叠谤补丑尘蝉鈥檚 Tragic Overture is not so much tragic as a 鈥榮erious鈥� follow-up to his more frivolous Academic Festival Overture.

Dedicated 鈥楾o the memory of an angel鈥�, Berg鈥檚 luminous Violin Concerto is an intensely moving personal testament to the death of a young woman, quoting Bach鈥檚 funeral chorale 鈥楨s ist genug鈥�.

Thomas Larcher鈥檚 nocturnal wanderings receive their UK premiere before a joyous journey down the Rhine in Schumann鈥檚 Third Symphony, which climaxes in a musical homage to Cologne Cathedral.

Image: Christian Tetzlaff 漏 Giorgia Bertazzi