Ten Little Pieces

Molly Rainford visits the English countryside to explore the tranquil piece The Lark Ascending, written by English composer Vaughan Williams at the time of World War I. Violin star Nicola Benedetti is the soloist with the BBC Philharmonic.

Rapper, comedian and actor Doc Brown enters a threatening, animated seascape via a giant wave, to introduce Night Ferry by living composer Anna Clyne. The BBC Philharmonic perform the piece in a Manchester warehouse.

Comedian Vikki Stone fears the end of the world is nigh as she introduces part of Guiseppe Verdi's Requiem. The massed ranks of the Halle Choir join forces with the BBC Philharmonic to perform Dies Irae and Tuba Mirum.

Pixie Lott weaves her way through an animated 50s New York to the irresistible rhythms of Leonard Bernstein's Mambo from West Side Story. A dynamic performance of the symphonic dance by the BBC Philharmonic will get toes tapping and hips shaking.