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

Inspiring a generation - the Ten Pieces story

Watch Ten Pieces II trailer

BBC SO performs Mahler Symphony No. 9

Antoine Tamestit and Veronika Eberle

Sakari Oramo on Vaughan Williams, Alwyn, and why you should come and hear this Prom!

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

Discover New Music

Ryan Wigglesworth discusses his piece Etudes-Tableaux

Nielsen Study Day: BBC SO Plus Study Afternoon

Brett Dean's Viola Concerto

Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo discusses the BBC SO's Nielsen Cycle and the composer's 6th Symphony

Baiba Skride talks about Stravinsky's Violin Concerto