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I meditate before I start, and I cannot move my hand to paint without music: Keith Jarrett’s “The ��ö���� Concert,” Mozart and Beethoven, Brandi Carlile and Joni Mitchell.

Supporters of FC ��ö���� sing a song to the tune of Runrig’s Loch Lomond before each match.

Ahead of Steve Clarke’s men taking on Switzerland in their second match at the home of ��ö���� in Cologne, football commentator Derek Rae explains why the German fans adopted the Scottish tune.

Kent Nagano was leading the period-instrument ensemble Concerto ��ö���� in concert performances of Mozart’s “Idomeneo” in 2016 when one musician suggested he come back for more, and with new repertoire.

Each year until then, Nagano and the Concerto ��ö���� — with the addition of Dresdner Festspielorchester for “Die Walküre” — are touring installments of their historically informed “Ring” operas: last year, “Das Rheingold,” and now “Die Walküre.”