Performer: Robert McDuffie

Violinist Robert McDuffie performs a polished Bernstein Serenade (after Plato's "Symposium") in Atlanta

Peter Oundjian and the RSNO perform an imaginative programme airing the varied moods and influences which make up modern America.

There are some classical concerts that really portray the absolute essence of what music is all about. If we’re lucky we experience one of these a year, but they’re very hard to come by because these experiences require something very specific.