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🎶 Oh, look! A 22-year-old Mozart's scribbles—a "major discovery"! 🙄 Next up, we'll find Beethoven's grocery list and call it "revolutionary." 🎻 Classic FM's relentless pursuit of trivial music news continues to astound! 📜💤
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/handwritten-notebook-discovered-major-paris/ #MozartDiscovery #MusicNews #ClassicFM #BeethovenHumor #TrivialPursuits #HackerNews #ngated -
🎶 Oh, look! A 22-year-old Mozart's scribbles—a "major discovery"! 🙄 Next up, we'll find Beethoven's grocery list and call it "revolutionary." 🎻 Classic FM's relentless pursuit of trivial music news continues to astound! 📜💤
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/handwritten-notebook-discovered-major-paris/ #MozartDiscovery #MusicNews #ClassicFM #BeethovenHumor #TrivialPursuits #HackerNews #ngated -
🎶 Oh, look! A 22-year-old Mozart's scribbles—a "major discovery"! 🙄 Next up, we'll find Beethoven's grocery list and call it "revolutionary." 🎻 Classic FM's relentless pursuit of trivial music news continues to astound! 📜💤
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/handwritten-notebook-discovered-major-paris/ #MozartDiscovery #MusicNews #ClassicFM #BeethovenHumor #TrivialPursuits #HackerNews #ngated -
🎶 Oh, look! A 22-year-old Mozart's scribbles—a "major discovery"! 🙄 Next up, we'll find Beethoven's grocery list and call it "revolutionary." 🎻 Classic FM's relentless pursuit of trivial music news continues to astound! 📜💤
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/handwritten-notebook-discovered-major-paris/ #MozartDiscovery #MusicNews #ClassicFM #BeethovenHumor #TrivialPursuits #HackerNews #ngated -
🎶 Oh, look! A 22-year-old Mozart's scribbles—a "major discovery"! 🙄 Next up, we'll find Beethoven's grocery list and call it "revolutionary." 🎻 Classic FM's relentless pursuit of trivial music news continues to astound! 📜💤
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/handwritten-notebook-discovered-major-paris/ #MozartDiscovery #MusicNews #ClassicFM #BeethovenHumor #TrivialPursuits #HackerNews #ngated -
So it's a big news day today for the UK. In the past I would have followed the live feeds, kept up with the interviews and analysis and watched everyone and his dog throw in their opinion. Now, though, for me, it's just slipped in between Mendelssohn and Bizet as a quick heads up. Discernment in the content we consume is so important, and I also haven't wasted this morning and I feel so much better because of it! Simon did a great job 20 minutes later in the news headlines to offer a short summary of key points. That's all I needed. Informed, aware, but still present and engaged in my own life. #discernment #contentawareness #socialmedia #switchoffthefeed #deletethenewsapp #takecontrol #classicfm #danwalker #KeirStarmer
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So it's a big news day today for the UK. In the past I would have followed the live feeds, kept up with the interviews and analysis and watched everyone and his dog throw in their opinion. Now, though, for me, it's just slipped in between Mendelssohn and Bizet as a quick heads up. Discernment in the content we consume is so important, and I also haven't wasted this morning and I feel so much better because of it! Simon did a great job 20 minutes later in the news headlines to offer a short summary of key points. That's all I needed. Informed, aware, but still present and engaged in my own life. #discernment #contentawareness #socialmedia #switchoffthefeed #deletethenewsapp #takecontrol #classicfm #danwalker #KeirStarmer
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So it's a big news day today for the UK. In the past I would have followed the live feeds, kept up with the interviews and analysis and watched everyone and his dog throw in their opinion. Now, though, for me, it's just slipped in between Mendelssohn and Bizet as a quick heads up. Discernment in the content we consume is so important, and I also haven't wasted this morning and I feel so much better because of it! Simon did a great job 20 minutes later in the news headlines to offer a short summary of key points. That's all I needed. Informed, aware, but still present and engaged in my own life. #discernment #contentawareness #socialmedia #switchoffthefeed #deletethenewsapp #takecontrol #classicfm #danwalker #KeirStarmer
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PENCLAWDD: Swansea-born Sir Karl Jenkins makes history as The Armed Man tops world’s biggest classical music chart
A composer born and raised in Penclawdd has made history by topping the world’s largest annual classical music survey — becoming the first living composer ever to reach number one in the Classic FM Hall of Fame.
Sir Karl Jenkins’ choral work The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace was voted Britain’s favourite piece of classical music in the Classic FM Hall of Fame 2026, displacing Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2, which had held the top spot in 2025. Nearly 90,000 public votes were cast in this year’s chart, with the result revealed live by presenter Dan Walker on Monday evening.
Sir Karl, who is 82 and grew up in Penclawdd on the Gower Peninsula, said the news had left him “gone all goose-pimply.” Speaking on BBC Radio Wales, he reflected on what the achievement meant to him. “It feels good to be alive and get the prize, rather than to be dead and pick it up,” he said. “It is strange that that is the case.”
In a statement, Sir Karl said he was “deeply honoured” by the result. “To become the first living composer to reach the number one position is profoundly humbling and gratifying, and to some degree, I am taken aback, when I reflect on the great masters, past and present, that sit below me on this list. As the cliché says, we stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before.”
The Armed Man was originally commissioned in 1998 and premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in April 2000, performed by the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. It is dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo War and has since been performed more than 4,000 times globally. Sir Karl reflected on the enduring relevance of the work’s message.
Sir Karl Jenkins with his award
(Image: Classic FM)“While it is with regret that I acknowledge that there has been no let-up in war and conflict since I dedicated the piece to the victims of Kosovo, we continue to make music in remembrance of those who have fallen and in the hope that humanity can find a way to heal,” he said.
The Armed Man is also the first choral work to claim the top spot in the chart’s 31-year history. For most of those years, Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending and Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 have dominated the top position, sharing the number one spot across 23 years between them.
Sir Karl said he was mindful of the company he was in. “The poll is a popularity poll and I’m not even contemplating the fact that there are all these geniuses behind me in the list, from Mozart to Beethoven and John Williams even. In that sense, it is gratifying.”
Over the years the composer has been told by many people how The Armed Man has carried them through difficult times. “I get a lot of messages from people who are ill and who are dying, people with some trauma in their life, who have told me about the support the music has given them,” he said. “It’s still as relevant today, the message, as it was 25 years ago.”
Sir Karl had four other pieces in this year’s Top 300, with Adiemus at 66, Palladio at 82, Gloria at 191 and Requiem at 300. This year’s Hall of Fame also featured a record 40 film scores, with Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings soundtrack reaching number eight — the highest-ranked film score in the chart’s history. John Williams retained his title as the most popular living composer with seven pieces in the Top 300.
Dan Walker, who presented the result live on Classic FM, paid tribute to Sir Karl and reflected on the wider trends in this year’s chart. He described The Armed Man as “one of those pieces which grabs your soul and won’t let go,” and said this year’s results showed “just how much that world continues to grow and change.” He added that the record number of film scores in the chart was helping “open the door for new audiences and helping even more people fall in love with classical music.”
The Classic FM Hall of Fame 2026 full chart is available online.
The Top 10 in full:
- The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace — Sir Karl Jenkins
- Piano Concerto No.2 — Rachmaninov
- The Lark Ascending — Vaughan Williams
- Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis — Vaughan Williams
- Enigma Variations — Elgar
- Miserere — Allegri
- Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’ — Beethoven
- The Lord of the Rings — Howard Shore
- Piano Concerto No.2 — Shostakovich
- Symphony No.9 ‘Choral’ — Beethoven
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#celebrity #ClassicFM #classicalMusic #KarlJenkins #Music #Penclawdd #radio #SirKarlJenkins #TheArmedMan
Welsh talent from across the arts and beyond gathered for a celebration of excellence in Swansea. -
If your pet is like Moose and frightened by the fireworks – try some calming classical music to bring them peace 😊
🎶🐾🐶🐱🐇🐹🐴🐾💥
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#BonfireNight
#ClassicFM
#PetClassics
#Birmingham
#BirminghamUK
#Bromsgrove
#WestMidlands
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A pianist was thrust onstage to perform a song she hadn't practiced. Somehow, she pulled this off.
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/panicked-pianist-prepared-wrong-concerto-ex1
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A pianist was thrust onstage to perform a song she hadn't practiced. Somehow, she pulled this off.
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/panicked-pianist-prepared-wrong-concerto-ex1
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A pianist was thrust onstage to perform a song she hadn't practiced. Somehow, she pulled this off.
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/panicked-pianist-prepared-wrong-concerto-ex1
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John Williams receives standing ovation as he debuts his first piano concerto
#JohnWilliams #StarWars #FanthaTracks #johnwilliams #pianoconcerto #bostonsymphonyorchestra #thelegacyofjohnwilliams #classicfm
John Williams debuts new piano concerto.
Read the whole story at the below link:
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John Williams receives standing ovation as he debuts his first piano concerto
#JohnWilliams #StarWars #FanthaTracks #johnwilliams #pianoconcerto #bostonsymphonyorchestra #thelegacyofjohnwilliams #classicfm
John Williams debuts new piano concerto.
Read the whole story at the below link:
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John Williams receives standing ovation as he debuts his first piano concerto
#JohnWilliams #StarWars #FanthaTracks #johnwilliams #pianoconcerto #bostonsymphonyorchestra #thelegacyofjohnwilliams #classicfm
John Williams debuts new piano concerto.
Read the whole story at the below link:
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John Williams receives standing ovation as he debuts his first piano concerto
#JohnWilliams #StarWars #FanthaTracks #johnwilliams #pianoconcerto #bostonsymphonyorchestra #thelegacyofjohnwilliams #classicfm
John Williams debuts new piano concerto.
Read the whole story at the below link:
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John Williams receives standing ovation as he debuts his first piano concerto
#JohnWilliams #StarWars #FanthaTracks #johnwilliams #pianoconcerto #bostonsymphonyorchestra #thelegacyofjohnwilliams #classicfm
John Williams debuts new piano concerto.
Read the whole story at the below link:
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📻 Escuchando "Classic FM", pasaron una versión de "Volver" de Gardel por la trompetista francesa Lucienne Renaudin Vary junto a orquesta.
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📻 Escuchando "Classic FM", pasaron una versión de "Volver" de Gardel por la trompetista francesa Lucienne Renaudin Vary junto a orquesta.
🇺🇾 🇦🇷
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📻 Escuchando "Classic FM", pasaron una versión de "Volver" de Gardel por la trompetista francesa Lucienne Renaudin Vary junto a orquesta.
🇺🇾 🇦🇷
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📻 Escuchando "Classic FM", pasaron una versión de "Volver" de Gardel por la trompetista francesa Lucienne Renaudin Vary junto a orquesta.
🇺🇾 🇦🇷
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📻 Escuchando "Classic FM", pasaron una versión de "Volver" de Gardel por la trompetista francesa Lucienne Renaudin Vary junto a orquesta.
🇺🇾 🇦🇷
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Ancient mystery solved!
Back in the mid 90s, Paul Gambaccini hosted the Classic FM chart show. Had a lovely piece of stirring music behind the final countdown, just before he confirmed Gorecki III was still number one.
It's the "Homage march", written as incidental music from Edvard Grieg's "Sigurd Jorsalfar".
Next question: why does Henry Kelly aspirate the H in Beethoven?
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Ancient mystery solved!
Back in the mid 90s, Paul Gambaccini hosted the Classic FM chart show. Had a lovely piece of stirring music behind the final countdown, just before he confirmed Gorecki III was still number one.
It's the "Homage march", written as incidental music from Edvard Grieg's "Sigurd Jorsalfar".
Next question: why does Henry Kelly aspirate the H in Beethoven?
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Ancient mystery solved!
Back in the mid 90s, Paul Gambaccini hosted the Classic FM chart show. Had a lovely piece of stirring music behind the final countdown, just before he confirmed Gorecki III was still number one.
It's the "Homage march", written as incidental music from Edvard Grieg's "Sigurd Jorsalfar".
Next question: why does Henry Kelly aspirate the H in Beethoven?
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Ancient mystery solved!
Back in the mid 90s, Paul Gambaccini hosted the Classic FM chart show. Had a lovely piece of stirring music behind the final countdown, just before he confirmed Gorecki III was still number one.
It's the "Homage march", written as incidental music from Edvard Grieg's "Sigurd Jorsalfar".
Next question: why does Henry Kelly aspirate the H in Beethoven?
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#Beethoven's 9th first performed on May 7, 1824 conducted by Beethoven himself. Arguably the greatest work of art ever produced. Featured at #BBC #Proms 21 Aug 2024 & #ClassicFM on Monday 6 May 2024. The ‘Ode to Joy’ calls human beings together, eschew nationalism & work towards a fraternal world. https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ej6fbp?lang=en
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#Beethoven's 9th first performed on May 7, 1824 conducted by Beethoven himself. Arguably the greatest work of art ever produced. Featured at #BBC #Proms 21 Aug 2024 & #ClassicFM on Monday 6 May 2024. The ‘Ode to Joy’ calls human beings together, eschew nationalism & work towards a fraternal world. https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ej6fbp?lang=en
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#Beethoven's 9th first performed on May 7, 1824 conducted by Beethoven himself. Arguably the greatest work of art ever produced. Featured at #BBC #Proms 21 Aug 2024 & #ClassicFM on Monday 6 May 2024. The ‘Ode to Joy’ calls human beings together, eschew nationalism & work towards a fraternal world. https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ej6fbp?lang=en
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#Beethoven's 9th first performed on May 7, 1824 conducted by Beethoven himself. Arguably the greatest work of art ever produced. Featured at #BBC #Proms 21 Aug 2024 & #ClassicFM on Monday 6 May 2024. The ‘Ode to Joy’ calls human beings together, eschew nationalism & work towards a fraternal world. https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ej6fbp?lang=en
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Don't know if it's audio compression, or just a different recording.
In the Apollo 13 Soundtrack, there's a repeated theme with flowing strings and a distinct plucked bass note. Now, I have a CD recording of the track "All Systems Go / The Launch" on a #ClassicFM at the Movies album. On that recording, the bass note is almost subliminally deep. It's audible, but almost as a feeling than a sound.
Alternatively, the version of this track on YouTube (and currently playing on StreamingSoundtracks) has a much more audible, "twangy" bass note. It's more like a bass guitar than an organ.
As I say, I can't tell if the difference is that the YouTube algorithm has compressed the sound, or if it is actually a real difference due to a different recording, but my point (I'd get there eventually) is that I prefer the CD version. The "newer" version makes the bass note too noticeable for my taste.
Current Music: James Horner - Apollo 13 - All Systems Go / The Launch
Current Mood: Picky -
Don't know if it's audio compression, or just a different recording.
In the Apollo 13 Soundtrack, there's a repeated theme with flowing strings and a distinct plucked bass note. Now, I have a CD recording of the track "All Systems Go / The Launch" on a #ClassicFM at the Movies album. On that recording, the bass note is almost subliminally deep. It's audible, but almost as a feeling than a sound.
Alternatively, the version of this track on YouTube (and currently playing on StreamingSoundtracks) has a much more audible, "twangy" bass note. It's more like a bass guitar than an organ.
As I say, I can't tell if the difference is that the YouTube algorithm has compressed the sound, or if it is actually a real difference due to a different recording, but my point (I'd get there eventually) is that I prefer the CD version. The "newer" version makes the bass note too noticeable for my taste.
Current Music: James Horner - Apollo 13 - All Systems Go / The Launch
Current Mood: Picky -
Don't know if it's audio compression, or just a different recording.
In the Apollo 13 Soundtrack, there's a repeated theme with flowing strings and a distinct plucked bass note. Now, I have a CD recording of the track "All Systems Go / The Launch" on a #ClassicFM at the Movies album. On that recording, the bass note is almost subliminally deep. It's audible, but almost as a feeling than a sound.
Alternatively, the version of this track on YouTube (and currently playing on StreamingSoundtracks) has a much more audible, "twangy" bass note. It's more like a bass guitar than an organ.
As I say, I can't tell if the difference is that the YouTube algorithm has compressed the sound, or if it is actually a real difference due to a different recording, but my point (I'd get there eventually) is that I prefer the CD version. The "newer" version makes the bass note too noticeable for my taste.
Current Music: James Horner - Apollo 13 - All Systems Go / The Launch
Current Mood: Picky -
And this is my absolute favourite waltz tune
I'm going to have at my funeralWell done, Classic FM
Les Patineurs Opus 183
Emile Waldteufel
Conductor: Ronald Corp
Ensemble: New London Orchestra
Record label: Hyperion
Catalogue ID: CDA 66998 -
And this is my absolute favourite waltz tune
I'm going to have at my funeralWell done, Classic FM
Les Patineurs Opus 183
Emile Waldteufel
Conductor: Ronald Corp
Ensemble: New London Orchestra
Record label: Hyperion
Catalogue ID: CDA 66998 -
And this is my absolute favourite waltz tune
I'm going to have at my funeralWell done, Classic FM
Les Patineurs Opus 183
Emile Waldteufel
Conductor: Ronald Corp
Ensemble: New London Orchestra
Record label: Hyperion
Catalogue ID: CDA 66998 -
Hopefully available outside the UK
Music to counter #NYE2023 fireworks
https://www.classicfm.com/radio/shows-presenters/pet-classics/
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Hopefully available outside the UK
Music to counter #NYE2023 fireworks
https://www.classicfm.com/radio/shows-presenters/pet-classics/
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#Pets #Fireworks
#ClassicFM are again playing soothing music for #Dogs between 5 and 9pm to help them stay calm.
Been running for the last 6yrs and hosted by pet-parent Charlotte Hawkins. -
#Pets #Fireworks
#ClassicFM are again playing soothing music for #Dogs between 5 and 9pm to help them stay calm.
Been running for the last 6yrs and hosted by pet-parent Charlotte Hawkins. -
Nice to hear Smetana’s Ma Vlast on the radio the other day, but why do we never hear anything from Pa Vlast?
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#joannagosling #bbc #classicfm I’m so glad to hear this! I miss seeing Joanna on the BBC.
https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1785554/BBC-News-new-role-axed -
#joannagosling #bbc #classicfm I’m so glad to hear this! I miss seeing Joanna on the BBC.
https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1785554/BBC-News-new-role-axed -
#joannagosling #bbc #classicfm I’m so glad to hear this! I miss seeing Joanna on the BBC.
https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1785554/BBC-News-new-role-axed -
The cello won ABC Classic FM's Hottest 100 for Australia's favourite instrument this year.
To celebrate, Screen Sounds has put on an excellent program full of cello music from film and tellie https://www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/screen-sounds/screen-sounds-the-cello-on-film/102440682 It's well worth a listen.
#AusMusic #ABC #ClassicFM #ABCClassicFM #cello #FilmMusic #ScreenSounds #Classic100 #Australia
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The cello won ABC Classic FM's Hottest 100 for Australia's favourite instrument this year.
To celebrate, Screen Sounds has put on an excellent program full of cello music from film and tellie https://www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/screen-sounds/screen-sounds-the-cello-on-film/102440682 It's well worth a listen.
#AusMusic #ABC #ClassicFM #ABCClassicFM #cello #FilmMusic #ScreenSounds #Classic100 #Australia
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The cello won ABC Classic FM's Hottest 100 for Australia's favourite instrument this year.
To celebrate, Screen Sounds has put on an excellent program full of cello music from film and tellie https://www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/screen-sounds/screen-sounds-the-cello-on-film/102440682 It's well worth a listen.
#AusMusic #ABC #ClassicFM #ABCClassicFM #cello #FilmMusic #ScreenSounds #Classic100 #Australia
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Some music for the morning. | Cèol sa mhadainn.
Singing, soloists, and the voice on screen: https://www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/screen-sounds/screen-sounds-singing-soloists-and-the-voice-on-screen/102262670
#FilmMusic #music #ClassicalMusic #ScreenSounds #ClassicFM #abcClassic #AusMusic
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Some music for the morning. | Cèol sa mhadainn.
Singing, soloists, and the voice on screen: https://www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/screen-sounds/screen-sounds-singing-soloists-and-the-voice-on-screen/102262670
#FilmMusic #music #ClassicalMusic #ScreenSounds #ClassicFM #abcClassic #AusMusic
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Some music for the morning. | Cèol sa mhadainn.
Singing, soloists, and the voice on screen: https://www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/screen-sounds/screen-sounds-singing-soloists-and-the-voice-on-screen/102262670
#FilmMusic #music #ClassicalMusic #ScreenSounds #ClassicFM #abcClassic #AusMusic
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DUDOK QUARTET plays Mozart, Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky - 30/10/2023
#classicalmusic #chambermusic #quartet #manchester #music #classicfm -
DUDOK QUARTET plays Mozart, Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky - 30/10/2023
#classicalmusic #chambermusic #quartet #manchester #music #classicfm -
DUDOK QUARTET plays Mozart, Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky - 30/10/2023
#classicalmusic #chambermusic #quartet #manchester #music #classicfm -
DUDOK QUARTET plays Mozart, Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky - 30/10/2023
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John Humphrey on #Radio4Today drove me away from the BBC. Now the revolting #Brexit barstuard is peddling his geriatric slime on #ClassicFM #NoEscape
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John Humphrey on #Radio4Today drove me away from the BBC. Now the revolting #Brexit barstuard is peddling his geriatric slime on #ClassicFM #NoEscape