The highly acclaimed partnership of Donald Runnicles and the BBC SSO appears at the Festival for the first time since his appointment as Chief Conductor.

This extraordinary youth orchestra performs with period instruments and for this concert has tripled its usual size, boasting 60 players.

Le Concert des Nations are experts in performing both the familiar music of Handel and the less-known compositions of Marais.

The work of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and James MacMillan together in a celebration of their home nation, Scotland.  

One of Bartók's most scintillating scores coupled with Esa-Pekka Salonen's Piano Concerto, dedicated to the pianist Yefim Bronfman, the soloist in this performance.

Symphony No 70 is one of Haydn's most flamboyant pieces. In contrast, in his Seven last words of our saviour on the cross, all seven movements are slow and dark.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, his Choir and orchestra offer a fresh and inspiring interpretation of Bach's cantatas which has won them acclaim around the world.

Brahms' Variations on a theme by Haydn is a bold and diverse work with a phenomenal triumphant finale. Berio's love of folk music is clear.