Catch up with the BBC Philharmonic's first Bridgewater Hall concert in 18 months, with Chief Guest Conductor John Storgårds and cellist Jakob Kullberg.
We depart on our musical journey from Helsinki with music Sibelius wrote for Maurice Maeterlinck's play Pelleas and Melisande.
Journeying east, we arrive in Leningrad for Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto; written for his friend Rostropovich, the opening is immediately arresting and memorable.
Our tour ends under the azure sky of the Mediterranean, joining Mendelssohn on the Italian leg of his own Grand Tour that's full of southern light, closing our holiday with a frenzied dance.
This concert was recorded on 25 September at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall.
