Principal Trumpet, Philippe Schartz, explains what he admires about Tadaaki Otaka

BBC NOW perform Bartok's Romanian Folk Dances

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Classics with NOW: Brahms, 'Schicksalslied'

BBC NOW perform Ravel's Mother Goose

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Classics with NOW: Rachmaninov, ‘Symphonic Dances’

The Fantastic French Horn

Classics with NOW: Holst, The Hymn of Jesus

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