Some of Tchaikovsky’s lesser known pieces are on this disc by Alpesh Chauhan and the BBCSSO

The challenges of Catherine Lamb’s new Portions Transparent/Opaque were expertly navigated by Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish; Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony was purposeful and focused

World premieres of music by Rufus Isabel Elliot, Linda Buckley and Scott McLaughlin were played with pinpoint intonation by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Seven concerts around the UK – one from each of the BBC’s performing groups – included some glorious moments, but the motley collection of works failed to create a celebratory or memorable whole

The band Folktone cleverly swapped notes with Patricia Kopatchinskaja before the violinist whipped up a joyous musical whirlwind of Bartók and Ligeti

The season may be slightly shorter than usual, but this year’s Proms will still include many tantalising pairings, several premieres and a fond farewell

This week, Opera Harmony’s new socially distanced mini-operas, streaming from a scaled-down Salzburg, and the Proms revisits BBCSSO’s five-star Vaughan Williams

With concert halls and opera houses closed, we sample the stay-at-home alternatives from Budapest to Dar es Salaam

The playing was alert and incisive in a wide-ranging programme that included Tchaikovsky and a new work by Linda Catlin Smith

He may be unfashionable now, but Tippett’s Third Symphony sounds robust and his B flat symphony is rarely heard, making an interesting survey

Hyperion showcases two lesser lights and hits a Liszt century, while Brian Cox illuminates The Planets

The Austrian composer’s Concerto Grosso No 1 and Strauss’s Alpine Symphony were nimbly scaled by the BBC Scottish