Korngold was an Austrian wunderkind who took his considerable talents to Hollywood just as war broke. There he wrote film scores of new scope and invention, 鈥榳ordless operas鈥� as he called them.

The season closes with the lush colours of Korngold and the bristling intensity of Mahler鈥檚 fifth symphony.

Conductor Ryan Bancroft joins us to talk about his past as a dancer and his connection to the music of his homeland, America.

A programme that delights in dance and young romance, with a new work by Sir Karl Jenkins for the brilliant saxophonist and musical evangelist, Jess Gillam.

The symbolism of Bach鈥檚 St Matthew Passion