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

Katerina Karneus talks about Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

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

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

Join the BBC Symphony Chorus

Sakari Oramo in conversation with Tom Service

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

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

Ryan Wigglesworth discusses his piece Etudes-Tableaux

Baiba Skride talks about Stravinsky's Violin Concerto