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

Thomas Adès’s elegant homage to a French Baroque master looks both backwards and forwards, while Schubert’s valedictory Ninth – ‘Great’ in both size and stature – finds the ailing composer concerned only with the here and now. Two years after completing it, he died at the age of just 31.