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

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

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

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

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

Brett Dean talks about his relationship with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Albert Schnelzer on the World Premiere of his new work, Tales from Suburbia

Semyon Bychkov talks about conducting Elektra at the Royal Albert Hall

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

Ryan Wigglesworth discusses his piece Etudes-Tableaux

Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music