Edward Gardner introduces our varied programme of Eastern European music

Sam Brown from the BBC Symphony Chorus on Bliss' Morning Heroes

Verdi Requiem with the BBC Symphony Chorus

Donald MacLeod talks to conductor Semyon Bychkov about Shostakovich's 7th Symphony

The BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Rachmaninov's Vocalise

Denis Kozhukhin talks to Suzy Klein about his career as a pianist and Rachmaninov's 4th piano concerto

Conductor David Charles Abell salutes a rare treat, Bernstein's Songfest

Ryan Wigglesworth discusses his piece Etudes-Tableaux

Brett Dean - the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Artist in Residence

Janine Jansen talks about Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending