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

Morfydd Owen - Nocturne

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Nonet in F minor

Classics with NOW: Fanny Mendelssohn, Three a cappella Choruses

Classical Playlist - Preparing for the concert

BBC NOW perform Bartok's Divertimento

Classics with NOW: Handel, Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 6 No. 6

BBC NOW perform de Falla's El Retablo de Maese Pedro

Laura Sinnerton on practising difficult passages

Ten Pieces Concert