Performer: Chloë Hanslip

An exceptional programme with insight, didn’t quite fulfil itself with renditions that had understanding, but lacked a little polish and refinement.

American composer Robert Russell Bennett's Violin Concerto gets a new lease of life in Singapore.

Chloë Hanslip gives a searing performance of Shostakovich's Violin Sonata in orchestral garb, as if carved from blocks of solid granite.

Chloë Hanslip and Danny Driver were in tune with each other in every way in this fascinating and entertaining programme inspired by Marcel Proust.

Alexander Shelley and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra mixed simplicity with demonic shenanigans in two Prokofiev symphonies, while Chloë Hanslip dug deep in an impassioned Sibelius Violin Concerto.

A superb performance from Chloë Hanslip in the world premiere of Berkeley's Violin Concerto, with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Jac van Steen polished but lacking bite in Dukas and Prokofiev.

Singapore’s Esplanade welcomes a slew of virtuoso soloists and guest conductors for their alluring new season.