Semyon Bychkov: 'Beloved Friend' Tchaikovsky Project

Diana Burrell introduces her Concerto for Brass and Orchestra

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

Janine Jansen talks about Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending

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

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

Brett Dean talks about his Trumpet Concerto, Dramatis Personae

Verdi Requiem with the BBC Symphony Chorus

Ryan Wigglesworth discusses his piece Etudes-Tableaux

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Baiba Skride talks about Stravinsky's Violin Concerto

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