Philharmonia Orchestra, Julia Fischer

Programme to include:

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka: Overture, Ruslan and Lyudmila
Alexander Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.82
Interval
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.2 (Little Russian)

An all-Russian concert, overflowing with striking instrumental colours featuring Glinka, Glazunov and Tchaikovsky.

Things get off to a thrilling start with Glinka's whirlwind overture to Ruslan und Ludmilla. Glazunov's captivating Violin Concerto combines winning melodies with sparkling virtuosity, the perfect complement to Tchaikovsky's blazingly inventive symphony, which ends thrillingly in a folksong overdrive.