Mozart’s best music: 15 greatest works of all time - Classic FM
Jan 31, 2024 · The precocious young boy started playing piano at three, was composing by age four, and by the time he was 12 years old, he had already written 10 symphonies and performed for royalty.. Despite being so industrious, the young composer still managed to make time for fun and games. He was reportedly distracted by cats on more than one occasion, and was also …
‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ – lyrics and story of the famous ...
Dec 17, 2024 · Each day represents a new gift, starting with ‘a partridge in a pear tree’ and ending with ‘twelve drummers drumming’. It’s a traditional English tune dating back to the 1700s, which some historians actually believe to have French origins.
Classic FM | The Most Relaxing Music
The Most Relaxing Music. Listen live to Classic FM radio online. Discover classical music and find out more about the best classical composers, musicians and their works.
The 30 greatest classical music composers of all time
Aug 20, 2024 · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Continuing the tradition of names with three words and four well-formed syllables in the middle one, is the child prodigy and all-round genius, Mozart. Composing in, and defining, the Classical era, Mozart wrote 41 symphonies, numerous concertos, revolutionary Italian operas including The Marriage of Figaro and Cosí …
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Classic FM Christmas playlist – here’s how to listen
Dec 18, 2023 · Listen to all the greatest classical Christmas music in one place online – it’s Classic FM Christmas! If you can’t get enough of Christmas music at this time of year, we’ve got a treat for you. Classic FM is the home of Christmas music, and Classic FM Christmas – our Christmas playlist on Global Player – is back by popular demand.
Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake: the story and music of the Russian …
Nov 3, 2020 · The story of ‘Swan Lake’ Tchaikovsky’s magical ballet tells the story of the doomed love of Prince Siegfried and Princess Odette.Prince Siegfried goes out hunting one night and chases a group of swans – one of them transforms into a young woman, Odette, who explains that she and her companions were turned into swans by the evil Baron Von Rothbart.
André Rieu facts: wife, concerts, net worth and his Johann Strauss ...
Aug 4, 2023 · André Rieu facts: the Dutch violinist’s wife, concerts, net worth and his Johann Strauss Orchestra. 4 August 2023, 15:03 | Updated: 4 August 2023, 15:05
The 20 greatest Beethoven works of all time - Classic FM
Dec 12, 2023 · Fidelio. Beethoven’s only opera... and it took him three versions (and four overtures) to get it right. Fidelio is at the same time a love story – a wife disguises herself as a boy to get a job at the jail where her husband Florestan is imprisoned, and engineers his release – and the story of freedom triumphing over oppression.Florestan’s aria at the opening of Act II …
Ludwig van Beethoven | Biography, history, music, facts - Classic FM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer and pianist, who is arguably the defining figure in the history of Western music. Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in December 1770, but no-one is completely sure on which date.