Sunday 17.05.2026 2.00pm PROKOFIEV’S ROMEO AND JULIET Afternoon Performances on sale from 15 May 2025 £17.50 (includes restoration fund) – Early Bird Rate £20.50 (includes restoration fund) – if bought less than 2 weeks before the concert OUTI TARKIAINEN - The Rapids of Life _(UK Premiere)_ JAY CAPPERAULD - Accordion Concerto ‘Galvanic Dances’ _interval_ PROKOFIEV - Romeo and Juliet (Selection from the ballet) RYAN CORBETT accordion EMILIA HOVING conductor Described by composer Sir James MacMillan as “one of the most astonishing and surprising young newcomers in Scottish music,” Glasgow-born accordionist and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist (2022-24) Ryan Corbett is redefining expectations of his instrument. And in a concerto written especially for him, fellow Scot Jay Capperauld—praised for his “unbridled sonic imagination” (The Scotsman)—channels the crackling energy of electricity into music that dazzles. On the podium is the dynamic Finnish conductor Emilia Hoving, who conducts music full of hope by fellow Finn Outi Tarkainen, and Prokofiev’s emotionally charged _Romeo and Juliet_—a score that grips the heart and never lets go. _Seating for Afternoon Performances is unreserved_