Reflecting on two and a half centuries since Beethoven’s birth, the European premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang’s heartening take on Fidelio – a vocal rhapsody on freedom and love.

Join the BBC Symphony Orchestra as they perform pieces for BBC Radio 3's The New Music Show.

Joana Carneiro leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme inspired by Beethoven.

Experience Shostakovich’s masterpiece of despair, grotesquery and anger from height of World War II and a brand new work from a compelling new voice from Finland.

Ritual, lament and incantation lie at the heart of this varied concert, moving from the purity of Arvo Pärt to the rich weave of Rachmaninov’s most epic, passionate and virtuosic concerto.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra celebrate International Women's Day

Finnish conductor Eva Ollikainen and Armenian-born pianist Marianna Shirinyan both make their BBC Symphony Orchestra debuts.

Soloists from both sides of the North Sea join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for Mendelssohn’s great choral masterpiece of grandeur and soulfulness, his musical telling of the story of the prophet Elijah.

Join the BBC Symphony Orchestra at BBC Maida Vale Studios for a concert of old and new compositions - definitely not a programme for Valentine’s Day. The concert will be recorded for deferred broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Camilla Lundberg’s documentary examining the life and work of Anders Hillborg – the perfect introduction to our 2020 Total Immersion composer.

Chamber music by Anders Hillborg introduced by the composer himself.

Anders Hillborg in conversation about his life and music.

Step into the unique and emotive sound-world of our Total Immersion composer Anders Hillborg and his unparalleled handling of the modern symphony orchestra.

The soulful music of vocal sensation Lianne La Havas is given the symphonic treatment in a live orchestral performance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted and arranged by the BBC SO’s new Creative Artist in Association, Jules Buckley.

Step into the strange, wonderful, bizarre and utterly individual world of Gerald Barry as the BBC Singers present recent works from the cult composer

A cornerstone of the Barbican’s celebrations of 250 years since Beethoven’s birth: the composer’s musical vision of the divine unleashed by the forces of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with vocal soloists conducted by Donald Runnicles.

Edward Gardner and the Orchestra revisit 1890s Vienna, bringing us all the searing power and extreme emotions of musical Romanticism’s last stand.

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