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Listen across the UK on 100 - 102 FM, DAB, online at classicfm.com and on Global Player, the official Classic FM app.

10/09/2026

We’re just trying something new... 🎧

Listen to all of your favourite shows without the ad breaks, with our new subscription service, Classic FM Plus.

Subscribers will also get one free entry to Cash Call every week, save 15% in the official Classic FM merch store, enjoy priority access to events, and receive an exclusive, subscriber-only newsletter, for a sneak peek behind the scenes at Classic FM.

Your ad-free listening extends across Classic FM and our sister stations, Classic FM Calm and Classic FM Movies – whether you’re listening live, on Replay or Catch-up. You can listen nationally across the UK via Global Player on Alexa smart speakers, connected TVs and in-car listening.

Head to to subscribe to Classic FM Plus.

Classic FM Live with Viking is almost a month away! 💫Join us on Monday 12 October for an 'Out of the World' night at Lon...
10/09/2026

Classic FM Live with Viking is almost a month away! 💫

Join us on Monday 12 October for an 'Out of the World' night at London's Royal Albert Hall, hosted by Dan Walker and Myleene Klass.

We’ll have some stellar music, including Holst’s ‘The Planets’ Suite, Strauss’ ‘Also sprach Zarathustra’, and Dukas’ ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’, performed by the renowned Philharmonia Orchestra under conductor Stephen Bell.

Bass-baritone Sir Willard White, tenor Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono, and pianist Junyan Chen are all on the line-up of star soloists.

Get your tickets now: https://www.classicfm.com/events/classic-fm-live/royal-albert-hall-october-2026-live-tickets/

367 years ago, the world was introduced to one of the greatest English composers of the Baroque era, Henry Purcell. His ...
10/09/2026

367 years ago, the world was introduced to one of the greatest English composers of the Baroque era, Henry Purcell. His influence has extended to all corners of music, from Benjamin Britten to The Who. 🎈

Game recognises game! 🎹Billy Joel is a self-proclaimed Beethoven super-fan, even using the legendary romantic composer’s...
09/09/2026

Game recognises game! 🎹

Billy Joel is a self-proclaimed Beethoven super-fan, even using the legendary romantic composer’s Piano Sonata No.8 as the basis for his hit song, ‘This Night’.

Batons at the ready... ⬅️⬆️➡️ ⬅️⬆️➡️Nintendo has revealed that the new remake of the N64 classic 'The Legend of Zelda: O...
09/09/2026

Batons at the ready... ⬅️⬆️➡️ ⬅️⬆️➡️

Nintendo has revealed that the new remake of the N64 classic 'The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time', will feature a new symphonic recording of its iconic score.

Originally composed by Koji Kondo using synthesizers and samplers, the music was compressed to fit on the game’s N64 cartridge. Now, to celebrate the franchise’s 40th anniversary, the Switch 2 remake gives the score a full orchestral treatment, alongside updated graphics and gameplay.

When the original game was released in 1998, the melodies players performed on the ocarina became so popular that ocarina sales reportedly skyrocketed, as fans rushed to recreate the music for themselves.

📷: Nintendo

09/09/2026

More of the music you love. ❤️

Listen to all of your favourite shows without the ad breaks, with our new subscription service, Classic FM Plus.

Subscribers will also get one free entry to Cash Call every week, save 15% in the official Classic FM merch store, enjoy priority access to events, and receive an exclusive, subscriber-only newsletter, for a sneak peek behind the scenes at Classic FM.

Your ad-free listening extends across Classic FM and our sister stations, Classic FM Calm and Classic FM Movies – whether you’re listening live, on Replay or Catch-up. You can listen nationally across the UK via Global Player on Alexa smart speakers, connected TVs and in-car listening.

Head to to subscribe to Classic FM Plus.

09/09/2026

Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats… 👏

Actor and author Richard Armitage is joining Classic FM to present Curtain Call, a brand-new series exploring the music of the theatrical world.

A celebrated actor of stage and screen, Richard will bring his love of theatre and classical music to the series, following his appearances on Classic FM at the Movies. Across five weeks, he’ll explore the melodies that have brought stories to life on stage, from Shakespeare and Sondheim to opera, ballet, and beyond.

Join him for the first episode this Sunday, where he’ll look at ‘Lovers and Liaisons’, from Romeo and Juliet to Puccini’s ‘La bohème’. Future episodes will feature dastardly rogues and rebels, mischief and mayhem, and music that makes you want to move.

Listen on Global Player or ask your smart speaker to ‘Play Classic FM’.

📻 Curtain Call with Richard Armitage | Sundays at 6pm | Classic FM

08/09/2026

One of Britain’s best-loved hymns. 🙌

St Martin’s Voices performs ‘Love Divine, All Loves Excelling’, under the direction of Andrew Earis, in the beautiful chapel of Lambeth Palace.

With words by Charles Wesley expressing love and longing for salvation through Jesus Christ, the hymn is sung to the Welsh tune ‘Blaenwern’, composed by William Penfro Rowlands. It has become a firm favourite in churches and chapels across Wales and beyond, particularly at weddings.

Watch the full performance on our YouTube.

Conductor Herbert Blomstedt and actor Cate Blanchett have been named 2026 Praemium Imperiale laureates, alongside Andy G...
08/09/2026

Conductor Herbert Blomstedt and actor Cate Blanchett have been named 2026 Praemium Imperiale laureates, alongside Andy Goldsworthy, Jenny Holzer, and Daniel Libeskind. 🎭

At 99, Herbert Blomstedt is one of the world’s foremost conductors. Born in Massachusetts to Swedish parents and raised in Sweden and Finland, he has led many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the San Francisco Symphony, Staatskapelle Dresden, and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He received the award for Music.

Cate Blanchett has been awarded the prize for Theatre/Film. Among her many acclaimed roles, Blanchett starred as fictional composer and conductor Lydia Tár in Todd Field’s 2022 psychological thriller, ‘Tár’. She is currently starring in Benedict Andrews’ ‘Electra/Persona’ at the National Theatre.

The Praemium Imperiale, awarded by the Japan Art Association under the honorary patronage of Prince Hitachi, recognises outstanding achievement in the arts. Previous laureates include musicians such as Wynton Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, Alfred Brendel, András Schiff, and Martha Argerich.

Celebrating 185 years since the birth of Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. A recording of his celebrated 'New World Symphon...
08/09/2026

Celebrating 185 years since the birth of Czech composer Antonín Dvořák.

A recording of his celebrated 'New World Symphony' became the first piece of classical music to be played on the moon, thanks to the Apollo 11 mission, in 1969. 🌓

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