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

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

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Donald MacLeod talks to conductor Semyon Bychkov about Shostakovich's 7th Symphony

The BBC Symphony Chorus

Interview with accordionist James Crabb and composer Sally Beamish

BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Rachmaninov's Vocalise

BBC SO performs Mahler Symphony No. 9

Brett Dean talks about his Trumpet Concerto, Dramatis Personae

Sakari Oramo on Vaughan Williams, Alwyn, and why you should come and hear this Prom!

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