The ensemble dreams up a world of elemental soundscapes in works by Luke Mombrea, Sasha Scott and James Tenney, with Bach as the calm at the eye of the storm.
Hear Prokofiev at his most riotously witty, while Shostakovich juggles despair and stoicism in a beautiful, virtuosic violin concerto.
Alena Baeva plays Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, and Nil Venditti brings a very personal perspective to Falla’s fiesta of a ballet.
Beethoven’s Fifth: Vasily Petrenko and the RPO play the classic to end all classics.
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Georgian pianist Giorgi Gigashvili presents a performance of Prokofiev’s Sonatas in this BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert.
Isabelle Demers uncovers every nuance of the organ’s power and colour, closing with Brahms’ Romantic masterpiece, the Variations and fugue on a theme by Handel.
Multi-prize-winning pianist Pavel Kolesnikov performs Morton Feldman’s hushed, expansive keyboard work, in which time itself seems to stand still.
To hell and back: Berlioz’s huge, flamboyant take on the Faust legend simply has to be heard to be believed.
The first UK performance of Glass’ powerful new symphony, inspired by Abraham Lincoln and the enduring importance of democratic values.
Polish fireworks and a long-awaited rediscovery as Marta Gardolińska and violinist Bomsori Kim perform music by Szymanowski and Grażyna Bacewicz.
An enticing, wintry new violin concerto contrasts with the glorious warmth of Mendelssohn’s uplifting choral symphony.
Song, dance and a tale as old as time: the BBC Symphony Orchestra summons the spirit of Orpheus, in music by Gluck, Stravinsky and Missy Mazzoli.
Dark fantasies and bewitching melodies: Adam Hickox conjures a collection of the 20th century’s most haunting tales, in music by Liadov, Gubaidulina and Bartók.
The raw power of Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony meets the anguished humanity of John Adams and Walt Whitman: Jukka-Pekka Saraste explores the terror and compassion of 20th century music.
Swirling ball scene, grotesque witches dance, brutal execution and fatal attraction. Sakari Oramo pairs Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique with the equally fervid imagination of Alban Berg.
Kazuki Yamada conducts great musical love stories by Maurice Ravel and Lili Boulanger. Prepare to be seduced…
Francesco Piemontesi plays Brahms’s mighty First Piano Concerto, and conductor Tabita Berglund retells the colourful tale of Grieg’s Peer Gynt.
Trailblazing soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan guides us through the musical landscape of America at a defining point in its history, from concert hall to musical theatre.
Sakari Oramo conducts Malcolm Arnold: his Seventh Symphony stands alongside British masterpieces by Vaughan Williams and Helen Grime.
Rebecca Saunders’s chamber music might be small in size, but the ideas it conveys are vast. Musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama explore a selection of her chamber works.