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BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales perform Boulanger's Vieille priere bouddhique - tenor solo by Deryck Webb

BBC NOW perform William Mathias' Melos

BBC NOW perform the World Premiere of Ryan Wigglesworth's Five Waltzes

Classics with NOW: Zemlinsky, 'The Little Mermaid'

'Out Here on My Own' - Amber Davies & BBC NOW

BBC NOW and Daniel Pioro perform the world premiere of Joseph Davies' Parallax

Richard Hickox

Classics with NOW: Haydn, Te Deum in C major

BBC NOW perform Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

Classics with NOW: Suk, Fantastické Scherzo Op. 25

A game-changer for all Welsh or Wales based composers