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A biologist and composer have turned the aurora borealis into sound to create a magic melding of art and natureThere’s a hypnotic crackle before a whoosh of sound flies from ear to ear. It’s followed by a heavenly chorus that might be whales whistling, frogs calling or the chirping of an alien bird. It sounds celestial because that’s what it is. The noise is...

Conductor Sir Simon Rattle and violinist Tamsin Little are among those warning that struggling artists will be forced to give upLeading figures in classical music say many highly-trained orchestral musicians are giving up on music as they face homelessness and hunger this autumn. Speaking to the Observer this weekend, the internationally renowned conductor Sir Simon Rattle warned that an “exodus is happening right now”,...