Sophie Bevan talks about Strauss's Lieder

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

Baiba Skride talks about Stravinsky's Violin Concerto

The BBC SO performs Mahler Symphony No.7

Nielsen Study Day: BBC SO Plus Study Afternoon

Brett Dean on Violas

Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo discusses the BBC SO's Nielsen Cycle and the composer's 6th Symphony

Tom Service talks to John Tavener about influential composers, spirituality and faith

Brett Dean talks about how The Last Days of Socrates was conceived as a work for Chorus

Ryan Wigglesworth discusses his piece Etudes-Tableaux

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music