Composer Nicola Lefanu takes you through her new piece The Crimson Bird

Janine Jansen talks about Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Join the BBC Symphony Chorus

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 'Pastoral Symphony'

Semyon Bychkov talks about conducting Elektra at the Royal Albert Hall

Baiba Skride talks about Stravinsky's Violin Concerto

Brett Dean's Viola Concerto

Sam Brown from the BBC Symphony Chorus on Bliss' Morning Heroes

Conductor Sir Andrew Davis and cellist Paul Watkins introduce Finzi's Cello Concerto

Antoine Tamestit and Veronika Eberle