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

Baiba Skride talks about Stravinsky's Violin Concerto

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

Diana Burrell introduces her Concerto for Brass and Orchestra

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

Michael Zev Gordon introduces his new Violin Concerto with Carolin Widmann

Sophie Bevan talks about Strauss's Lieder

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

Verdi Requiem with the BBC Symphony Chorus

Jill Gregson reflects on on her three decades with the BBC Symphony Chrous

Sakari Oramo talks about the Last Night of the Proms