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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Compiled by Imogen Tilden

Turbocharge philanthropy, conga to Beethoven, ditch the ukuleles: 10 ways to save classical music

‘Classical music gets your brain as well as your heart going. How many things in life can do all that?’
‘Classical music gets your brain as well as your heart going. How many things in life can do all that?’ Composite: Factory Films/ Jose Girarte/Getty/ Tristram Kenton/ Robin Clewley/ Mark Allan

1. Turn off your phone and revel in the mysterious

Don’t we all need a bit of time to be alone with our thoughts? Or to sit and share something that requires us to put away our phones and revel in something mysterious, beautiful and visceral? All music can offer us a haven for reflection, but classical music is constructed more like a narrative than a short lyric. You just need to give it time.

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