This spring, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales is stepping beyond the concert hall and into communities across south Wales.

This spring, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales is stepping beyond the concert hall and into communities across south Wales.

This spring, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales is stepping beyond the concert hall and into communities across south Wales.

This spring, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales is stepping beyond the concert hall and into communities across south Wales.

This spring, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales is stepping beyond the concert hall and into communities across south Wales.

This spring, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales is stepping beyond the concert hall and into communities across south Wales.

Sakari Oramo conducts Malcolm Arnold: his Seventh Symphony stands alongside British masterpieces by Vaughan Williams and Helen Grime.

This spring, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales is stepping beyond the concert hall and into communities across south Wales.

This spring, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales is stepping beyond the concert hall and into communities across south Wales.

This spring, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales is stepping beyond the concert hall and into communities across south Wales.

Mozart’s sparkling Horn Concerto No. 4 meets the majesty of Mendelssohn’s Fingal’s Cave and sunshine-drenched world of his ‘Reformation’ Symphony.

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.

City energy and sun‑drenched dance meet under Carlos Miguel Prieto. Gabriela Ortiz’s TZAM opens with dialogue and reflection, Ethan Loch brings Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue to life, and de Falla’s The Three‑Cornered Hat closes in brilliant Spanish colour.

City energy and sun‑drenched dance meet under Carlos Miguel Prieto. Gabriela Ortiz’s TZAM opens with dialogue and reflection, Ethan Loch brings Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue to life, and de Falla’s The Three‑Cornered Hat closes in brilliant Spanish colour.

Pianist Pavel Kolesnikov collaborates with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at the RNCM for a programme of Mozart, Britten and John Adams.

The BBC SSO presents a rare revival of Harrison Birtwistle’s opera 'The Second Mrs Kong', conducted by Martyn Brabbins and featuring an all-star cast alongside the BBC Singers

“Even in a day when keyboard virtuosos are thick on the ground, Kozhukhin is special.” Denis Kozhukhin returns to the BBC SSO in a programme pairing a Romantic masterpiece with Beethoven’s playful Eighth Symphony.

Acclaimed Saxophonist and BBC Radio broadcaster Jess Gillam celebrates Earth Day at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Tom Richards.

Under Chloe Rooke, this all female programme explores orbiting worlds and folk memory. Mazzoli’s Sinfonia shimmers, Augusta Read Thomas’s new Cello Concerto brings lyricism with Laura van der Heijden, followed by atmospheric music by Williams...

“Even in a day when keyboard virtuosos are thick on the ground, Kozhukhin is special.” Denis Kozhukhin returns to the BBC SSO in a programme pairing a Romantic masterpiece with Beethoven’s playful Eighth Symphony.

An introduction to the music of Rebecca Saunders

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 this afternoon.

An introduction to Rebecca Saunder's opera, 'Lash'.

'Lash – Acts of Love': the UK premiere, in a concert staging, of Rebecca Saunders’s extraordinary new opera.

The BBC Singers present a concert of repertoire based on musical settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah. Alongside Thomas Tallis’s famous setting are new works using the lamentations as their inspiration, by Cassandra Miller and Nico Muhly.

A special live version of the Essential Classics Playlister, presented by the host of BBC Radio 3’s daily weekday show, Georgia Mann.