Performances of BBC Symphony Orchestra at BBC Orchestras and Choirs

Passions run high as countertenor Hugh Cutting sings Jonathan Dove’s dramatic Hojoki – plus orchestral showstoppers by Liszt and Dorothy Howell.

Dark ships and shining seas: John Adams’s Harmonielehre is the dazzling climax to a concert celebrating the American dream at its most terrible – and hopeful.

Sunrise, celebration and brave new worlds, as the BBC Symphony Orchestra plays Copland’s Rodeo – plus showstoppers by Bartók and Chelsea Komschlies, too.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra presents Requiem for America: Singing for the Invisible People — Brent Michael Davids’s searing work which confronts hard truths about America’s founding.

Strangers in a strange land: Sakari Oramo conducts music by Bartók and Korngold, European composers stranded in America and dreaming of a better world.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs at Kissinger Sommer in Bad Kissingen, Germany.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform at Kissinger Sommer in Bad Kissingen, Germany.

Join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers for a feast of music-making as they give their very last concert at Maida Vale Studios ahead of the move to their new home at East Bank on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

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

Randall Goosby plays Barber’s Violin Concerto; a soaring prelude to the London premiere of Caroline Shaw’s intergalactic oratorio, 'The Listeners'.

Three’s company: the Astatine Trio play Beethoven’s joyous Triple Concerto in this free all-Beethoven concert from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Sakari Oramo conducts Brahms’s epic First Symphony, and joins Korean violin phenomenon Inmo Yang in Bartók’s impassioned First Violin Concerto.

Spanish passion, flying tackles and comedy at its juiciest: it’s all about the sensations, as composer-conductor Francisco Coll and pianist Elisabeth Brauss join the BBC Symphony Orchestra, in this free concert live in Croydon.

Semyon Bychkov enters the wild, wonderful dreamworld of the mighty Seventh Symphony.

Rites of spring: Stravinsky, Hillborg and a spectacular Mendelssohn rediscovery from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Alena Baeva plays Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, and Nil Venditti brings a very personal perspective to Falla’s fiesta of a ballet.

The legendary DJ and producer DJ Shadow marks the 30th anniversary of his hugely influential album 'Endtroducing…..' by joining forces with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jules Buckley.

Night Tracks, live in concert: the BBC Symphony Orchestra performs a sequence of classics for adventurous minds, inspired by the popular late-night Radio 3 show.

Kirill Karabits conducts Jasdeep Singh Degun's new Sitar Concerto and Sergei Prokofiev's seventh symphony in a programme that bridges cultures, contexts and continents.

To hell and back: Berlioz’s huge, flamboyant take on the Faust legend simply has to be heard to be believed.

Polish fireworks and a long-awaited rediscovery as Marta Gardolińska and violinist Bomsori Kim perform music by Szymanowski and Grazyna Bacewicz.

Song, dance and a tale as old as time: the BBC Symphony Orchestra summons the spirit of Orpheus, in music by Gluck, Stravinsky and Missy Mazzoli.

Dark fantasies and bewitching melodies: Adam Hickox conjures a collection of the 20th century’s most haunting tales, in music by Liadov, Gubaidulina and Bartók.

The raw power of Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony meets the anguished humanity of John Adams and Walt Whitman: Jukka-Pekka Saraste explores the terror and compassion of 20th century music at its most powerful.

Swirling ball scene, grotesque witches dance, brutal execution and fatal attraction. Sakari Oramo pairs Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique with the equally decadent hedonism of Alban Berg.

Kazuki Yamada conducts great musical love stories by Maurice Ravel and Lili Boulanger. Prepare to be seduced…

Francesco Piemontesi plays Brahms’s mighty First Piano Concerto, and conductor Tabita Berglund retells the colourful tale of Grieg’s 'Peer Gynt'.

Sakari Oramo conducts Malcolm Arnold: his Seventh Symphony stands alongside British masterpieces by Vaughan Williams and Helen Grime.

'Lash – Acts of Love': the UK premiere, in a concert staging, of Rebecca Saunders’s extraordinary new opera.

Yeol Eum Son plays Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto - the opening chapter in a musical journey through the dark heart of the 20th century.

Tales from a dark century: Isabelle Faust plays Berg’s Violin Concerto, in a concert that embraces nature myths, songs of loss, and the splitting of the atom.

Music by Janáček and Mozart to thrill and delights, and Ben Goldscheider premieres a brand-new horn concerto from one of Sweden’s most enchanting musical minds.

Lelia Josefowicz and Sakari Oramo premiere a new violin concerto by Charlotte Bray; a wonderful upbeat to Liszt’s heaven-storming 'Faust Symphony'.

Seasons in Moominvalley: a new film adventure for Moomintroll and his family, with live music from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

In the words of Moominpapa, “The world is full of great and wonderful things for those who are ready for them”. An evening of words, images and music inspired by the life and works of Tove Jansson.