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

BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Rachmaninov's Vocalise

Lianne La Havas with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Discover New Music

BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican: Classical for Starters

Vilde Frang on Britten's Violin Concerto

Michael Zev Gordon introduces his new Violin Concerto with Carolin Widmann

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Diana Burrell introduces her Concerto for Brass and Orchestra

Robin Hood Swings In

Sakari Oramo in conversation with Clemency Burton-Hill

Conductor Laureate Jiří Bělohlávek conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 8

Baiba Skride talks about Stravinsky's Violin Concerto

Conductor Edward Gardner talks about Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture

The BBC Symphony Chorus

Antoine Tamestit and Veronika Eberle

Sakari Oramo on working with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

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

Brett Dean talks about his Trumpet Concerto, Dramatis Personae

Embedded Composer Scheme

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

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