BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Rachmaninov's Vocalise

Lianne La Havas with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

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BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican: Classical for Starters

Vilde Frang on Britten's Violin Concerto

Michael Zev Gordon introduces his new Violin Concerto with Carolin Widmann

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Diana Burrell introduces her Concerto for Brass and Orchestra

Robin Hood Swings In

Sakari Oramo in conversation with Clemency Burton-Hill

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

Dietrich Henschel explores the background to Mahler’s songs and Clara Pons’ powerful film.

Semyon Bychkov: 'Beloved Friend' Tchaikovsky Project

Conductor Edward Gardner talks about Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (extract)

The BBC Symphony Chorus

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

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

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 'Pastoral Symphony'

Conductor Sir Andrew Davis and cellist Paul Watkins introduce Finzi's Cello Concerto

Sakari Oramo on working with the BBC Symphony Orchestra