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

BBC NOW perform Beethoven's Symphony No. 4

BBC NOW perform the World Premiere of Matthew Taylor's Symphony No. 6 with conductor Martyn Brabbins

Spotlight On: Peter Taylor

What happens when emerging composers get the chance to work with a symphony orchestra?

Discover More: Shostakovich 5 / Darganfod Mwy: Shostakovich 5

NOW... Make an Instrument: Bangy Twangy Thing

Peter Warlock's Capriol Suite

Martin James Bartlett - Preparing for Shostakovich's piano concerto

Classics with NOW - Brahms Violin Concerto in D major

BBC NOW perform William Mathias' Melos

Classics with NOW: Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 1 in G minor, 'Winter Dreams'