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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
    06:40
    The music that started it all
  2. BBC NOW perform Bartok's Romanian Folk Dances
    06:35
    BBC NOW perform Bartok's Romanian Folk Dances
  3. Principal Trumpet, Philippe Schartz, explains what he admires about Tadaaki Otaka
    11:20
    Principal Trumpet, Philippe Schartz, explains what he admires about Tadaaki Otaka
  4. Classics with NOW: Morfydd Owen, 'Morfa Rhuddlan'
    15:23
    Classics with NOW: Morfydd Owen, 'Morfa Rhuddlan'
  5. Drawn to Music: Adams, Chamber Symphony Mvt 2 'Aria with Walking Bass'
    09:13
    Drawn to Music: Adams, Chamber Symphony Mvt 2 'Aria with Walking Bass'
  6. BBC NOW's joyful rendition of 'Simple Gifts'
    02:31
    BBC NOW's joyful rendition of 'Simple Gifts'
  7. BBC NOW perform Caroline Shaw's Entr'acte
    12:34
    BBC NOW perform Caroline Shaw's Entr'acte
  8. Idris Lewis
    00:33
    Idris Lewis
  9. A message from Sir James Macmillan
    00:54
    A message from Sir James Macmillan
  10. Villa-Lobos - Cello Section
    07:32
    Villa-Lobos - Cello Section
  11. Summer is Icumen in
    03:40
    Summer is Icumen in
  12. Discover More: Jon James Introduces Mahler
    03:14
    Discover More: Jon James Introduces Mahler
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