Leslie Suganandarajah steers us through our final concert of the year in a programme that explores desire, grief and hope. We witness a pact with the Devil in Emilie Mayer鈥檚 Faust Overture before mezzo-soprano Christa Mayer joins the orchestra for a performance of Gustav Mahler鈥檚 grief-stricken Kindertotenlieder. Rife with passionate impulses and exhilaratingly dramatic twists, we end the programme with Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Sixth Symphony 鈥� the fullest expression of a profoundly emotional man鈥檚 feelings are shared with us through his music.