The BBC Concert Orchestra goes on tour to China under the baton of Chief Conductor Anna Maria Helsing.

The BBC Concert Orchestra goes on tour to China under the baton of Chief Conductor Anna Maria Helsing.

The BBC Concert Orchestra goes on tour to China under the baton of Chief Conductor Anna Maria Helsing.

Martyn Brabbins conducts a gentle and refreshing programme of works from composers known for, and inspired by, the pastoral tradition. With soloist, the tenor John Findon.

In the concert hall, nothing says New Year like Strauss’ waltz The Blue Danube and it provides a rousing conclusion to tonight’s programme, along with music from his hit operetta Die Fledermaus.

Revel in the chance to hear a world premiere by our Composer-in-Association Gavin Higgins this new year.

Revel in the chance to hear a world premiere by our Composer-in-Association Gavin Higgins this new year.

Sakari Oramo conducts The BBC Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius.

Sakari Oramo conducts The BBC Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius.

Sakari Oramo conducts The BBC Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius.

This evening, the BBC Philharmonic is joined by students of the RNCM for a special side-by-side performance at MediaCityUK, with a programme focussing on composer Helen Grime’s work.

The BBC SSO returns to Celtic Connections for the Opening Night of the Festival. The orchestra join American mandolinist and singer-songwriter Chris Thile and Scottish singer-songwriter Rachel Sermanni at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall.

From West Side Story to Biden’s America: Kwamé Ryan shares the USA’s untold stories, including the UK premiere of Gabriel Kahane’s extraordinary emergency shelter intake form.

Sakari Oramo joins star violinist Vilde Frang to bend time and play the unplayable – whether Andrew Norman’s American odyssey or Sibelius at his most passionate.

Join the BBC Philharmonic and their Chief Conductor John Storgårds for an afternoon concert at MediaCityUK

Join the BBC Singers ‘at home’ in the iconic BBC Maida Vale Studios for the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s The year of our burning and more music for choir & cello. With cellist Leo Popplewell and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin. Free concert, apply now.

Principal Guest Conductor Ilan Volkov takes you through Stravinsky's colour work, 'Petrushka'.

The BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Roderick Dunk and star vocalists Katie Birtill and Emma Kershaw for a celebration of the very best of Broadway and the West End.

A world premiere, 3 UK premieres and a young upcoming composer… BBC NOW – NOW! Is our new contemporary series dedicated to the best new music from around the world being written today.

Principal Conductor Ilan Volkov brings us the dazzline music of Mozart and the revolutionary Stravinsky alongside pianist Joanna MacGregor.

We step into Cinderella's enchanted world with Prokofiev, Chief Conductor John Storgårds takes us on a rollercoaster ride in Shostakovich's First Symphony and Christian Tetzlaff performs a violin concerto by Thomas Adès.

The BBC’s celebration of singing in East London. Join the BBC Singers, the BBC Symphony Chorus and over 200 local performers for a showcase for talented choirs from across East London.

Join our Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth and cellist Dai Miyata for Elgar's popular Cello Concerto.

Night thoughts: from the magic of Helen Grime to the fantasy of Richard Strauss and the unchained emotion of Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique symphony, conducted by a true rising star.

Gareth Malone has been on the hunt for eight amateur singers to perform Bach’s St John Passion. We join these singers, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, three world-class soloists and Gareth for a filmed concert performance. Free tickets, apply here.

Join our Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth and cellist Dai Miyata for Elgar's popular Cello Concerto.

Apply below for a place at one of the sessions in Aberdeen. 'Tunes for Tots' is 35-minutes long, for children up to 5 years old with their parents or carers.

Apply below for a place at one of the sessions in Aberdeen. 'Tunes for Tots' is 35-minutes long, for children up to 5 years old with their parents or carers.

Adam Hickox conducts a free afternoon concert at Maida Vale Studios.

Witness BBC Singers bringing to life Judith Weir’s crowning work Missa Del Cid, alongside choral works by renaissance magnificent Spanish composers.

Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony crowns an evening of music that speaks directly to the world around us, in the first London appearance by conductor Kahchun Wong.

Conductor John Storgårds has already taken his vision of Bruckner to Vienna and Berlin, and now Manchester, in the first of three instalments in this season. We also pay homage to the late Finnish composer Saariaho in Leino Songs.

Jonanthan Biss joins BBC NOW and principal conductor Ryan Bancroft for Beethoven's 1st piano concerto, followed by Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13.

Jonanthan Biss joins BBC NOW and principal conductor Ryan Bancroft for Beethoven's 1st piano concerto, followed by Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13.

Take a deep breath and dive underwater in the concert hall submarine with its musical crew, the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Take a deep breath and dive underwater in the concert hall submarine with its musical crew, the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

A tale of two tenacious composers today with the BBC Philharmonic, as they’re joined by conductor Joshua Weilerstein and pianist Alim Beisembayev

Join us, guest conductor Ludovic Morlot and soloist Boris Giltburg for an evening filled with romance and passion. Perfect for Valentine's Day.

Join us in Inverness for an evening filled with romance and passion, including a performance of Rachmaninov's popular Piano Concerto No.2 and music by Tchaikovsky, Puccini and Roxanna Panufnik.

Alexander Malofeev plays Prokofiev, and Hannu Lintu conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in colourful showpieces by Adams and Stravinsky – plus a Bernard Rands world premiere.

Apply below for a place at one of the sessions in Inverness. 'Tunes for Tots' is 35-minutes long, for children up to 5 years old with their parents or carers.

Joshua Weilerstein returns to BBC Philharmonic with Haydn’s ‘Military’ Symphony and Mozart’s unparalleled ‘Jupiter’. Meanwhile Katherine Balch’s whisper concerto written especially for cellist Zlatomir Fung captures extraordinary sounds.

Apply below for a place at one of the sessions in Saltcoats. 'Tunes for Tots' is 35-minutes long, for children up to 5 years old with their parents or carers.

Join the BBC Philharmonic and conductor John Wilson at MediaCityUK for a celebration of springtime’s abundance, with a programme of Edward MacDowell and Arnold Bax

Join Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for a free afternoon concert.

“With desire and passion”, he wrote on the score of his Fifth Symphony, and it begins in melancholy and ends in roof-raising celebration. Join us, conductor Tabita Berglund and soloist Truls Mørk for an evening of pulse-raising passion.

Tchaikovsky's Fifth provides a stirring climax to a concert that begins with they haunting Dvořák’s Cello Concerto.

'Tunes for Tots' is 35-minutes long, for children up to 5 years old with their parents or carers.

In a programme inspired by folk music, we’re delighted to welcome Japanese conductor Nodoka Okisawa to the podium.

Apply below for a place at one of the sessions in Stranraer. 'Tunes for Tots' is 35-minutes long, for children up to 5 years old with their parents or carers.

Meet Missy Mazzoli – in person and on film: a collection of short films introducing Missy Mazzoli and her music. Hosted by Sara Mohr Pietsch.

Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra as composer Missy Mazzoli introduces four of her most powerful (and personal) orchestral pieces.

Meet Missy Mazzoli – in person and on film: a collection of short films introducing Missy Mazzoli and her music. Hosted by Sara Mohr Pietsch.

Missy Mazzoli introduces her own music, and music that inspires her, performed by the superb young artists of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

The UK premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s Song from the Uproar – the story of a woman who redefined the possible, performed by mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately, the BBC Singers and musicians from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

CHANGE OF DATE & VENUE - What better way to celebrate St David’s Day than with music by iconic Welsh composers, performed by the National Orchestra of Wales?

Alpesh Chauhan conducts works by Puccini, Tchaikovsky and Bruckner.

Join Katharina Wincor as she makes her debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a free afternoon concert.

Join us in a celebration of classic songs and theme tunes from the films which have been delighting and thrilling us for over sixty years.

The centrepiece of this concert is Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony as Anna Rakitina conducts, contralto Jess Dandy returns to perform one of Perry’s most cherished scores, her Stabat Mater and national pride bursts out of Smetana’s tone poem, Vltava.

The BBC SSO and conductor Alpesh Chauhan bring the Big Bruckner Weekend to a close with Bruckner's Symphony No.9

Tune after glorious tune in this Friday Night is Music Night as tenor Wynne Evans, violinist Aleksey Semenenko and the BBC Concert Orchestra perform much-loved melodies from around the world.

BBC New Generation Artist Geneva Lewis and conductor Gemma New joins the orchestra for Barber's romantic Violin Concerto.

As champions of the programming of women composers, the BBC Singers, sitar player Debipriya Das and guest conductor Ellie Slorach present a concert for International Women's Day of music based on the concept of daybreak.

Still waters run deep: Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Chorus perform Brahms’s German Requiem, plus two emotionally-charged rediscoveries from postwar Finland.

Amongst the most famous of Rachmaninov’s output is his Second Symphony, and there’s little wonder why! Dynamic brilliance, melodious triumph and exquisite beauty reign in this deeply emotional outpouring of music.

Amongst the most famous of Rachmaninov’s output is his Second Symphony, and there’s little wonder why! Dynamic brilliance, melodious triumph and exquisite beauty reign in this deeply emotional outpouring of music.

Anja Bihlmaier joins with Steven Osborne for Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto 'Emperor' before the skies open on Bruckner's Seventh Symphony.

Join the BBC Singers and presenter Clive Myrie for a modern day re-telling of the passion story. With music spanning nearly 1000 years, from Hildegard of Bingen, via JS Bach, Handel and Mendelssohn, to present day works by Andrew Lloyd Webber and more.

Let there be light! The UK premiere of James MacMillan’s Fiat Lux, conducted by the composer himself.

Anna-Maria Helsing and the BBC Concert Orchestra explore colour, the power and the poetry of the moment when Scandinavia awoke, in music by Sibelius and his contemporaries – plus a dazzling premiere from Dominique Le Gendre.

Experience highlights from the hit BBC series on the big screen with live orchestral music from the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by composer George Fenton.

Clemens Schuldt conducts Raymond Yiu’s powerful new violin concerto, framed by explosions of colour and joy from Kodály and Beethoven.

Inspired by workshops with BBC CO and composer George Fenton, musicians from the BBC Concert Orchestra perform compositions by University of Nottingham students to films created by Nottingham Trent University students.

Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth has assembled the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, the BBC SSO and a stellar team of solo singers for Verdi's epic 'Requiem'.

Francisco Coll makes his debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a free afternoon concert.

The spirit of Easter, although subtle, permeates this concert, with Harry Bicket returning to the helm of BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales.

Taking centre stage is Bruch’s First Violin Concerto with Eldbjørg Hemsing with its rich melodies or dazzling folk rhythms and Leslie Suganandarajah returns with Strauss’s glorious Also Sprach Zarathustra.

Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth has assembled the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, the BBC SSO and a stellar team of solo singers for Verdi's epic 'Requiem'.

A starry line-up of Nash Ensemble musicians, with soprano Claire Booth and the BBC Singers, perform a celebratory programme of music by Sir Harrison Birtwistle.

Hilarious and horrifying, The Death of Stalin is a comedy of terrors, screened in live synchronisation with Christopher Willis' powerful score for the first time.

Multi-award-winning Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe joins us and conductor Delyana Lazarova for an exciting afternoon concert.

On Good Friday through the eyes of St. John the Apostle, we relive the story of the arrest, trial, and crucifixion of Christ.

Daniel Hyde conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra and the Bach Choir, live from King's College, Cambridge, in music by Stanford, Vaughan Williams and Parry.

Striking a balance between the light-hearted and the noble, Elgar’s Enigma Variations is an ingenious collection of musical sketches of his friends and an astute self-portrait.

Emerging talent Jiří Rožeň returns to the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a free afternoon studio concert at Maida Vale.

Striking a balance between the light-hearted and the noble, Elgar’s Enigma Variations is an ingenious collection of musical sketches of his friends and an astute self-portrait.

Book your free tickets now for a live performance of Sir Michael Tippett’s space-age fairytale opera, 'New Year', featuring the BBC Singers and a stellar cast of soloists.

Fiesta season comes early with the welcome return of James Ehnes, one of the world’s finest violinists in is Saint-Saëns' impassioned Third Violin Concerto. On the podium, Juanjo Mena returns in a programme with sun-kissed music by Ravel and Berlioz.