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Behold the Messiah: 21 of the finest Stradivarius instruments go on show
Ashmolean museum in Oxford stages first UK exhibition devoted to the master violin maker, Antonio Stradivari.
Classic FM
Stephen Hough auctioning his piano today
British-Australian pianist Stephen Hough is to auction one of his pianos this afternoon via The Piano Auctions Company.
Classical music makes New Zealand hens lay larger eggs
A New Zealand vineyard has discovered that playing classical music to its resident hens has made their eggs noticeably larger.
Gramophone
Two Britten world premieres to take place in Birmingham and London
Birmingham Conservatoire students perform Chaos and Cosmos, while Camerata Nordica perform Elegy for strings at the Proms.
Planet Hugill
The Orchestra of the Swan in collaboration with Talking Birds and six Birmingham Schools have come up with Troy Story an ‘intergalactic opera’.
Der Tagesspiegel
Was sind Kulturgüter wert? Austausch und Ausnahme
Europa und die USA wollen ein Freihandelsabkommen schließen. Kulturgüter müssen daovn ausgenommen sein – sagen Politiker vieler europäischer Länder.
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