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BBC Radio 3 Unwind launches on DAB+
BBC Radio 3 Unwind, billed as 'Classical Music to Unwind Your Mind', launches on DAB+, alongside BBC Radio 1 Dance and BBC Radio 1 Anthems
John Storgårds named music director of Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra
The Finnish conductor takes up his new role at the beginning of the 2026-27 season
Poiesis Quartet storm to Banff glory
The Cincinnati-based quartet triumphed after a string of extraordinary performances of works by Brahms, Beethoven and Bartók
Alison Balsom reveals she will retire after the 2025 Proms
The multi-award-winning trumpeter revealed she will hang up her trumpet after the 2025 BBC Proms... and also hinted at what's next for her
This beautiful cat has a completely brilliant response to music
Take one black cat. Add Mahler's hyper-emotional Ninth Symphony. Result: well, see for yourself...
Today at the BBC Proms: it's The Traitors!
Tonight the BBC Proms is filled with the suspenseful soundworld of The Traitors
Today at the BBC Proms: one of the most iconic beginnings in all of music
Today at the BBC Proms, it's one of music's most powerful and unforgettable works... along with two colourful depictions of travel to exotic lands
Today at the BBC Proms: a radiant, passionate Romantic masterpiece
Today's BBC Proms concert features one of the best loved works in the repertoire... plus a new piece inspired by an African folk tale where brain outwits brawn
Today at the BBC Proms: the most remarkable musician you’ve (probably) never heard of
It's French night at the BBC Proms - which means we hear from one of classical music's most intriguing talents
Today at the Proms: it's the original Gothic symphony
Today at the BBC Proms we get a performance of one of classical music's most darkly dramatic, surreal and sinister masterpieces
Today's spooky BBC Proms concert features a tribute to our greatest ghost story writer
Today at the BBC Proms, it's Mahler's eeriest work - plus a brand new piece inspired by the ghost stories of the incomparable M.R. James
Today at the BBC Proms: a truly unique pianist who's defied all the odds
Tonight's BBC Proms concert features a pianist who's conquered adversity - plus one of the 20th century's most gripping works
Today at the BBC Proms: it's Samara Joy!
Acclaimed jazz vocalist Samara Joy lights up the BBC Proms tonight, singing songs from the Great American Songbook and more
Why Samara Joy might be the future of jazz
Samara Joy is the velvet-voiced jazz star bringing timeless jazz standards to new audience — and winning Grammys while doing it
The Gilded Age is one of the best things on TV right now. And its music plays a key role
A sumptuous drama of ambition, class, and culture, The Gilded Age strikes a powerful chord with modern audiences. And music plays a vital role
Fourth of July songs: nine rousing tunes for Independence Day
From Bernstein to Sousa, we celebrate the Fourth of July with a run-through of nine of the most rousing pieces of American music
Owain Park appointed chief conductor of the BBC Singers
Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025) obituary
The Argentine-born composer's innovative fusion of jazz, classical, and Latin elements reshaped the landscape of film and TV music
Best Neil Young album: we asked you... and here's how you voted
Ahead of his Glastonbury headline set, we asked you to vote for your favourite Neil Young album. Here's what you said...
Rod Stewart 15 greatest songs, ranked (#1 might surprise you)
From heartfelt ballads via heady rockers to breathy sex songs, 15 great tracks from the inimitable Rod Stewart
Choose your favourite Neil Young album
As Neil Young prepares to headline Glastonbury Festival 2025, here's your chance to pick his greatest album in our interactive poll
This very cute cat's got a unique talent for the blues
When his owner strums some blues riffs on guitar, Badu the black cat is ready with the vocals. Every time, in fact
LA Opera announces Domingo Hindoyan as its new music director
The Venezuelan conductor will succeed LA Opera's current music director, James Conlon
Newark School of Musical Instrument Crafts suspends degree courses beginning in 2025
A petition on Change.org protesting against the suspension of degree courses at the UK college has reached over 12,600 signatures
