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Spanish sun and Polish shadows; shimmering sensuality and sonic fireworks to light up the sky. It鈥檚 all about colour, as guest conductor Marta Gardoli艅ska conducts a concert in which Ravel鈥檚 Iberian fantasy is merely the curtain-raiser to an evening of Polish music at its most magical 鈥� with the 鈥渆lectrifying鈥� (Bachtrack) Bomsori Kim as soloist in Szymanowski鈥檚 gorgeous Second Violin Concerto.

Tonight, though, it鈥檚 not only the soloist who gets to sparkle, as Gardoli艅ska puts the full 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra through its paces in a true 20th century classic 鈥� Lutoslawski鈥檚 dazzling Concerto for Orchestra. And together with Kim, she makes history too - with the long overdue UK premiere of the Rhapsody for violin and orchestra (from 1949) by one of the most original talents in post-war Polish music, the indomitable Grazyna Bacewicz.