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BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales perform Boulanger's Vieille priere bouddhique - tenor solo by Deryck Webb

Classical Playlist - Preparing for the concert

NOW... Make an Instrument: Hosepipe French Horn

Classics with NOW: Ravel, 'Bolero'

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BBC NOW perform Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

BBC NOW and Carolin Widmann perform Michael Zev Gordon's Violin Concerto

BBC NOW perform Bartok's Divertimento

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Classics with NOW: Mahler, Symphony No. 9

Classics with NOW: Vivaldi, 'Violin Concerto in A major', Op. 9, No. 6