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

BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican: Classical for Starters

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

Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler Symphony No. 1

Brett Dean on Violas

Dietrich Henschel explores the background to Mahler’s songs and Clara Pons’ powerful film.

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (extract)

Interview with accordionist James Crabb and composer Sally Beamish

BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Rachmaninov's Vocalise

Semyon Bychkov: 'Beloved Friend' Tchaikovsky Project

BBC SO performs Mahler Symphony No. 9