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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.

Burlesque comes to The Bridgewater Hall in Stravinsky’s electrifying ballet, Petrushka, meanwhile the spotlight shines on one of the world’s most distinguished trumpet players, Håkan Hardenberger, all with Chief Conductor John Storgårds at the reins.

Tonight is all about stories of the human spirit. Alban Gerhardt returns with Shostakovich’s second cello concert whilst ‘A Hero’s Life’ is the musical autobiography of Richard Strauss, under the baton of Alpesh Chauhan OBE.