Dan Walker introduces live coverage from Westminster Abbey of a special service of hope following the Westminster terror attack on 22 March 2017. Show more
A richly-detailed staging of Mozart's comic masterpiece from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, as Antonio Pappano conducts David McVicar's highly-acclaimed production. Show more
1 hour, 50 minutes
Haydn's sacred oratorio The Creation (Die Schopfung) performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sir Colin Davis at the Barbican in London. Show more
Her Majesty the Queen leads a service of commemoration live from St Paul's Cathedral to mark the end of combat operations in Afghanistan, followed by a parade and flypast. Show more
Afghanistan: A Service of Commemoration
Episode 2: Highlights
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD
Highlights from the previous day's service at St Paul's Cathedral, where Her Majesty the Queen led a service of commemoration to mark the end of combat operations in Afghanistan. Show more
Midnight Mass
2019 - Midnight Mass from Croydon Minster
1 hour, 19 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland
Rev Dr Andrew Bishop leads Midnight Mass from Croydon Minster. The choir sings Mozart's Great Credo Mass in C and leads the congregation in well-loved carols. Show more
Charles Hazlewood and Suzy Klein at the Royal Albert Hall. Strauss's Four Last Songs, Beethoven's Rondo in B flat major, Mozart's Oboe Concerto and Strauss's Festliches Präludium. Show more
Cerys Matthews introduces the London Contemporary Orchestra in a late-night Prom featuring sci-fi film music including excerpts from Alien: Covenant, Interstellar, Under the Skin and Gravity. Show more
Mishal Husain introduces live coverage of the national memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral to mark the six-month anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire. Show more
Mishal Husain introduces live coverage of the national memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral to mark the six-month anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire. Show more
Puccini's ever popular Tosca from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with a star-studded cast including Angela Gheorghiu, Bryn Terfel and Jonas Kaufmann. Show more
Marking the 350th anniversary of Henry Purcell's birth is a production of Dido and Aeneas, a short operatic masterpiece which brings together the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet. Show more
Michael Berkeley introduces an in-depth exploration of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, including a full performance of the work that caused a riot at its premiere in 1913. Show more
The Minotaur
Episode 1: Part 1
1 hour, 30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales
World premiere of Harrison Birtwistle's new opera from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. A ship carrying innocents for slaughter sails towards the island of Crete. Show more
The Minotaur
Episode 2: Part 2
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland
The world premiere of Harrison Birtwistle's new opera from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Theseus confirms to Ariadne that he is determined to face the Minotaur. Show more
Nicholas Hytner's production of Verdi's Don Carlo from the Royal Opera House. Based on Schiller's play, it tells the story of the conflicts in the life of the Prince of Spain. Show more
A new production from the Royal Opera House of Tchaikovsky's much-loved opera Eugene Onegin, a story of love, rejection and tragedy based on Pushkin's verse drama of the same name. Show more
Simon Russell Beale explores the world of Spanish Renaissance composer Tomas Luis de Victoria - musician, priest and mystic - by visiting some of Spain's most stunning locations. Show more
New Year's Day Concert
2011 - Live
1 hour, 20 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England
Live from Vienna in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein, the Vienna Philharmonic perform the annual concert of waltzes, polkas and marches, led by conductor Franz Welser-Most. Show more
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra perform their annual celebratory concert, conducted by Georges Prêtre. Featuring performances by the Vienna State Opera and Volksoper Ballet. Show more