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

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BBC NOW perform Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments

BBC NOW perform Peteris Vasks' Cantabile

BBC NOW and Carolin Widmann perform Michael Zev Gordon's Violin Concerto

Lanternes des Morts, Alun Hoddinott

Classics with NOW: Respighi, Pini di Roma

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BBC NOW perform Sarah Jenkins' Trallali, Trallaley, Trallalera

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