BBC NOW's brass section perform Drei Nachtstucke by Schumann arr. Donal Bannister

Meeting other composers is invaluable

BBC NOW - The Nutcracker (BSL)

Classics with NOW: Berg, ‘Three Pieces for Orchestra’

BBC Proms - Tuning up behind stage

Super-sized orchestra workshop

Classics with NOW: Augusta Holmès, ‘Roland Furieux’

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Classics with NOW: Holst, ‘The Planets'

BBC NOW and Mark Lewis Jones perform the world premiere of Alexander Goehr's The Master Said

Martin James Bartlett - Preparing for Shostakovich's piano concerto