Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

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

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

Semyon Bychkov talks about conducting Elektra at the Royal Albert Hall

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

Discover New Music

Ingrid Fliter talks about the BBC Proms

Vilde Frang on Britten's Violin Concerto

Robin Hood Swings In

Brett Dean talks about his Trumpet Concerto, Dramatis Personae

BBC Symphony Orchestra 90th-birthday Montage