Mahler’s ‘Rückert’ songs and troubled tenth symphony are moving meditations on themes of beauty, death and martyrdom. With its reflective opening movements, Beethoven’s fourth concerto sets the mood perfectly.

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Sir Andrew Davis conducts Berlioz’s L’enfance du Christ in BBC Hoddinott Hall to mark the 150th anniversary of the composer’s death.

BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales celebrate St David’s Day with traditional songs, choral works and the chance to sing-along with Wales’ finest.

BBC NOW celebrates International Women's Day with a programme featuring the music of Augusta Holmes, Clara Schumann, Joan Tower and Florence B. Price.

Rachmaninov’s most popular concerto and Schubert’s final symphony invite the listener to settle back and lose sense of time; to relax, breathe out and let themselves be swept along.

BBC NOW is joined by two conductors for a special concert for Easter in BBC Hoddinott Hall.

A dark and intense programme is spearheaded by Coriolan’s call to revolt, with Bartók and Mozart sustaining the momentum with taut, brooding works.

The season closes with the lighter side of Shostakovich and Mahler, expressing both youthful energy and awe at the wonders of nature.

In his first major choral composition Brahms created a work that marked a turning point in his career.