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

Michael Zev Gordon introduces his new Violin Concerto with Carolin Widmann

Brett Dean on Violas

Conductor James Feddeck sings the praises of Barber’s Symphony No.1

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (extract)

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

Discover New Music

Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo discusses the BBC SO's Nielsen Cycle and the composer's 6th Symphony

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

Brett Dean talks about the sound world of The Last days of Socrates

Sakari Oramo in conversation with Clemency Burton-Hill

BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican: Classical for Starters