Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler Symphony No. 1

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

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (extract)

BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican: Classical for Starters

Lianne La Havas with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Take a deep breath. It's time to be part of something magical.

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

Brett Dean on Violas

Denis Kozhukhin talks to Suzy Klein about his career as a pianist and Rachmaninov's 4th piano concerto

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 'Pastoral Symphony'

Conductor Edward Gardner talks about Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture