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Do you love singing in the shower? A scientist breaks down why you sound better when you do, and explains the science behind other musical questions. ab.co/37auk1Y
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Did you know these famous people played classical music? ab.co/2u2Of4N
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Happy birthday to the best-selling classical violinist of all time. Nigel Kennedy was born on 28 December 1956. ab.co/39kdQ9t
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Ed Ayres shares some of his favourite musical stories from the year. ab.co/2tcYwdV
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This pianist plays piano to blind an injured elephants in a sanctuary in Thailand. ab.co/2EXVKw0

Pianist plays classical music to blind and injured elephants - ABC Classic

Paul Barton wanted to try and make the lives of blind and injured elephants better in some way. He took his piano to an elephant sanctuary in Thailand and played for them.

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Some advice to anyone spending time outdoors this holiday season. 🤣
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In this 2004 interview, Sir David Attenborough shares his passion for the natural world, an amazing moment in the wild with gorillas and his love of music. ab.co/34ZeaXE

Sir David Attenborough interviewed by Margaret Throsby - ABC Classic

Sir David Attenborough is an English broadcaster and natural historian best known for his series of documentaries produced with the BBC Natural History Unit.

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Catch-up on Christmas music from around the world. Listen online to Christmas concerts from Madrid to Hobart, Copenhagen to Kings College, Cambridge and more. ab.co/35T3OtO
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What's the best musical gift you've received? Wagner wrote the Siegfried Idyll as a birthday gift for his wife Cosima on Christmas Day in 1869. She woke to it being performed for her on the stairs of their villa.
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We're giving away our last Christmas gift to newsletter subscribers tomorrow. Today's gift was Slava and Sharon Grigoryan playing Ravel. Subscribe here: ab.co/2sft7aO
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Silent night is 200 years old. Here are some beautiful performances. ab.co/399LHS6

Celebrating 200 years of Silent Night - ABC Classic

Some beautiful performances of Silent Night, one of the world's favourite Christmas carols.

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What's your favourite musical memory of Christmas?
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Did your favourite Christmas soundtrack make the list? ab.co/2Sn3iQV
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Five of the best pieces of Baroque Christmas music. Did your favourite make the list? ab.co/36WeHek
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Hear former Prime Minister Paul Keating discuss politics, and classical music being a driving force in his life in this 2011 interview with Margaret Throsby. ab.co/2PHyLLC

Paul Keating interviewed by Margaret Throsby - ABC Classic

Paul Keating was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia and the Leader of the Labor Party from 1991 to 1996.

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Have you received your latest Classic Christmas Gift? We've been giving away a track a day every day until Christmas for our newsletter subscribers. Today's track is from Mozart's Bassoon Concerto, performed by Omega Ensemble. Subscribe here: ab.co/2txsNnY
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Excited @CostasGarden from Gardening Australia is dropping in to talk gardening over the holidays with @Gretabradman. 11am Sat 21 December.
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What music are you looking forward to hearing over Christmas?
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"Isn't it better to give than receive?" How one woman changed @EadricAyres's perception of giving. ab.co/36PKvBw
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Will you make Santa's Liszt?
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