Beethoven named top choice soundtrack for exam revision season this year
GCSE, A Level and undergraduate exams may well be over, but as millions of students nervously wait for their results in the coming weeks, new research from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra reveals that orchestral music has already won honours with students. Looking back on the music that helped get people through revision season, 2025 saw a huge upturn in the percentage of students that chose orchestral music as part of their revision soundtrack – 82%, up from 69% last summer.