Visit our recording studio at MediaCityUK and witness the orchestra as we broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 to millions of listeners around the world. These 60-minute afternoon concerts are hosted by a range of star presenters from across the BBC.

OUT OF THIS WORLD: Embark on a cosmic adventure as Ryan Wigglesworth conducts one of Britain’s most beloved classics. Another star, BBC Young Musician winner Laura van der Heijden, shines in Walton’s luminous Cello Concerto.

Under David Brophy, this BBC Radio 3 Friday Night is Music Night celebrates Britain’s bond with the sea. From Sullivan and Walton to Bax and Britten’s Four Sea Interludes, with Gareth Brynmor John, it blends wit, colour and atmosphere.

Swirling ball scene, grotesque witches dance, brutal execution and fatal attraction. Sakari Oramo pairs Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique with the equally decadent hedonism of Alban Berg.

Walton’s frenzied Symphony No. 1 sits alongside the contrasting landscape of Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis, before the world premiere from Composer in Residence, Cassandra Miller.

OUT OF THIS WORLD: Embark on a cosmic adventure as Ryan Wigglesworth conducts one of Britain’s most beloved classics. Another star, BBC Young Musician winner Laura van der Heijden, shines in Walton’s luminous Cello Concerto.

Cellist Raphaela Gromes is one of the defining voices of her generation, an exclusive artist with Sony Classical since 2016. She performs Elgar's much-loved Cello Concerto with popular guest conductor Michael Sanderling.

Folk roots and symphonic drama meet under Delyana Lazarova. Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances open the concert, followed by Dobrinka Tabakova’s Viola Concerto with Maxim Rysanov, and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony charting a journey from fate to triumph.

Cellist Raphaela Gromes takes centre stage with Elgar's stunning Cello Concerto with conductor Michael Sanderling on the podium.

Folk roots and symphonic drama meet under Delyana Lazarova. Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances open the concert, followed by Dobrinka Tabakova’s Viola Concerto with Maxim Rysanov, and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony charting a journey from fate to triumph.

Hold the date for a spectacular evening with BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Radio Cymru in Pontio this mark. Artists to be announced.

Beethoven’s epic, uplifting ‘Choral’ Symphony No. 9 sits alongside Roderick Williams’s Ave Verum Corpus Re-imagined, Pauline Oliveros’s Tuning Meditation and John Adams’s Absolute Jest.

Kazuki Yamada conducts great musical love stories by Maurice Ravel and Lili Boulanger. Prepare to be seduced…

The BBC Concert Orchestra joins two of Nottingham’s finest university choirs for a choral celebration on a truly cosmic scale.

Under Ludovic Morlot, three imaginative voices take centre stage. Stravinsky’s Jeu des cartes sparkles with wit, Britten’s youthful Double Concerto features Ben Baker and Tim Ridout, and Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite closes in glowing fairy‑tale colour.

GRACE & GRANDEUR: Expect poetry and enchantment from Elisabeth Brauss in Mozart’s exquisite concerto. Plus, one of Romantic music’s most overwhelming experiences - Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony.

Francesco Piemontesi plays Brahms’s mighty First Piano Concerto, and conductor Tabita Berglund retells the colourful tale of Grieg’s 'Peer Gynt'.

Under Ludovic Morlot, three imaginative voices take centre stage. Stravinsky’s Jeu des cartes sparkles with wit, Britten’s youthful Double Concerto features Ben Baker and Tim Ridout, and Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite closes in glowing fairy‑tale colour.

Marking 200 years since Beethoven’s death, this concert explores his links to British and Irish folk music. Grant Llewellyn leads songs inspired by Irish, Scottish and Welsh melodies, with piper and harp soloists, and the finale of Symphony No. 7.