{"id":135801,"date":"2025-10-21T10:11:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/135801\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:11:17","slug":"classic-fm-live-at-25-photo-highlights-from-our-anniversary-concert-at-the-royal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/135801\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic FM Live at 25: photo highlights from our anniversary concert at the Royal…"},"content":{"rendered":"

20 October 2025, 21:59 | Updated: 21 October 2025, 10:10<\/p>\n

\"Myleene<\/p>\n

Myleene Klass and Dan Walker.<\/p>\n

Picture:
\nMatt Crossick \/ Classic FM<\/p>\n


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Classic FM Live with Viking returns to the Royal Albert Hall for a 25th anniversary musical extravaganza!<\/p>\n

On Monday 20 October, we welcomed the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra<\/a> and Chorus to the Royal Albert Hall, alongside a host of star classical soloists, for a special edition of Classic FM Live.<\/p>\n

A quarter of a century since our first concert, the orchestra performed celebratory hits from Handel\u2019s Zadok the Priest, the first piece ever played on Classic FM,\u00a0to Vivaldi\u2019s \u2018Winter\u2019, a much-loved favourite performed by violinist Esther Abrami. <\/p>\n

There were also spectacular performances from legendary Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel<\/a> in his 60th birthday year, composer Sir John Rutter<\/a> in his 80th birthday year, and tenor Pene Pati who paid tribute to Luciano Pavarotti in his 90th anniversary year, alongside appearances from winner of The Piano, Diana Newell, and our composer in residence, Debbie Wiseman.<\/p>\n

Explore a range of photo highlights from Classic FM Live at 25 with Viking below, with more to come.<\/p>\n

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  1. \nWelcome to Classic FM Live at 25!<\/p>\n

    \"Myleene<\/p>\n

    Myleene Klass and Dan Walker.<\/p>\n

    Picture:
    \nMatt Crossick \/ Classic FM<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \nIntroducing the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus<\/p>\n

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    The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n

    Picture:
    \nMatt Crossick \/ Classic FM<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \nMark Wigglesworth, our conductor for the evening…<\/p>\n

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    Mark Wigglesworth.<\/p>\n

    Picture:
    \nMatt Crossick \/ Classic FM<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \nAnd our glamorous hosts, Dan Walker and Myleene Klass!<\/p>\n

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    Dan Walker and Myleene Klass.<\/p>\n

    Picture:
    \nMatt Crossick \/ Classic FM<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. \nTenor Pene Pati pays tribute to the great Luciano Pavarotti in his 90th anniversary year<\/p>\n

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    Pene Pati.<\/p>\n

    Picture:
    \nMatt Crossick \/ Classic FM<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  6. \nViolinist Esther Abrami takes to the stage<\/p>\n

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    Esther Abrami.<\/p>\n

    Picture:
    \nMatt Crossick \/ Classic FM<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  7. \nThe BSO\u2019s Assistant Conductor Enyi Okpara makes his Royal Albert Hall debut<\/p>\n

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    Enyi Okpara.<\/p>\n

    Picture:
    \nMatt Crossick \/ Classic FM<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  8. \nWinner of \u2018The Piano\u2019, Diana Newell, makes her Royal Albert Hall debut<\/p>\n

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    Diana Newell.<\/p>\n

    Picture:
    \nMatt Crossick \/ Classic FM<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  9. \nDebbie Wiseman conducts her own composition \u2018The Traveller\u2019 to celebrate 10 years of our sponsor, Viking<\/p>\n

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    Debbie Wiseman.<\/p>\n

    Picture:
    \nMatt Crossick \/ Classic FM<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  10. \nMusic to celebrate 25 years of Classic FM Live<\/p>\n

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    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n

    Picture:
    \nMatt Crossick \/ Classic FM<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"20 October 2025, 21:59 | Updated: 21 October 2025, 10:10 Myleene Klass and Dan Walker. Picture: Matt Crossick…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[18,117,19,17,337],"class_list":{"0":"post-135801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-music"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}