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A chance to encounter two leading contemporary artists in collaboration with Jules Buckley and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra

The sonic scope of Mahler’s Das klagende Lied meets its match in the musical spectacle of Pierre Boulez’s ‘majestic processional’ Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna, performed by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu

Josep Pons conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in Bartók’s ‘grotesque pantomime’ The Miraculous Mandarin, and Italian pianist Beatrice Rana is soloist in Rachmaninov’s thrilling Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

From the primal, hypnotic dances of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring to the sensual throb of Ravel’s µþ´Ç±ôé°ù´Ç and the edgy thrum and twitch of Varèse’s ±õ²Ô³Ùé²µ°ù²¹±ô±ð²õ, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and Eva Ollikainen get the musical pulse racing

Sir Mark Elder conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, massed choirs and four star soloists in Delius’s A Mass for Life, which celebrates the transcendent power and triumph of the human spirit in the face of death

Sakari Oramo and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra join soloist Augustin Hadelich for Mendelssohn’s vivacious, melody-filled Violin Concerto. We also hear Stravinsky’s The Song of the Nightingale and Strauss’s tone-poem Till Eulenspiegel

The 2025 First Night sees Mendelssohn’s ‘Hebrides’ Overture and Sibelius’s Violin Concerto featured alongside British classics from Bliss and Vaughan Williams, plus a world premiere from Master of the King’s Music Errollyn Wallen

Christian Karlsen conducts Radio 3's New Music Show, featuring works by Lisa Streich, Toshio Hosokawa and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra's very own Nicholas Korth.

Find out what sitarist and composer Jasdeep Singh Degun has planned for his brand-new collaboration with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.

Follow a trail through undiscovered musical landscapes in this new collaboration between electronic music artist Halina Rice and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.