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The centrepiece of this concert is Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony as Anna Rakitina conducts, contralto Jess Dandy returns to perform one of Perry’s most cherished scores, her Stabat Mater and national pride bursts out of Smetana’s tone poem, Vltava.

Anja Bihlmaier joins with Steven Osborne for Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto 'Emperor' before the skies open on Bruckner's Seventh Symphony.

We return to Malvern with conductor Ben Gernon for an evening of Haydn, Beethoven and Elgar’s Cello Concerto with István Várdai.

Join us in The Sands Centre, Carlisle with Ben Gernon and cellist István Várdai.

Taking centre stage is Bruch’s First Violin Concerto with Eldbjørg Hemsing with its rich melodies or dazzling folk rhythms and Leslie Suganandarajah returns with Strauss’s glorious Also Sprach Zarathustra.

On Good Friday through the eyes of St. John the Apostle, we relive the story of the arrest, trial, and crucifixion of Christ.