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Who is the current Master of the Queen’s Music and what is their role

Who is the current Master of the Queen’s Music and what is their role?

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28 best ever jazz pianists

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The best speakers and hi-fi systems for classical music lovers

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Barbara Hannigan: Four works composed and dedicated to the soprano and conductor

Pretty Yende in Gaetano Donizetti’s ‘Lucia Di Lammermoor’ at the Bastille Opera House in Paris (credit: Getty Images)

Why do opera singers use so much vibrato?

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What is the difference between a musical and an opera?

When was Musikverein built

When was Vienna’s Musikverein built?

what is perfect pitch

What does it mean if you have perfect pitch?

The words to the carol Once in Royal David's city

What are the lyrics to Once in Royal David’s City?

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Composer Andrea Tarrodi on her synaesthesia, using electronics and writing for ballet

Conductor Dalia Stasevska

Who is conductor Dalia Stasevska?

Best Jazz saxophone players of all time

25 greatest jazz saxophonists of all time

William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet balcony scene

The best (and worst) recordings of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet

Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall

Why are the BBC Proms called the Proms?

what's the difference between a film score and a film soundtrack

What is the difference between a film score and film soundtrack?