Veranstaltungsort: Hallé St Peter's, Manchester

Jonathan Bloxham dirigiert einen trostvollen Musikgenuss, der die Nachteile eines gestreamten Konzerts über lange Strecken vergessen ließ.

Lewis' playing on a thoroughly modern instrument was as if he was in awe at the miracle of what Mozart had done with a simple fortepiano.

Its theme of the passing of everything from cherry blossom to opera houses made this a programme for the artistic perils of our time.