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Awards scheme designed to celebrate the work of contemporary classical composers in the UK
BBC Radio 3
Gigs from around the UK, exploring the local alternative and underground music scenes
Radio 3's primary contemporary music programme, featuring live performances and sessions
Three-part series on the revolution in 20th century music.
BBC Four
Performances recorded for BBC Four's The Sound and the Fury: A Century of Music
BBC
An exploration of the relationship between composers and the rooms they write in.
Companion programme to Hear and Now, offering more of the best new music
Beatrix Potter's famous characters are realised by The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden.
BBC One
Choreographer Wayne McGregor premieres his major new work, Infra, with the Royal Ballet.
BBC Two
Film by Tony Palmer celebrating the Polish composer Gorecki, who died recently.
Full-length dance piece, featuring music specially composed by the Pet Shop Boys.
A recording of The Well-Tuned Piano by La Monte Young, a piano solo lasting for five hours
Film exploring a musical collaboration between Wynton Marsalis and Nicola Benedetti.
A BBC Introducing gig with sets from Kourelou, Alabaster dePlume and Peter Edwards Trio.
The Flux Quartet give a live all-night performance of Morton Feldman's String Quartet No 2
The first time that the whole piece has been broadcast in 4.0 surround sound
A boundary-stretching hybrid of theatre and dance by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young.
Radio 1's longest-serving broadcaster brings her own inimitable style to 6 Music.
BBC Radio 6 Music
Musical soundscapes composed by Richard James and Angharad Van Rijswijk.
BBC Radio Cymru
Elizabeth Alker with music by a new generation of composers who defy classification.
Michael Clark presents his latest production to music by Patti Smith, Satie and Bowie.
Meet the five most exciting new acts, in locations around the world.
Cutting-edge and experimental new music in live performance, plus interviews and features.
Marc Gregg takes us on a journey through the intense storytelling power of opera.
BBC Radio Ulster
A joyous music celebration from the BBC Concert Orchestra and Chesaba with Abel Selaocoe.
Gabriel Prokofiev celebrates the connections between classical and electronic music.
Tectonics 2021 online
A vibrant and bold new take on Stravinsky’s dark musical masterpiece from the Hallé.
Max Richter with Chineke! in concert to mark Earth Day 2023