What’s on

Fri 29 Jan 2021, 19:30

Exuberance from Anna Clyne and Lior Rosner is followed by the melancholy of Rachmaninov’s lustrous and impassioned third symphony.

Fri 12 Feb 2021, 19:30

Mesmeric ballet music commissioned by the extraordinary Ida Rubinstein meets an exquisite piano concerto with a special place in BBC Symphony Orchestra history.

Sun 14 Feb 2021, 14:00

Programme to be announced.

Fri 19 Feb 2021, 18:00

Purity and profundity from the BBC Singers is found in choral works mourning loss separated by two continents and five and a half centuries.

Fri 19 Feb 2021, 19:30

Stravinsky’s symphonic workout meets Scriabin’s triumphant hymn to the glory of mankind in a concert of Russian artists exploring Russian sounds.

Fri 26 Feb 2021, 19:30

Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s love-fuelled Ninth Symphony – the most profound and contradictory symphony he would write.

Fri 5 Mar 2021, 19:30

Sakari Oramo conducts the full choral-orchestral version of Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, one of the most overwhelmingly beautiful ballet score ever written.

Sat 13 Mar 2021, 13:00

A selection of Sibelius’s songs and melodramas, interspersed with readings.

Sat 13 Mar 2021, 15:00

Venture into the wild unknown, courtesy of Sibelius’s most evocative responses to Finnish stories, sagas and folklore – and the words that inspired them.

Sat 13 Mar 2021, 17:30

Hear choral songs of love, loss and pride from the BBC Singers, who shine a light on Finland’s unique and revealing tradition of secular choral music.