Exquisite, serene, daunting, brilliant. Do we even have enough adjectives to describe Bach’s music?

While Mozart's opera is known for its high energy and light-hearted mood, his Clarinet Concerto reveals a gentler side.

His melodic genius. His dramatic timing. His mastery of every genre. With over 600 works to his name, Mozart changed the course of Western music.

Three geniuses of the Germanic repertoire are celebrated in this program. Stephen Hough is our guide on this journey of emotions.

The riches of the Venetian empire weren’t just silk and gold – composers Monteverdi and Gabrieli dazzled with their pioneering Baroque music.

‘Where any-angled light would congregate endlessly.’ Sometimes even a glass of water can be your muse.

Simple but sublime, Max Richter’s minimalist style makes him one of the most popular composers alive today.

If you’re trying to burst onto the scene, why not go big? For the young John Adams in 1978, it was 'Shaker Loops' that turned heads – a pulsing and exhilarating minimalist ride.

Premiered in 1953 after the death of Stalin, Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony is a bumpy ride of emotion and inner turmoil.

With 'Polaris', we open to the sounds of a night sky twinkling with the infinite. It’s a piece that perfectly showcases one of the modern stars of music, British composer Thomas Adès.

Our curtain raiser for 2021? Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. One of the most (if not the most) popular Romantic violin concertos, it’s a beautifully lush piece – and almost impossible not to fall in love with.

Experience the might and magnificence of Mahler. Not one for half-measures, the composer believed a symphony should be like the world, “it must contain everything.”

A cool wind emerges from the opening notes of Sibelius’ Violin Concerto. In the powerful music that follows, the beauty of the Finnish landscape stretches out before us.

Soaring melodies. Vibrantly rich colour. And a heart-pounding start. Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto remains a favourite for good reason.

Sibelius takes us on an ethereal waltz in "Valse triste" and to poetic heights in his glorious Fifth Symphony.

When Saint-Saëns finished his Third Symphony, he knew it was his masterpiece: “What I have here accomplished, I will never achieve again.”

Birdsong. Flowing rivers. Summer storms. In his 'Pastoral' Symphony, Beethoven has us stop and smell the roses.

While World War I typically inspired more sombre art, Ravel’s piece celebrates the memory of lost friends with French baroque style. More joy follows with Grieg's Piano Concerto.

Beethoven's Triple Concerto is one of the few pieces for joint soloists still performed today. From a quiet opening emerges music that’s all about the interplay between soloists.

Intense might be an understatement. Notoriously challenging to play, Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto is a torrent of emotion, melody and colour and demands a truly virtuosic performance.