The melody for ‘The Holly and the Ivy’ is a well-known example of a hexachord, a tune comprised of only six notes. The carol ...

We take a look at ten of the best film scores ever written. Love Actually has become the definitive Christmas film for many people. Set in a now very distant (and weirdly optimistic) London in the ...

After ‘nine anxious hours’ at the airport, Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason realised their journey to Toronto was not going to be possible.

The Organ of Notre Dame has sounded once more after five years of silence, in a spectacular concert to mark the reopening of ...

Lang Lang delivered a powerful performance of some Saint-Saëns last weekend at an event celebrating the stunning re-opening ...

Venezuelan maestro Gustavo Dudamel directed soprano Pretty Yende and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, as the ...

Yo-Yo Ma has released a video of his sublime rendition of Bach’s cello prelude, which he performed live at the reopening of ...

Standing outside the façade of the great cathedral, Nadine Sierra lifted her voice to the French national anthem, marking the ...

Join us for a joyful Christmas filled with carol concerts and special festive programmes on Classic FM – the home of Christmas music.

Composer Harry Gregson-Williams spoke to Classic FM about writing the ‘Gladiator II’ score, working with Ridley Scott, and the phone call he made to Hans Zimmer after getting the job.

One of Disney’s biggest feel-good successes of the last 10 years, Moana, has a sequel out in cinemas – and musical theatre maestro Lin Manuel Miranda has been replaced as songwriter by the young duo ...