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The music that started it all
Hear the pieces our players first fell in love with!
  1. The music that started it all
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    The music that started it all
  2. Coleridge-Taylor, Four Novelletten
    23:26
    Coleridge-Taylor, Four Novelletten
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  3. The journey to the orchestra is never the same
    07:54
    The journey to the orchestra is never the same
  4. Mark Wigglesworth
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    Mark Wigglesworth
  5. Classics with NOW: Strauss, 'Also sprach Zarathustra'
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    Classics with NOW: Strauss, 'Also sprach Zarathustra'
  6. Discover More: Bruckner 7 / Darganfod Mwy: Bruckner 7
    02:38
    Discover More: Bruckner 7 / Darganfod Mwy: Bruckner 7
  7. Adolphe Adam - Cantique de Noel
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    Adolphe Adam - Cantique de Noel
  8. BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales perform Boulanger's Vieille priere bouddhique - tenor solo by Deryck Webb
    07:29
    BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales perform Boulanger's Vieille priere bouddhique - tenor solo by Deryck Webb
  9. Classics with NOW: Debussy, La Mer
    25:55
    Classics with NOW: Debussy, La Mer
  10. Principal Trumpet, Philippe Schartz, explains what he admires about Tadaaki Otaka
    11:20
    Principal Trumpet, Philippe Schartz, explains what he admires about Tadaaki Otaka
  11. What makes Composition: Wales so special?
    03:42
    What makes Composition: Wales so special?
  12. Classics with NOW: Massenet, Suite No. 3 'Scènes Dramatiques'
    19:56
    Classics with NOW: Massenet, Suite No. 3 'Scènes Dramatiques'
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