Work: Flourish with Fireworks, Op.22

Edward Gardner’s Pittsburgh Symphony debut brings freshness and intensity to Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, alongside a sparkling tribute to Michael Tilson Thomas.

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Thomas Søndergård open their season, continuing their Mahler cycle, with the Seventh Symphony.

Altogether it was the sort of music Gerard Hoffnung might have composed if he had ever held a serious music festival.