Composed against the turbulent backdrop of the Russian Revolution, Prokofiev鈥檚 First Violin Concerto vividly captures a world in flux.
Frantic, romantic and edgily modern, it鈥檚 a roller-coaster ride for the listener 鈥� and also for Alina Pogostkina, the brilliant young violinist who performs it for us.

Thomas Ad猫s鈥檚 elegant homage to a French Baroque master looks both backwards and forwards, while Schubert鈥檚 valedictory Ninth 鈥� 鈥楪reat鈥� in both size and stature 鈥� finds the ailing composer concerned only with the here and now. Two years after completing it, he died at the age of just 31.