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Composition: Wales 2025 - Composer, Nicholas Olsen

Composition: Wales 2025 - Composer, William Cox

Passion of Youth - Alice talks passion

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BBC Proms - Tuning up behind stage

Six Counties Youth Concert - Rehearsal to encore

Ryan Bancroft - Our new Principal Conductor

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

Xian Zhang - Principal Guest Conductor / Prif Arweinydd Gwadd

Fairytales & Fantasy

Learn the Songs for Sea Stories

BBC 100 - Adrian Partington

BBC NOW - Set Works - GCSE Welsh

Errollyn Wallen's NNENNA

What makes Composition: Wales so special?

Donal Bannister and the BBC NOW brass perform Thoughts of Love by Arthur Pryor arr. Donal Bannister

Discover More: Jon James introduces Tchaikovsky 6

NOW... Make an Instrument: Bangy Twangy Thing

Wales in Germany: Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

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