequences

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As the grim fate of a Cossack father and his sons are portrayed in one of Janáček’s most graphic orchestral scores, Terry Blain selects the most powerful recordings of Taras Bulba

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Beethoven’s conversation books, through which the deaf composer communicated with those around him, offer a fascinatingly detailed insight into his life. Michael Church takes a look at a new translation

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Stephen Johnson describes the attributes of the fantasia

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Michael Church explores the enduring influence of Komitas, the composer and pioneering folk-collector whose career met a brutal end

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When music takes itself too seriously, there’s usually a comedian waiting in the wings to bring it back down to earth. Rainer Hersch looks back at a history of sending up classical music

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Claire Jackson explains how this king of the concert hall triumphed despite its inauspicious start in life, and presents the best recordings of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1

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The sad psychological decline of Ivor Gurney...

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A brief look at the life and work of the great music historian and composer, Charles Burney

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On the night of 15 April 1912, the musicians of the Titanic carried on playing heroically, despite their inevitable fate. Andrew Green tells their story

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A guide to the Casablanca – the most expensive piano ever sold at auction

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🇺🇸 We select some of the most enduringly popular American patriotic songs

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We profile the acclaimed British pianist Paul Lewis, and choose some of his finest recordings

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Ever wonder what the role of a conductor is? 🤔

Jeremy Pound speaks to BBC Symphony Orchestra chief conductor Sakari Oramo about this mysterious vocation.

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Terry Blain explains how Gershwin came to compose his country’s first great opera, Porgy and Bess, and finds the best recordings

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Tragically around 20 million men lost their lives during the First World War, including many composers. Here are some who never made it home

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We round up some of the best-loved and most famous songs in the opera canon

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