Verdi Requiem with the BBC Symphony Chorus

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

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

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (extract)

BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican: Classical for Starters

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

Discover New Music

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

Katerina Karneus talks about Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Conductor Edward Gardner talks about Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture

Sir Andrew Davis on Ravel's Daphnis & Chloe

Semyon Bychkov talks about conducting Elektra at the Royal Albert Hall