Tom Service talks to John Tavener about influential composers, spirituality and faith

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

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Sakari Oramo in conversation with Clemency Burton-Hill

BBC SO performs Mahler Symphony No. 9

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

Katerina Karneus talks about Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

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

Ryan Wigglesworth discusses his piece Etudes-Tableaux

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