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The music that started it all
Hear the pieces our players first fell in love with!

Composition: Wales 2026

  1. The music that started it all
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    The music that started it all
  2. Are you interested in applying for Composition: Wales 26?
    00:57
    Are you interested in applying for Composition: Wales 26?
  3. Want to be part of something extraordinary?
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    Want to be part of something extraordinary?
  4. Learn how to publish, protect, and promote your work as a composer
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    Learn how to publish, protect, and promote your work as a composer
  5. Passion of Youth - Alice talks passion
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    Passion of Youth - Alice talks passion
  6. BBC NOW perform Bolero de Concert by Lefebure-Wely arr. Donal Bannister
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    BBC NOW perform Bolero de Concert by Lefebure-Wely arr. Donal Bannister
  7. BBC 100 - Adrian Partington
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    BBC 100 - Adrian Partington
  8. Drawn to Music - Mussorgsky's 'A Night on a Bare Mountain'
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    Drawn to Music - Mussorgsky's 'A Night on a Bare Mountain'
  9. Classics with NOW: Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'
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    Classics with NOW: Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'
  10. Ryan Bancroft - Our new Principal Conductor
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    Ryan Bancroft - Our new Principal Conductor
  11. Classics with NOW: Bridge, 'Enter Spring'
    20:03
    Classics with NOW: Bridge, 'Enter Spring'
  12. BBC NOW perform Ravel's complete ballet music to Ma Mère l'Oye
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    BBC NOW perform Ravel's complete ballet music to Ma Mère l'Oye
  13. Celebrating Bastille Day - BBC NOW and ONB Perform Berlioz
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    Celebrating Bastille Day - BBC NOW and ONB Perform Berlioz
  14. Discover More: Jon James Introduces Bartók's Final Concerto
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    Discover More: Jon James Introduces Bartók's Final Concerto
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