Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

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

Sakari Oramo conducts Sibelius Symphonies

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

Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler Symphony No. 1

Verdi Requiem with the BBC Symphony Chorus

Denis Kozhukhin talks to Suzy Klein about his career as a pianist and Rachmaninov's 4th piano concerto

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (extract)

Vilde Frang on Britten's Violin Concerto

Albert Schnelzer on the World Premiere of his new work, Tales from Suburbia

BBC SO performs Mahler Symphony No. 9