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

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

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

BBC Symphony Orchestra 2014-15 Season Film

Janine Jansen talks about Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending

Robin Hood Swings In

Baiba Skride talks about Stravinsky's Violin Concerto

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

The BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Rachmaninov's Vocalise

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Semyon Bychkov talks about conducting Elektra at the Royal Albert Hall