Ruth, Anna & Lowri -BBCNOW musicians playing on a hospital ward

At work this morning hosting @bbcnow musicians Ruth, Lowri & Anna, & the patients of C7East at The Royal Gwent Hospital! Part of 'Music While You Wait' which will see us tour the hosptial & wards today. www.garth.org.uk #bbcnow @abuhbuh.bsky.social #artsinhealth #musicforhealth

Great to see BBC NOW coming to Swansea’s finest concert hall, the Brangwyn.

Season opener this Friday with the powerful music of Shostakovich.

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Thank you to Stephen Cain Photography for capturing these stunning stills from BBC National Orchestra of Wales’s spectacular concert last week! ✨ On the podium: conductor Nil Vendetti, joined by tenor Gwilym Bowen. 🎶 #BBCNOW #Orchestra #ClassicalMusic #Conductor #Tenor #MusicPhotography #LiveMusic

🎻 Young Composers Course Concert with BBC NOW 🎶 Free event showcasing bold new voices & imaginative works. Experience the future of music, performed by BBC NOW musicians. 🌟 #BBCNOW #YoungComposers #FutureOfMusic #NewMusic #InspiringComposers #FreeConcertWales

BBC Proms: Kholodenko, BBCNOW, Otaka review - exhilarating Lutosławski, underwhelming Rachmaninov According to the programme, Lutosławski’s Concerto for Orchestra is heard somewhere around the world every other week. In which case I’ve been unlucky in never having heard it live before, despite bei...

★★★★ #BBCProms #VadymKholodenko #BBCNOW #TadaakiOtaka - Polish composers to the fore in veteran conductor’s farewell, with underwhelming #Rachmaninov, but exhilarating #Lutosławski - 'the playing was urgent, colourful and glorious', says Bernard Hughes theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

Happy Jennifer Day to me, apparently 😁💖. Celebrating with some Mahler later😁🎶 #BBCNOW #BrangwynHall

Folk Tales & Fabled Love Start your musical journey this January with Janáček’s immensely popular tragicomedy The Cunning Little Vixen.

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Enjoy a cosy afternoon in January 25 with #BBCNOW and step into an enchanting world of Folk Tales & Fabled Love ✨

3PM 12/01/25 #Swansea @TheBrangwyn
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BBC - BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Lift-Off - Watch Party Available Now

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🚀🎶Looking for something fun and exciting to do with the little ones?

Blast off into space with our LIFT OFF concert!

Join #BBCNOW for an musical adventure through the stars, featuring epic tunes like the #DoctorWho theme, and Hans Zimmer’s Earth🌍

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✨Celebrate #ChristmasDay with #BBCNOW on @BBCRadioWales
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Here’s what we’ve got lined up for you:

🎶 Carols for Christmas – 8AM & 5PM
🎺 Christmas Celebrations – 6PM
🎉 BBC Doctor Who Prom – 7PM

Tune in, relax, and have a wonderful #Christmas from all of us at BBC NOW! 🎅📻

Shostakovich 9 with Christoph König 2025 sees the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death, so in celebration of his life we take his firecracker Ninth Symphony on the road to Aberystwyth and Bangor this March.

Join acclaimed conductor @ccckoenig
, #BBCNOW and electrifying saxophonist @JessGillamSax
for an unforgettable performance.

🗓 When: 19:30 | Friday, 14 March 2025
📍 Where: Prichard-Jones Hall, #Bangor
🎟 Tickets: bbc.co.uk/events/ej4z3d

Handel's Messiah Handel's Messiah

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Don’t miss our LIVESTREAM of Handel’s iconic Messiah, a masterpiece filled with festive joy and stunning performances by #BBCNOW and the BBC National Chorus of Wales #BBCNCW

🎶 Catch the livestream at 7:00pm
bbc.co.uk/events/ecbd2m

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Enjoy a cosy afternoon on January 25 with #BBCNOW and step into an enchanting world of Folk Tales & Fabled Love✨

BBC NOW - Carolau’r Ŵyl | William Aston Hall Carolau Nadolig mewn siwmperi clyd, plant yn canu’n llawen ac offerynnau pres ac offerynnau taro dyrchafol. Beth arall allai fod ei angen arnoch i fynd i y

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🎄Celebrate the Christmas Spirit with #BBCNOW in #Wrexham!⭐

Join us for a delightful afternoon at our Christmas Celebrations concert at 3PM on Sunday 22 December at William Aston Hall.

Enjoy a concert filled with heart warming #Christmas carols!🎁

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Carols for Christmas - Swansea Christmas Carols in cosy jumpers, children joyfully singing, readings by your favourite BBC Wales presenters and uplifting brass and percussion. What more could you need to get you in the Christmas sp...

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🎄✨Last Few Tickets Left!🎶
Step into the holiday spirit with our Carols for Christmas concert in #Swansea!
Sing along to your festive favourites and feel the magic of the season with #BBCNOW and incredible children’s choirs from across #Wales
🎟️ bbc.co.uk/events/e8m3v2

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This is #BBCNOW Mission Control! Are all musical astronauts ready for lift off?🚀
The #BBCTenPieces Watch Party kicks off at 1:30PM🎶
Don’t forget to share your Watch Party moments - tag us in your photos, videos, or drawings!📸✨

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🍿⏰ It's almost showtime!🎉
The countdown to our #BBCTenPieces online Watch Party has begun! 🚀🎶
Get ready to lift off with conductor Ellie Slorach, Phoebe and #BBCNOW and explore the wonders of space!🌟🎻

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Don't miss our Grace concert this February – a night of groundbreaking music by women composers! 🌟
Hear the UK premiere of Cecilia Damström’s ICE, the world premiere of Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade’s Piano Concerto, and Grace Williams’ Symphony No. 1, with #BBCNOW and Emilia Hoving!

Pictures of Britain Martyn Brabbins takes to the podium in a programme of British masterpieces as we travel to Aberystwyth and Bangor this November.

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🎶 DISTINCTIVE! GRAND! SUMPTUOUS!🎶
Join us this Friday in #Bangor for an unforgettable night of British masterpieces with #BBCNOW, conductor Martyn Brabbins and Beth Taylor mezzo!
✨ 7:30 PM 15/11/24 #Bangor
📲 bbc.co.uk/events/exdrn3

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Enjoy a cosy afternoon in January 25 with #BBCNOW and step into an enchanting world of Folk Tales & Fabled Love✨
Join us on a journey through #Janáček’s Cunning Little Vixen, #Martinů’s powerful Cello Concerto No.1 with Laura van der Heijden, and #Stravinsky’s magical Petrushka.

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🎄Celebrate the Christmas Spirit with #BBCNOW in #Wrexham!⭐ Join us for a delightful afternoon at our Christmas Celebrations concert at 3PM on Sunday 22 December at William Aston Hall. Enjoy a concert filled with heart warming Christmas carols suitable for the whole family!🎁 Tickets £12/£6

BBC Four - BBC Young Musician, 2024, Grand Final Jess Gillam presents as three young musicians vie for the coveted title.

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From hundreds of entrants, just 3 talented young musicians remain as the BBC Young Musician competition reaches its final🏆✨ Presented by Jess Gillam, the finalists perform with #BBCNOW!
Who will take the title?🤔
📺Watch on @BBCTwo, 20 Oct from 6:30PM
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✨ Composer Spotlight: Huw Watkins✨
Join #BBCNOW for an unforgettable concert featuring the powerful Symphony No. 2 by Huw Watkins, our former Composer in Association! Written during the pandemic, this compact yet impactful work delivers lush textures and sweeping melodies.

BBC NOW - NOW! BBC NOW – NOW!, our series dedicated to the best music being written today, is back this autumn with two UK premieres, plus a symphony by our former Composer-in-Association, Huw Watkins.

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🎶 Look Forward with #BBCNOW: BBC NOW – NOW!
Join BBC NOW and conductor Gemma New for an energetic evening of powerful symphonies!
🎟️ Tickets from £6 for #students and under 26’s
🕒 7:30PM Thursday 24/10/24 BBC #HoddinottHall
🎶 bbc.co.uk/events/e8fcd4

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🎶 Look Forward with #BBCNOW: Reformation & Invigoration
Join us for a night of #Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro Overture, the #UKpremiere of Jörg Widmann’s Violin Concerto No. 2 with Carolin Widmann, and #Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony! #savethedate

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🎶 Look Forward with #BBCNOW: Shostakovich 6 with Ryan Bancroft. Join Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft for an exhilarating evening GavinHiggins ’ #worldpremiere, Weinberg’s Trumpet Concerto with Håkan Hardenberger, and Shostakovich’s dramatic Sixth Symphony!