When string players want to unwind, they gather up some friends and play Mendelssohn’s Octet...

Whether it’s Tchaikovsky’s star-crossed lovers or Respighi’s roof-raising vision of Roman excess, this is a concert full of big emotions...

Beethoven wasn’t known for his modesty – but until you’ve heard his Seventh Symphony you’ve never known just how intoxicating music can be!

“This young man is full of music from head to toe” said one critic about Kazuki Yamada

​In the 18th century, Wind Serenades were supposed to be relaxing. But Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart made his own rules.

Grab your wand and your owl, and join Harry, Ron and Hermione at Platform 9¾ as we board the Hogwarts Express for a musical adventure.

Not every oboist is described as “larger than life” – but then not every oboist, like François Leleux, is also a brilliantly charismatic conductor!

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.....John Williams lifted his baton and cued one of the greatest scores in movie history. Michael Seal and the CBSO …

Hold tight for a thrilling journey, as Vassily Sinaisky joins Benjamin Grosvenor in the timeless tranquillity of Mozart’s 21st Piano Concerto...

​Music from the ashes: in 1945, Richard Strauss looked at the ruins of a civilisation, and thought of Beethoven. The result was Metamorphosen...

All aboard! Captain Tom Redmond and the amazing City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra set sail on an ocean-going adventure...

In Stalin’s Russia composers sometimes had to laugh, or they’d cry. Shostakovich’s Sixth Symphony begins in tragedy, and ends with a circus parade.