BBC NOW perform Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra

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Classics with NOW: Franck, Symphony in D minor

Classics with NOW: Haydn, 'Sinfonia concertante in B-flat major'

John Carewe

BBC NOW - The Nutcracker

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

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Classics with NOW: Morfydd Owen, 'Morfa Rhuddlan'

Classics with NOW: Ravel, ‘Daphnis et Chloé’