Edward Gardner is joined by pianist Louis Lortie for the BBC Philharmonic's first concert of 2018

A feast from Finland. Two powerful pieces for soprano and orchestra join a two of Sibelius’s symphonies, works of very different natures

A live BBC Radio 3 broadcast with conductor Ben Gernon and pianist Christian Ihle Hadland

The BBC Concert Orchestra performs an afternoon of music chosen by its Conductor Laureate, Barry Wordsworth presented by BBC Radio 3’s Ian Skelly and joined by the powerful voice of Susan Bullock.

Tonight's ‘Journey Through Music’ will be led by animateur Andy Smith who will focus on exploring Janáček's Sinfonietta – the final piece in this evening’s concert.

Composer-in-Association Huw Watkins curates two concerts of the music that shaped him, as a performer and as a composer.

Ilan Volkov pairs music by US composer James Tenney with that of the Filipino composer, José Maceda.

Acclaimed British violist Lawrence Power joins Ben Gernon for an afternoon concert

Lucas and Arthur Jussen perform Mozart’s concerto for two pianos

Beethoven’s Ninth: A swift guide

Josep Pons conducts two terrific and colourful Spanish scores

The world’s longest running orchestral music show pays a visit to Chichester for an evening of musical magic

Beethoven’s Ninth: A swift guide

Ben Gernon conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a programme which includes Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto

Its daring and at times outlandish writing has sparked debate ever since its premiere in 1824. Despite that, who can fail to be swept up by his Ode to Joy and vision of arcadia?

Martyn Brabbins conducts Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony in Aberdeen.

The Red Brick Chamber Sessions: Reeding Material

A first-time collaboration on an epic orchestral scale

A celebration of Gaelic Song as part of Celtic Connections.

Film: Leonard Bernstein, Young People’s Concerts – what is impressionism?

Bernstein on a small scale, revealing his prodigious ability to write music of charm, substance and a miraculous and genre-defying gift of melody.

Leonard Bernstein – the man and the music: Edward Seckerson in conversation with Andrew McGregor.

Bernstein the choral composer drawing on his Jewish heritage as well as writing for the Christian church – both fused in his popular Chichester Psalms.

The culmination of a BBC Symphony Orchestra learning project based on the music of Leonard Bernstein.

A rare chance to hear Bernstein’s song-cycle Songfest and his Plato-inspired Serenade in a concert launched with the fireworks of Candide’s Overture.

Join in with professionals from the BBC SSO to perform Sir Michael Tippett's symphonies at City Halls.

BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night Is Music Night is very proud to present Gregory Porter and Friends at the London Coliseum.

The second of two concerts in which Composer-in-Association Huw Watkins shares the music that shaped him as both a performer and composer.

Free workshops open to the public: 10:00-13:00 and 14:00-17:00

Martyn Brabbins conducts Stravinsky’s ‘Petrushka’ at City Halls

BBC SSO Principal Horn Alberto Menéndez Escribano performs Mozart’s popular and playful Fourth Concerto as well as the seldom performed Concert Rondo. Martyn Brabbins conducts with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Choral music by Finzi, setting some great British poetry, sits alongside Bairstow’s masterly Let all mortal flesh and Farrar’s touching To Daffodils.

Russell Grant - actor, singer, writer, media personality, legendary Strictly contestant and astrologer returns to BBC Radio 2 to present music from his first love - musical theatre.

Part of the RNCM's Thea Musgrave composer festival

Two works full of hope from the 1950s: Finzi, writing under the shadow of death; and Shostakovich perhaps responding to the death of Stalin.

Join Dan Walker at BBC Maida Vale Studios in London as he hosts an evening of music, poetry and reflection to mark Good Friday, the day that Jesus died.

Chief Guest Conductor John Storgårds takes the baton for an afternoon of Antheil and a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast

Nordic Patriots. What makes up the ‘Sound of the North’?

Bring your family along to this fun interactive workshop and receive concert tickets for just £5 (plus booking fee).

Nordic Patriots. What makes up the ‘Sound of the North’?

Sibelius’ patriotic side comes to the fore with his most anthemic tone poem and then his fifth symphony, a paean to nature and the countryside of his homeland

Masterly composer and imaginative orchestrator Ravel is performed alongside a UK premiere by George Walker and Barber’s expressive First Symphony.

Edwina Wolstencroft (Editor, BBC Radio 3) and composer Hannah Kendall discuss the music of George Walker

The perfect introduction to classical music for all ages!

J S Bach’s St Matthew Passion in the edition Mendelssohn prepared for the 1829 performance he mounted in Berlin, and which heralded Bach’s renaissance.

An impressive evening of music conducted by the newly appointed Principal Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra Bramwell Tovey.

John Wilson conducts works by Elgar & Walton at City Halls.

Leonard Elschenbroich performs Elgar’s Cello Concerto in Inverness.

Composer Simon Holt and tonight’s soloist, percussionist Colin Currie, talk about the inspiration and story behind 'a table of noises'

The BBC's Frozen Planet documentary alongside live music by the BBC Concert Orchestra

Martyn Brabbins replaces John Wilson who has had to withdraw from this concert due to illness.

The Red Brick Chamber Sessions: Trio Dramatis

A powerful operatic exploration of the US justice system and capital punishment given by a strong cast headed by Joyce DiDonato.

Contemporary Evenings

Free workshops open to the public: 14.00-17:00 and 18:00-21:00

Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by Kodály and Bartók at City Halls.

Free workshop open to the public: 14:30 - 17:30

Ilan Volkov conducts a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast featuring cellist Guy Johnston performing Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations

Thomas Dausgaard explores the music of Bartók at City Halls.

The phenomenal Conchita Wurst comes to BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night Is Music Night in this special concert from the iconic London Palladium.

BBC Philharmonic Principal Guest Conductor, Ben Gernon, leads an afternoon of music at MediaCityUK, Salford

The BBC Singers perform a concert of musical settings of the welsh-born poet, George Herbert

Please note: due to the adverse weather conditions tonight's concert has been cancelled.

Family Concert

Come and explore the music featured in tonight's concert

Get to know more about the BBC Philharmonic's Principal Guest Conductor Ben Gernon

Family Concert with BBC National Orchestra of Wales

The BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Radio 3 bring back into the spotlight five forgotten female composers on International Women's Day.

Brahms’ first symphony is a marvellous statement that signalled the composer’s escape from the shadows of Beethoven.

Vassily Sinaisky conducts the BBC Philharmonic at Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall

The BBC Singers give a lunchtime concert at LSO St Luke's featuring works by Debussy and Pizzetti.

Brahms' First: a swift guide

Brahms’ first symphony is a marvellous statement that signalled the composer’s escape from the shadows of Beethoven.

Free event for 12-18 year-olds

Geoffrey Paterson conducts works by Charlotte Bray, John Hopkins, Thomas Hyde & Diana Burrell.

Create Copland's Appalachian Spring with the BBC SSO at City Halls.

The BBC Symphony Chorus performs Brahms’s A German Requiem at the iconic BBC Maida Vale Studios.

BBC Philharmonic Chief Conductor, Juanjo Mena brings an afternoon of music from his homeland for this live BBC Radio 3 broadcast

John Wilson conducts works by Barber, Bernstein, Copland & Harris at City Halls.

Rachel Podger directs BBC NOW in a programme of Haydn & Mozart.

The newly orchestrated musical revue Sondheim on Sondheim makes its sparkling European premiere, accompanied by a film of Stephen Sondheim himself.

Rachel Podger directs BBC NOW in a programme of Haydn & Mozart.

Amazing live music and an awesome time with BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Last Futures is a 1-hour performance by students of the RCS, GSA, and Glasgow University, with musicians from the BBC SSO. In it they respond to the cultural and political impact of 1968.

An American afternoon with conductor John Wilson

Ken Bruce is your genealogist for the most famous family tree in musical history - the Strauss family. Stephen Bell conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in an evening of waltzes, polkas, quadrilles and marches.

One of Beethoven’s loveliest symphonies, a London premiere for Anna Clyne’s haunting This Midnight Hour and Britten’s magical violin concerto.

Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by Nielsen & Mozart at City Halls.

Where all senses meet - II. The music of Debussy and Messiaen

Conductor John Wilson introduces tonight's programme

BBC Symphony Orchestra in Zürich

Thomas Dausgaard conducts works by Nielsen.

Celebrating his 60th anniversary of working with the BBC Singers, Barry Rose conducts Stainer's Crucifixion at Guildford Cathedral.

BBC Symphony Orchestra in Geneva

Contemporary Evenings

Omer Meir Wellber conducts a recording for BBC Radio 3

Edward Elgar’s remarkable setting of John Henry Newman’s The Dream of Gerontius displays an eclectic range of influences – from Wagner to Verdi – and yet achieves a dramatic and musical unity unsurpassed in his choral output. The soul’s journey, through d

The Red Brick Chamber Sessions: Vonnegut Collective

The three-time Tony award winning composer, conductor and pianist comes to London for one night only, with the 60-piece BBC Concert Orchestra.

90 Years of Music

Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts works by Ravel, Beethoven & Berlioz.

BBC National Orchestra of Wales celebrates its 90th Birthday