Leader Kati Debretzeni introduces the first of four films taking an in depth look at Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.

Principal Viola Max Mandel chats about Mozart and American composer, Michael Gordon.

Horn player Martin Lawrence tells us about the ghostly sound of the horn in Weber's opera Der Freischütz.

Some little known facts about the great Austrian composer and his vast collection of work.

A short introduction to the composer, conductor and virtuoso violinist, who was born in 1745 in the Caribbean, the son of a French aristocrat and his wife's African slave.

So you've heard our Brahms: A German Requiem concert and you're hungry for more Brahms. Our co-principal viola Simone Jandl recommends four unique pieces Brahms wrote after a eureka moment later in his life.

Leader Margaret Faultless gets her hands on the original concert programme for the premiere of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis at Gloucester Cathedral on September 6, 1910.

Soprano Mary Bevan and theorbo player Elizabeth Kenny perform Lagrime Mie by the famed Venetian composer Barbara Strozzi.

Gluck is one of the great opera composers. Here are some things you probably didn’t know about him.

Soprano Louise Alder chats about her role as Semele in Handel's steamy opera in which she falls in love with the god Jupiter.