Work: Overture in C major

Ponomarchuk and the LPO raise the spirits in Felix Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony after an underwhelming first half at the Brighton Dome. 

The Hallé also perform two long-neglected mini-masterpieces and a joyful Italian Symphony at the Bridgewater Hall.

There was never any hint of over-sentimentality in the playing of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's artist-in-residence.