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

BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican: Classical for Starters

Leila Josefowicz talks about working with Luca Francesconi on his violin concerto 'Duende'

Sakari Oramo talks about the Last Night of the Proms

Semyon Bychkov: 'Beloved Friend' Tchaikovsky Project

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

Sakari Oramo on working with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Edward Gardner talks about Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture

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

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Robin Hood Swings In