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The music that started it all
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  1. The music that started it all
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    The music that started it all
  2. BBC NOW perform de Falla's El Retablo de Maese Pedro
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    BBC NOW perform de Falla's El Retablo de Maese Pedro
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  3. Discover More: Jon James introduces Tchaikovsky 6
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    Discover More: Jon James introduces Tchaikovsky 6
  4. Classics with NOW - Mahler, Symphony No 5
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    Classics with NOW - Mahler, Symphony No 5
  5. Classics with NOW: Rachmaninov, ‘Symphonic Dances’
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    Classics with NOW: Rachmaninov, ‘Symphonic Dances’
  6. Adrian Partington - Preparing the Chorus for Brahms
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    Adrian Partington - Preparing the Chorus for Brahms
  7. Nick Whiting - The joy of touring
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    Nick Whiting - The joy of touring
  8. Composition: Wales 2025 - Composer, Haldon Evans
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    Composition: Wales 2025 - Composer, Haldon Evans
  9. BBC NOW and Carolin Widmann perform Michael Zev Gordon's Violin Concerto
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    BBC NOW and Carolin Widmann perform Michael Zev Gordon's Violin Concerto
  10. Conductor Irwin Hoffman
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    Conductor Irwin Hoffman
  11. Sumer is Icumen in
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    Sumer is Icumen in
  12. Mahler Discover More Video - with subtitles.mp4
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    Mahler Discover More Video - with subtitles.mp4
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