Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, ...

Sundays 1pm – 4pm. Joanna Gosling is your host on Sunday afternoons. To get in touch with Joanna, text 61812, send a WhatsApp to 03457491812, or email using the form below. Join Joanna for three hours ...

Bill Overton has the perfect nocturnal soundtrack to keep you company in those first hours of the morning. To get in touch with Bill, text 61812, send a WhatsApp to 03457491812, or email using the ...

Research conducted in Germany has proven that people are twice as likely to cough at concerts than they are in their daily ...

In an age of increasingly sophisticated AI and the fear that one day humans will be made obsolete, the classical music world ...

Dan Walker and Charlotte Hawkins will host two programmes filled with soothing classical music and practical advice from the ...

There’s a sense of overwhelming, overbearing hysteria. Hordes of adoring fans jostling to get up close, elbowing past each other just to catch a glimpse. The screams are deafening. No, this is not the ...

Explore some of the photo highlights below, and join Zeb Soanes on Classic FM at 8pm on Tuesday 22 October, to listen to the full concert in all its glory. Classic FM Live with Viking made a ...

Brad Kella taught himself to play piano by ear, after his foster parents bought him one when he was seven years old. And in 2024, the winner was Brad Kella, a 22-year-old from Fazakerley, a suburb of ...

In 1985, the film Back to the Future introduced us to Marty McFly (Michael J Fox) and Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), a teenager and an eccentric scientist who find themselves time travelling in a ...

This incredible moment at a late-90s awards ceremony rehearsal is proof that in music, a life-changing moment might just be a phone call away... At the 1999 Grammy Awards rehearsal, an unknown teenage ...