What does it really take to build a career as a professional composer?

BBC NOW perform Bolero de Concert by Lefebure-Wely arr. Donal Bannister

Composition: Wales 2025 - Composer, Nicholas Olsen

Composition: Wales 2025 - Composer, William Cox

Passion of Youth - Alice talks passion

Classical Playlist: Live - The highlights

BBC Proms - Tuning up behind stage

Six Counties Youth Concert - Rehearsal to encore

Ryan Bancroft - Our new Principal Conductor

Jonny Greenwood – Rehearsing for the Proms

Jac Van Steen - Reflections after a day of rehearsal

Jonathon Heyward - Becoming a conductor

Thibaut Garcia - Learning and life on the road

Discover More: Jon James Introduces Schubert 9

Xian Zhang - Principal Guest Conductor / Prif Arweinydd Gwadd

Fairytales & Fantasy

Donal Bannister and the BBC NOW brass perform Thoughts of Love by Arthur Pryor arr. Donal Bannister

BBC NOW and Pavel Kolesnikov perform Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2

NOW... Make an Instrument: Jingle Jangle Tambourine

Classics with NOW: Schubert, Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished'

Classics with NOW: Bartók, 'The Miraculous Mandarin'

Classics with NOW - Brahms Violin Concerto in D major

Dessa – Expectations of a Cardiff audience

Richard Newington - 41 Years of BBC NOW

Coleridge-Taylor, Four Novelletten

Mansel Thomas