Drums thunder, trumpets sound and a nation finds its voice. Everyone knows Copland鈥檚 Fanfare for the Common Man, but not many people know its second life as part of Copland鈥檚 magnificent Third Symphony: a masterpiece as big and as brave as America itself. But that鈥檚 just one side of the American dream. Barber鈥檚 glorious violin concerto is as popular as it is poetic 鈥� and with good reason.

It鈥檚 a typically expansive programme from Domingo Hindoyan, the charismatic Venezuelan conductor who鈥檚 been making waves as principal conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Joining him is violinist Tessa Lark, another artist with a burning urge to communicate. A visionary new masterpiece by Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz blows open the doors of perception.