Two close friends – Brahms and Schumann – take centre stage with Brahms’ mighty first Piano Concerto and Schumann’s joyful  third symphony,  celebrating his time in Dusseldorf and visits to Cologne Cathedral. The  music of the English composer, Colin Matthews, opens the programme with what the composer describes as ‘a single span of music, mainly slow’.  We welcome Jonathan Biss – Classic FM magazine wrote “he has the rare ability to make you sit up and take notice as if you were hearing a well-known piece for the very first time”

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Supported by Bob & Sylvia Morgan
and Stanley & Gladys O'Connor