Meeting other composers is invaluable

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BBC NOW perform Fiona Monbet's Faubourg 23

Classics with NOW: Bartók, 'The Miraculous Mandarin'

Richard Hickox

BBC NOW and Steven Hudson perform Richard Blackford's The Better Angels Of Our Nature

Discover More: Jon James introduces Dvořák’s Symphony No 9

Classics with NOW: Morfydd Owen, 'Morfa Rhuddlan'

Classics with NOW: Holst, ‘The Planets'

BBC NOW and Pavel Kolesnikov perform Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2

Classics with NOW: Mahler, Symphony No. 9

Mansel Thomas