The music that started it all

Composition: Wales 2025 - Composer, Nicholas Olsen

Composition: Wales 2025 - Composer, William Cox

Passion of Youth - Alice talks passion

Classical Playlist: Live - The highlights

BBC Proms - Tuning up behind stage

Six Counties Youth Concert - Rehearsal to encore

Jonny Greenwood – Rehearsing for the Proms

Jac Van Steen - Reflections after a day of rehearsal

Jonathon Heyward - Becoming a conductor

Thibaut Garcia - Learning and life on the road

Discover More: Jon James Introduces Schubert 9

Fairytales & Fantasy

Timothy Ridout & BBC NOW perform John Woolrich's Viola Concerto

Spotlight On: Ryan Bancroft

Mahler Discover More Video - with subtitles.mp4

What does it really take to build a career as a professional composer?

BBC 100 - Lisa Tregale

Learn how to publish, protect, and promote your work as a composer

Beethoven - Symphony No 7

Thinking about applying for Composition: Wales 2027?

Creative Music Making in Care Homes

BBC NOW perform Haydn's Symphony No. 88