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Lawrence Power, one of today's foremost violists, joins Principal Guest Conductor Ben Gernon for an afternoon of southern European inspired music.

Today’s concert opens with two pieces inspired by travel - Debussy's colourfully Spanish soundscape, Ibéria, and Foulds’s waltzing Sicilian Aubade, before Walton’s Viola Concerto - performed today by Lawrence Power.

A suite from Bizet’s Carmen – often referred to as the world’s favourite opera – closes this afternoon’s concert and leaves us with a lasting sense of sunlight, fragrance and the passion of Spain.