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

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

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

The BBC SO performs Mahler Symphony No.7

Brett Dean - the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Artist in Residence

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (extract)

Sir Andrew Davis on Ravel's Daphnis & Chloe

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Baiba Skride talks about Stravinsky's Violin Concerto

Sakari Oramo talks about the Last Night of the Proms

Michael Zev Gordon introduces his new Violin Concerto with Carolin Widmann

Conductor Edward Gardner talks about Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture