Performer: Elena Urioste

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's Chief Conductor Designate makes a strong impression in purposeful Rachmaninov after Elena Urioste and Ben Goldscheider wave the flag for Dame Ethel Smyth. 

Imaginative programming from Aurora Orchestra, including striking miniatures from Musgrave and Meredith, luxurious Ravel and pared back Vaughan Williams, with joyous Mendelssohn to finish.

A wide-ranging programme from the shape-shifting ensemble at Wigmore Hall explores love in its many guises. 

Urioste’s marvellous playing wedded gleaming tone to sure technique in The Lark Ascending.

With classical works by jazz artists Iverson, Lehman and Assad, American Composers Orchestra wound up its fortieth anniversary season, and looked ahead to continued adventures in diversity.

BBC National Orchestra of Wales's afternoon concert series brings unusual works to light, but the small auditorium can make some of the heavier late-romantic orchestration overwhelming – to the point of being overpowering.

Often dismissed on account of its popularity, The Lark Ascending divides audiences... and players. Our own Kevin Ng is a violinist and avoided it for years, but took advice from three violinists when adding it to his repertoire.