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

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

The BBC SO performs Mahler Symphony No. 5

Leila Josefowicz talks about working with Luca Francesconi on his violin concerto 'Duende'

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

Sophie Bevan talks about Strauss's Lieder

Conductor Edward Gardner talks about Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture

Conductor David Charles Abell salutes a rare treat, Bernstein's Songfest

Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler Symphony No. 1

Brett Dean talks about his Trumpet Concerto, Dramatis Personae

Sakari Oramo in conversation with Clemency Burton-Hill