BBC Orchestras and Choirs

Marking 60 years since Aberfan, this concert centres on Paul Mealor’s new requiem From Darkness into Light, joining massed Welsh forces in remembrance, framed by music moving from urgency to hope by Clyne, Haydn, Mozart and Vaughan Williams.

The BBC Singers join the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir and world-class soloists at the DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen for a performance of Verdi's Requiem.

ROCK & CLASSICAL COLLIDE: Chloë Hanslip’s electric violin meets the sparkling energy of Estonian conductor Mihhail Gerts, with music of raw emotional power by Arvo Pärt and Eduard Tubin.

The BBC Singers join the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir and world-class soloists at the DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen for a performance of Verdi's Requiem.

Musical fireworks ignite a new season as British violinist Chloë Hanslip performs Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Violin Concerto, and Mihhail Gerts explores the raw emotional power of Arvo Pärt (the world's most performed living composer at age 90!).

Marking 60 years since the Aberfan disaster, this special event centres on Paul Mealor’s newly commissioned From Darkness into Light: a concert requiem for hope with words by Grahame Davies.

Genre-defying Orchestral Qawwali Project return to the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Alina Ibragimova is soloist for Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, alongside Mahler’s heaven-sent Symphony No. 4 and Cassandra Miller’s Swim.

Debussy’s 'La mer' crowns a concert that surges with elemental power; whether Britten’s East Anglian seascapes or Shostakovich at his punchiest.

Visit our recording studio at MediaCityUK and witness the orchestra as we broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 to millions of listeners around the world. These 60-minute afternoon concerts are hosted by a range of star presenters from across the BBC.