BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican: Classical for Starters

Composer Nicola Lefanu takes you through her new piece The Crimson Bird

Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending

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

Semyon Bychkov: 'Beloved Friend' Tchaikovsky Project

Leila Josefowicz talks about working with Luca Francesconi on his violin concerto 'Duende'

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

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

Lianne La Havas with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (extract)

Vilde Frang on Britten's Violin Concerto

Sir Andrew Davis on Ravel's Daphnis & Chloe