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

Sakari Oramo in conversation with Tom Service

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Baiba Skride talks about Stravinsky's Violin Concerto

Semyon Bychkov talks about conducting Elektra at the Royal Albert Hall

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

Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler Symphony No. 1

Michael Zev Gordon introduces his new Violin Concerto with Carolin Widmann

Total Immersion: Music For The End Of Time

Lianne La Havas with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Brett Dean talks about the sound world of The Last days of Socrates