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

Michael Zev Gordon introduces his new Violin Concerto with Carolin Widmann

Sophie Bevan talks about Strauss's Lieder

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

BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Rachmaninov's Vocalise

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

Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo discusses the BBC SO's Nielsen Cycle and the composer's 6th Symphony

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Semyon Bychkov: 'Beloved Friend' Tchaikovsky Project

BBC Symphony Orchestra 90th-birthday Montage

The BBC SO performs Mahler Symphony No.7

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 'Pastoral Symphony'