Performances of Ludwig van Beethoven at BBC Music

Harrison Birtwistle’s monumental Earth Dances returns to the Proms for the first time this century, paired with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, the ‘Eroica’

Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra bring Hungary’s greatest opera, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, to the Royal Albert Hall, heard alongside Beethoven’s ebullient Symphony No. 7

Fabio Luisi conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in a programme that charts the extremes of human experience and emotion, featuring Bent Sørensen’s Evening Land, Anna Clyne’s The Years and Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Ninth Symphony.

There’s nothing quite like Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Join us in the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio in MediaCityUK for this absolute masterpiece.

Based on folk tunes and featuring the lullaby Huna Blentyn at its heart, Welsh composer Grace Williams’ Hen Walia kicks off our performance at this years North Wales International Music Festival.

BBC NOW audience favourite Nil Venditti takes to the podium in Newport this September with a programme of popular classics.

Under the baton of British conductor Chloe Rooke, we’ll be joined by acclaimed violinist Tobias Feldman for a programme of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Schubert.

Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto sings with elegance and life. This meticulous yet passionate piece takes you on a heartfelt journey of discovery.

City Noir is John Adams’s musical tribute to half-lit rooms, venetian blinds, desperate men, dangerous women, secrets, lies, and the City of Angels.

Music that glitters, sings and dances for joy, as Sakari Oramo pairs two newly minted classics with Beethoven’s brightest symphony.

Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen is a lament for strings, mourning the destruction of Europe in the World War II and the collapse of the musical civilisation that shaped and inspired him.

When it comes to symphonies, Beethoven's Third symphony was a real game changer.

Earthly travail lead to heavenly bliss in Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration. To conduct we welcome back award-winning French conductor Alexandre Bloch.

Earthly travail lead to heavenly bliss in Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration. To conduct we welcome back award-winning French conductor Alexandre Bloch.

The ever-popular Martyn Brabbins returns to BBC NOW this May as we travel to St Davids for the annual Cathedral Festival.

Although less frequently performed that some of his other symphonies, Beethoven’s Second Symphony is a snapshot of Beethoven at his most humorous. Unpredictability and playfulness tally with a bold explosion of joy in this vividly contrasting symphony.

Although less frequently performed that some of his other symphonies, Beethoven’s Second Symphony is a snapshot of Beethoven at his most humorous. Unpredictability and playfulness tally with a bold explosion of joy in this vividly contrasting symphony.