Tchaikovsky’s Fifth
Marios Papadopoulos conducts Tchaikovsky’s exquisite fifth symphony, after Russell Hirshfield joins him for Scriabin’s delectable Piano Concerto.
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Maxim Vengerov
For some of the best tunes ever written – or borrowed – look no further.
Sir Bryn Terfel
There is no voice on earth quite like Sir Byrn Terfel’s. He joins the Orchestra for some of the most monumental moments in Wagner.
Stephen Kovacevich
Nothing can beat Mozart at his most inspired. Our old friend Stephen Kovacevich plays his Piano Concerto No. 24.
Steven Isserlis
Haydn’s haunting yet reassuring Mass in the Time of War and carefree D major cello concerto with Steven Isserlis.
Immortal Beloved
The identity of the ‘Immortal Beloved’, to whom Beethoven wrote an unaddressed love letter in 1812, remains a mystery to this day - or almost.
Bach’s St John Passion
Drama and suffering lie at the heart of Bach’s concentrated depiction of Christ’s arrest, rendition and execution, the St John Passion.
Beethoven’s Mass in C major
Beethoven’s humble, beautiful contemplation of the divine and his great concert aria Ah! Perfido.
Brahms
A symphonic struggle on Brahms’s own lyrical, melancholy-tinged terms and the delicate nobility of his Double Concerto.
Tamsin Waley-Cohen
Mendelssohn’s vivid musical postcard from Scotland opens a concert featuring ‘fearless’ virtuoso Tamsin Waley-Cohen in Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1.