Few works in the recent history of orchestral music have achieved the kind of recognition enjoyed by Max Richter’s version of The Four Seasons. His reimagining of Vivaldi has become a modern classic.

Making her second appearance with the Franz Schubert Filharmonia, Sayaka Shoji, one of the most sought-after artists of her generation and a regular soloist with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic and the Philharmonia, will direct the concert from her 1729 ‘Récamier’ Stradivarius.