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Jac Van Steen - Reflections after a day of rehearsal

Jonathon Heyward - Becoming a conductor

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Warlock's The Curlew

Valerie Aldrich-Smith's "Baguette Theory"...

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BBC NOW perform Schreker's Chamber Symphony

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