The indie kid's guide to classical music

Chopin has made it on to Radio 1, courtesy of Muse's latest hit United States of Eurasia. But don't stop there,kids: here's where you and your iPod should venture nextKids up and down the country are tuning in to Radio 1 and scratching their heads. What's that weird, long piano section doing at the end of Muse's new Bohemian Rhapsody-esque single, United States of Eurasia. Isn't that (whisper it) . . . classical music? Being played on the nation's favourite youth station? That's right, kids, it'...

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23:05 on July 23 2009

Gergiev's Ring Cycle comes to London

Guardian Music — Four operas, four days, 15 hours of music. Is Valery Gergiev's race through Wagner's Ring at the ROH a brave innovation, or a shocking display of hubris?On the posters ad... more info

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23:05 on July 23 2009

The indie kid's guide to classical music

Guardian Music — Chopin has made it on to Radio 1, courtesy of Muse's latest hit United States of Eurasia. But don't stop there,kids: here's where you and your iPod should venture nextKid... more info

Richard Wagner Karlheinz Stockhausen Phil Spector Roy Orbison James Morrison Kraftwerk Steve Reich