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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Nonet in F minor

Alice Neary and BBC NOW perform Tchaikovsky's Andante cantabile

Coleridge-Taylor, Four Novelletten

Classics with NOW: Boulanger, 'D'un matin de printemps’ & ‘D'un soir triste'

Adrian Partington - Preparing the Chorus for Brahms

BBC NOW Brass and Percussion perform Gavin Higgins' Sadly Now the Throstle Sings with Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft

Boris Brott

Classics with NOW: Bridge, 'Enter Spring'

Discover More: Jon James introduces Tchaikovsky 6

BBC NOW Set Works - A-level performance - English Subs

Classics with NOW: Holst, The Hymn of Jesus