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

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Tom Service talks to John Tavener about influential composers, spirituality and faith

Brett Dean talks about his relationship with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Brett Dean's Viola Concerto

Sakari Oramo in conversation with Tom Service

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

Baiba Skride talks about Stravinsky's Violin Concerto

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

Ryan Wigglesworth discusses his piece Etudes-Tableaux

Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler Symphony No. 1

Denis Kozhukhin talks to Suzy Klein about his career as a pianist and Rachmaninov's 4th piano concerto