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BBC NOW perform Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture with conductor Dougie Boyd

58. Ravel - L'Aurore

Classics with NOW: Suk, Fantastické Scherzo Op. 25

Classics with NOW - Dvořák ‘Mass in D major’

Classics with NOW: Beethoven 'Leonore: Overture No. 3'

BBC NOW perform Schmidt's Symphony No.3

BBC NOW performs the first ever Relaxed Prom

Classics with NOW: Holst, ‘The Planets'

Classics with NOW: Debussy, La Mer

Classics with NOW: Janáček, 'Lachian Dances'

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