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The music that started it all
Hear the pieces our players first fell in love with!
  1. The music that started it all
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    The music that started it all
  2. BBC NOW Brass and Percussion perform Gavin Higgins' Sadly Now the Throstle Sings with Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft
    06:38
    BBC NOW Brass and Percussion perform Gavin Higgins' Sadly Now the Throstle Sings with Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft
  3. Classics with NOW: Haydn, 'Sinfonia concertante in B-flat major'
    20:12
    Classics with NOW: Haydn, 'Sinfonia concertante in B-flat major'
  4. Classics with NOW: Rachmaninov, ‘Symphonic Dances’
    36:44
    Classics with NOW: Rachmaninov, ‘Symphonic Dances’
  5. What happens when emerging composers get the chance to work with a symphony orchestra?
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    What happens when emerging composers get the chance to work with a symphony orchestra?
  6. Dowland Songs with James Gilchrist
    10:26
    Dowland Songs with James Gilchrist
  7. Nick Whiting’s Tip for Playing in an Ensemble
    01:40
    Nick Whiting’s Tip for Playing in an Ensemble
  8. The homes of BBC NOW / Cartrefi'r gerddorfa
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    The homes of BBC NOW / Cartrefi'r gerddorfa
  9. Schubert Symphony No. 5
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    Schubert Symphony No. 5
  10. Chris Stock's top tips for percussionists
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    Chris Stock's top tips for percussionists
  11. Classics with NOW: Respighi, Pini di Roma
    22:10
    Classics with NOW: Respighi, Pini di Roma
  12. BBC NOW and Joseph Swensen perform Four Movements for Orchestra by Nielsen orchestrated by Joseph Swensen
    27:42
    BBC NOW and Joseph Swensen perform Four Movements for Orchestra by Nielsen orchestrated by Joseph Swensen
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