Season 1

2022 · 9 episodes · 12h 58m in all

1. Women’s Words and Voices
22 May 2022 · 89 min
Bramwell Tovey conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in a programme of contemporary classical music, written and inspired by women composers and poets.
2. Life, Love and Tchaikovsky
19 Jun 2022 · 89 min
Marta Gardolinska conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Bacewicz's Overture and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony. Johan Dalene joins them to perform Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.
3. A Birmingham Celebration with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
23 Oct 2022 · 79 min
A special concert celebrating the music and spoken word of Birmingham, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra and performances by some of the most exciting vocal talent from the city.
4. 1Xtra’s Afrobeats Concerto
27 Nov 2022 · 89 min
Some of the hottest Afrobeats artists join forces with the BBC Philharmonic for a one-off concert celebrating the diverse sounds of Africa.
5. Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring
15 Jan 2023 · 85 min
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform 20th-century works by Stravinsky and Rachmaninov in St David's Hall, Cardiff.
6. Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé
26 Feb 2023 · 95 min
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé ballet score, and with soprano Jane Archibald, Olivier Messiaen’s Poèmes pour Mi.
7. Sol Gabetta plays Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
19 Mar 2023 · 87 min
Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Elgar's Cello Concerto, with Sol Gabetta, Sibelius's First Symphony and Iain Farrington's musical celebration of the BBC, A Party with Auntie.
8. The Lark Ascending
4 Jun 2023 · 87 min
Vaughan Williams’ pastoral masterpiece is stunningly performed by the BBC Philharmonic and soloist Zoë Beyers, alongside works by Elgar and Wagner.
9. The Hound of the Baskervilles
25 Dec 2023 · 78 min
The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform a live soundtrack in this premier stage adaptation of Conan Doyle’s thriller, starring Mark Gatiss as Holmes and Sanjeev Bhaskar as Dr Watson.