Kristiina Poska leads BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in two concerts, with Alina Pogostkina making a welcome return to the UK to perform the Brahms Violin Concerto. The programme also includes Glinka’s Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture and Elgar’s Enigma Variations.

They open the Stoke-on-Trent Festival​’s orchestral season with a performance on 7 October at Victoria Hall, Hanley and the Lakeland Sinfonia Concert Society​’s 2022/23 season on 8 October at Westmorland Hall, Kendal.