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The Magical Viola
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Composition: Wales 2026

  1. The Magical Viola
    06:05
    The Magical Viola
  2. Are you interested in applying for Composition: Wales 26?
    00:57
    Are you interested in applying for Composition: Wales 26?
  3. Want to be part of something extraordinary?
    00:56
    Want to be part of something extraordinary?
  4. Learn how to publish, protect, and promote your work as a composer
    72:25
    Learn how to publish, protect, and promote your work as a composer
  5. BBC NOW @ 90 - Trail
    01:00
    BBC NOW @ 90 - Trail
  6. Rae Jenkins
    00:56
    Rae Jenkins
  7. Clarinettist Robert Plane shares his favourite memories with Tadaaki Otaka
    17:10
    Clarinettist Robert Plane shares his favourite memories with Tadaaki Otaka
  8. BBC NOW perform Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments
    09:41
    BBC NOW perform Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments
  9. Principal Trumpet, Philippe Schartz, explains what he admires about Tadaaki Otaka
    11:20
    Principal Trumpet, Philippe Schartz, explains what he admires about Tadaaki Otaka
  10. Classics with NOW: Brahms, 'Schicksalslied'
    15:53
    Classics with NOW: Brahms, 'Schicksalslied'
  11. 'Out Here on My Own' - Amber Davies & BBC NOW
    03:39
    'Out Here on My Own' - Amber Davies & BBC NOW
  12. Classics with NOW: Bartók, 'The Miraculous Mandarin'
    30:54
    Classics with NOW: Bartók, 'The Miraculous Mandarin'
  13. BBC NOW's joyful rendition of 'Simple Gifts'
    02:31
    BBC NOW's joyful rendition of 'Simple Gifts'
  14. Ty Coch School at the BBC Proms 2017
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    Ty Coch School at the BBC Proms 2017
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