Brett Dean talks about the sound world of The Last days of Socrates

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

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

Proceedings of the IMR/Oxford Univeristy Nielsen Study Day

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

Sakari Oramo talks about the Last Night of the Proms

Conductor Edward Gardner talks about Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture

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

Katerina Karneus talks about Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Verdi Requiem with the BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra 90th-birthday Montage

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