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

Classics with NOW: Massenet, Suite No. 3 'Scènes Dramatiques'

BBC NOW and Joseph Swensen perform Four Movements for Orchestra by Nielsen orchestrated by Joseph Swensen

Chris Stock's top tips for percussionists

Classics with NOW: Schumann, 'Overture, Scherzo and Finale'

What's in Andy Everton's gig bag?

Laura Sinnerton on practising difficult passages

BBC NOW perform Carlijn Metselaar's Time for your Walk

Alice Neary and Jess Feaver - The Swan

Classics with NOW: Haydn, Te Deum in C major

Classics with NOW: Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'