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

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Rachmaninov's Vocalise

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

Ryan Wigglesworth discusses his piece Etudes-Tableaux

Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler Symphony No. 4

BBC SO performs Mahler Symphony No. 9

BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican: Classical for Starters

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

Brett Dean on Violas

Brett Dean talks about his Trumpet Concerto, Dramatis Personae

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