Sydney pianist Scott Davie brings inspired advocacy to the original version of Rachmaninoff's Fourth Piano Concerto. Torn by self-doubt, Rachmaninoff had a bad habit of revising his works, all too often cutting the heart out of the music - this is a chance to hear the fourth concerto in all the dark glamour and thrilling excitement of its original form.
Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony follows the Alpine wanderings of a Byronic hero torn by despair and anguish. Emotional torment, dramatic storytelling, glittering magical worlds... these are some of the things Tchaikovsky does best.