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

Ryan Wigglesworth discusses his piece Etudes-Tableaux

Sakari Oramo talks about the Last Night of the Proms

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

The BBC SO performs Mahler Symphony No. 5

BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican: Classical for Starters

Baiba Skride talks about Stravinsky's Violin Concerto

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

Semyon Bychkov talks about conducting Elektra at the Royal Albert Hall

Michael Zev Gordon introduces his new Violin Concerto with Carolin Widmann

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