Performances of Ludwig van Beethoven at BBC Music

Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto sings with elegance and life. This meticulous yet passionate piece takes you on a heartfelt journey of discovery.

City Noir is John Adams’s musical tribute to half-lit rooms, venetian blinds, desperate men, dangerous women, secrets, lies, and the City of Angels.

Music that glitters, sings and dances for joy, as Sakari Oramo pairs two newly minted classics with Beethoven’s brightest symphony.

Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen is a lament for strings, mourning the destruction of Europe in the World War II and the collapse of the musical civilisation that shaped and inspired him.

When it comes to symphonies, Beethoven's Third symphony was a real game changer.

From The King’s Speech to Amadeus; Out of Africa to 2001 A Space Odyssey, the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrates the classics from the movies – live, in Nottingham.

Earthly travail lead to heavenly bliss in Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration. To conduct we welcome back award-winning French conductor Alexandre Bloch.

Earthly travail lead to heavenly bliss in Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration. To conduct we welcome back award-winning French conductor Alexandre Bloch.

The ever-popular Martyn Brabbins returns to BBC NOW this May as we travel to St Davids for the annual Cathedral Festival.

Although less frequently performed that some of his other symphonies, Beethoven’s Second Symphony is a snapshot of Beethoven at his most humorous. Unpredictability and playfulness tally with a bold explosion of joy in this vividly contrasting symphony.

Gianandrea Noseda leads massed forces in Beethoven’s monumental ‘Choral’ Symphony. We also hear the UK premiere of Jessie Montgomery’s These Righteous Paths with South African cellist Abel Selaocoe

The Los Angeles Philharmonic returns to the Proms for the first time in over two decades, led by Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. Together they perform Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony and Purgatorio, the first panel from Thomas Adès’s Dante ballet

In the second of their two Proms, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and its Music Director Gustavo Dudamel pair Beethoven’s dance-infused Symphony No. 7 with a contemporary ballet by Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz

Together with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Maverick clarinet virtuoso Martin Fröst explores the evolution of dance in a wide-ranging programme that climaxes – via Rameau, Hans Ek, Handel and Bach – in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7

The Berlin Philharmonic and Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko return for their second Prom of the season, joining forces with Augustin Hadelich for Beethoven’s Violin Concerto before a performance Scriabin’s intoxicating Third Symphony

Legendary pianist Martha Argerich returns to the Proms, joining Lahav Shani and the Munich Philharmonic for Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto. We also hear Louise Farrenc’s dramatic Overture No. 2 and the final symphony by Brahms

This BBC NOW concert offers a gentle journey through three very different musical worlds — from lively drama to sparkling elegance, and finally to the peaceful beauty of the countryside.

MUSIC THAT SPEAKS TO THE HEART: Bomsori plays Beethoven's masterful Violin Concerto and two world-class vocalists shine in Zemlinsky's sumptuous Lyric Symphony

JOY, UNITY & HARMONY: Every performance of the Ninth Symphony is a major occasion and with conductor Delyana Lazarova, this celebration of the human spirit shines as a beacon of light in a Scottish December.

RELENTLESS RHYTHMS, SOARING FLIGHT: Ilan Volkov pairs Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony with mesmerising music by Japanese visionaries, featuring violinist Akiko Suwanai and flautist Adam Walker.

Ilan Volkov pairs Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony with mesmerising music by Japanese visionaries, featuring violinist Akiko Suwanai and flautist Adam Walker.

“Even in a day when keyboard virtuosos are thick on the ground, Kozhukhin is special.” Denis Kozhukhin returns to the BBC SSO in a programme pairing a Romantic masterpiece with Beethoven’s playful Eighth Symphony.

“Even in a day when keyboard virtuosos are thick on the ground, Kozhukhin is special.” Denis Kozhukhin returns to the BBC SSO in a programme pairing a Romantic masterpiece with Beethoven’s playful Eighth Symphony.