BBC Music Day Live!

Summary

BBC Music Day has been a nationwide celebration of music, bringing people together from different generations and communities
Events took place across the UK, with coverage across BBC TV, radio and online
Highlights included Hadrian's Wall of Sound, a 7,000-mile record-breaking duet and live concerts in Glasgow, Belfast and Cardiff

Live Reporting

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What's happening in Bradford?published at 09:26

The stage is set (literally) in Bradford’s City Park, which will play host to a wide variety of ensembles later today with wind bands, choirs and orchestras performing alongside local acts from BBC Introducing.

More than 732 school children from schools across Bradford will come together for the first time to perform BBC Music Day Ambassador Anna Meredith's composition 'Connect It' - a mass body percussion piece.

BBC Radio 3 will also feature a special broadcast of 'In Tune' live from the Kala Sangam Arts Centre at 16:30, featuring a collaboration between the BBC Philharmonic players and members of the South Asian Arts organisation.

Ear-opening stuff.

Click here for more info.

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Postpublished at 09:21

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What better to discover today than Beethoven?!published at 09:18
Radio 3 have made a video for #BBCMusicDay here Tom Service introduces Beethoven, the deaf composer with wild eyes and crazy hair who wanted people to hear music as if they were hearing for the first time.
Click here to watch Tom explain how Beethoven grabs you by the soul…
Hadrian's Wall of Soundpublished at 09:07
BBC Breakfast's Jayne McGubbin talks to singer Anna Flannagan at Lanercost Priory as she prepares to recieve the baton on the latest leg of this unique musical relay.
Other artists confirmed for the relay include local-born Graeme Danby, folk singer Maddy Prior and BBC Introducing’s mylittlebrother.
Click here for more information on everything going on along Hadrian's Wall.
BBC Moosic Daypublished at 09:02
The BBC Music Day bus is getting plenty of beeps (and moos) from passers-by in Cumbria. Next stop on Hadrian's Wall of Sound - Lanercost Priory.
The trunk of funk is in townpublished at 08:56
(Liverpool to be specific)
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BBC Music Day Ambassadorspublished at 08:49
Quote Message
I think it's really important that people can get involved in music in their communities, because it's a great way to meet people and learn about music be it as a listener or as a performer. Music is such a powerful force, it's one of the few things that will bring people together under a common theme.
Ghostpoet
We have a number of BBC Music Day ambassadors including the awesome Ghostpoet (above), Sir Tom Jones, Lulu, Jamie Cullum, Pixie Lott, Kanika Kapoor and Shlomo.
Check out interviews with them in the 'Highlights' tab and click here to read why they are supporting BBC Music Day.
Postpublished at 08:43

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The fun buspublished at 08:36

It's all going on at Hadrian's Wall. Magical.

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Alex is on her way...published at 08:31

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Tonight The One Show comes live from Pacific Quay in Glasgow with a special BBC Music Day edition that will feature the culmination of the Hadrian's Wall of Sound relay. As usual, Alex Jones will host alongside Chris Evans.

It's all part of a five-day festival which ends with a special concert starring Jamie Cullum, Deacon Blue and the Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
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Get in touch using #BBCMusicDaypublished at 08:19

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Lots of love for DJ Yoda's mix this morning on social media. It's here in case you missed it.
Bore dapublished at 08:14
Music has one language, so why not tune into Rhaglen Dylan Jones on Radio Cymru to hear Welsh language band Yr Eira, one of the Horizons acts for 2015, perform especially for BBC Music Day.
Diolch.
Unsung Heroespublished at 08:08
BBC Music Day isn't just about events taking place along Hadrian's Wall, we're also celebrating Unsung Heroes from local communities across the UK.
Five winners, including Mary Bell (above), have been selected by a BBC panel after being nominated by members of the public, and will all receive a BBC Music VIP Pass, giving them and their friends tickets to a major BBC Music event of their choice, from the BBC Proms to the BBC Music Awards to the Radio 2 Folk Awards and beyond.
And they really deserve it - click here to find out why.
But they are very deserving. Four have already been announced, and the final winner will be revealed during Steve Wright in the Afternoon on BBC Radio 2 later today.
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Wow.published at 07:53

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Listen to Yoda's mixpublished at 07:51
It's awesome. If you just missed DJ Yoda's special remix of BBC Radio 4's output you can listen to it over and over again here.
Could there be a World Record today?published at 07:44

BBC Music Day in Cardiff will feature a World Record attempt later on (as well as live performances from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and a homecoming show from seminal Welsh band the Manic Street Preachers).

As part of celebrations marking 150 years since the first Welsh settlers left for Patagonia, Shan Cothi in Wales and Andres Evans 7000 miles away, will attempt to break the World Record for The Greatest Distance Between Singers of a Duet.

Who knew that was a thing?

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