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

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Brett Dean talks about his Trumpet Concerto, Dramatis Personae

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (extract)

Verdi Requiem with the BBC Symphony Chorus

Sam Brown from the BBC Symphony Chorus on Bliss' Morning Heroes

Donald MacLeod talks to conductor Semyon Bychkov about Shostakovich's 7th Symphony

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

Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler Symphony No. 4

Sakari Oramo conducts Sibelius Symphonies

Conductor Edward Gardner talks about Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture

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