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

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

Vilde Frang on Britten's Violin Concerto

Sakari Oramo talks about the Last Night of the Proms

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

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

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

Brett Dean on Violas

Jill Gregson reflects on on her three decades with the BBC Symphony Chrous

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Nielsen Study Day: BBC SO Plus Study Afternoon