BBC Symphony Chorus 2016-17 season

Sir Andrew Davis conducts Elgar’s evergreen ‘Enigma’ Variations before the BBC SO is joined by the BBC Symphony Chorus and superb soloists for Bliss’s powerful cantata, The Beatitudes.

Jiří Bělohlávek, magnificent interpreter of music from his native Czech Republic, directs Dvořák’s epic Requiem.

Marin Alsop conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in an all-Glass programme, including the UK premiere of his Concerto, written for renowned piano duo and siblings, Katia and Marielle Labèque.

Berlioz's breath-taking, roof-raising Requiem, performed in a similarly epic venue, the Royal Albert Hall on Remembrance Sunday.

Semyon Bychkov concludes his exploration of Tchaikovsky’s music with the composer’s great Pathétique symphony preceded by Rachmaninov’s colourful choral symphony The Bells.