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

Sakari Oramo conducts Sibelius Symphonies

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

BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Rachmaninov's Vocalise

Baiba Skride talks about Stravinsky's Violin Concerto

Verdi Requiem with the BBC Symphony Chorus

Katerina Karneus talks about Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Sakari Oramo in conversation with Tom Service

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

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

Ryan Wigglesworth discusses his piece Etudes-Tableaux