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

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Sophie Bevan talks about Strauss's Lieder

Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending

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

Sam Brown from the BBC Symphony Chorus on Bliss' Morning Heroes

Conductor Laureate Jiří Bělohlávek conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 8

Brett Dean's Viola Concerto

The BBC SO performs Mahler Symphony No.7

Nielsen Study Day: BBC SO Plus Study Afternoon

Sakari Oramo in conversation with Tom Service