Performer: Knabenchor Hannover

As Teodor Currentzis' time in charge of the SWR Symphony Orchestra draws to a close, he bids farewell in a series of nationwide performances of Britten's memorial to the pity of war.

Doing justice to the vast scale of Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand" is itself the mightiest of tasks. Semyon Bychkov and his NDR forces only partially succeed.

Leading five choirs, fine soloists and a glowing Netherlands Philharmonic, conductor Marc Albrecht emphasised the human struggle in a highly dramatic performance of Mahler’s mammoth eighth symphony.

The RLPO and NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover join forces for Britten's War Requiem.

How can you do musical justice to the vast idea of creation? Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester attempt to square the circle in Mahler's epic Third Symphony.