New Year 2026 transports us – musically – westwards away from Vienna to America.

Inspired by the playful Cadavre exquis game - where each person writes a line, folds the paper, and passes it on - Anders Hillborg creates a wild, energetic musical collage in Exquisite Corpse.

Visions of Spain and songs of freedom from the BBC Symphony Orchestra – plus a musical stroll with a haunting difference, as baritone Andrew Hamilton becomes Mahler’s wayfaring lad.

The RNCM Strings Festival celebrates the versatility, beauty, and brilliance of string music through a weekend of inspiring performances and collaborations.

For the first time ever, the BBC's breakthrough podcast will be recorded in front of a live audience at the Old Fruitmarket, blending expert-led mindfulness techniques with its signature soothing orchestral soundscapes, performed by the BBC SSO.

Winter Daydreams: Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Symphony Orchestra share the seasonal freshness of Tchaikovsky’s magical First Symphony.

A full orbit of the sun with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

The BBC Singers are delighted to welcome Alexander Lüken, making his debut conducting the group in a programme of Germanic choral music to begin 2026.

Step into a world of musical magic with BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night, live from Chichester.

In 'Beyond The Tradition', five acclaimed Scottish folk song performers—Karine Polwart, Kris Drever, Emily Smith, Fiona Hunter and Lori Watson—join the BBC SSO for newly commissioned arrangements classic Scots folk songs and ballads.

Clemens Schuldt and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Shakespearean classics, Strauss at his most sumptuous, and a new British concerto for cellist Guy Johnston.

Inspired by the Italian sun and hearty dances he played with his Hungarian violinist friend in his youth, Brahms’ gloriously lyrical Violin Concerto seems to express the very soul of the violin.

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.

Experience Górecki’s profound and spiritual journey through loss and love, featuring soprano Francesca Chiejina (pictured) with the BBC SSO. The concert opens with the extraordinary vocalist, violinist, and composer Alice Zawadzki.

Multi-instrumental musical duo 'The Ayoub Sisters' celebrate their ten-year anniversary with a whirlwind evening of folklore and adventure. Paying homage to their Egyptian heritage, Sarah and Laura present the world premiere of their Arabic Symphony.

Join us in Nottingham for Bartók’s gripping one-act opera, Bluebeard’s Castle.

US composer Julia Wolfe’s new work unEarth receives its UK premiere, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Finchley Children's Music Group, and Danish soprano Else Torp, conducted by Martyn Brabbins.

Bluebeard’s Castle by Béla Bartók sits somewhere between a gothic tale of horror and a psychological dissection of a twisted relationship.

Join us in York alongside presenter Sean Chandler for a magical, interactive performance of The Enormous Turnip, from the CBeebies series Musical Storyland at the National Centre for Early Music.

Join us in York alongside presenter Sean Chandler for a magical, interactive performance of The Enormous Turnip, from the CBeebies series Musical Storyland at the National Centre for Early Music.

Hana Chang joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo as part of the Anvil Arts International Concert Series.

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

Music from the court of Versailles begins and ends this sparkling exploration of the baroque.

Conductor Gemma New returns to BBC NOW this January with a programme of Russian masterpieces, starting with a work which needs little introduction, Prokofiev’s exhilarating Classical Symphony.

Step inside your favourite games in the world premiere of a live concert celebrating two decades of BAFTA-nominated and award-winning games music.