Carrying the flag for Poland Michal Dworzynski unfurled generous support for pianist Boris Giltburg’s fetching account of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No1.

Following the orchestral introduction of themes Giltburg’s penetrating articulation promised a virtuoso performance, and so it was. Nothing anonymous here with poetic felicities in abundance and silken ropes of notes.

The central movement’s lyrical sentiments were deliciously drawn and the finale’s dancing gait saw Giltburg’s dazzling fingerwork fully rewarded, returning with an encore, methinks the Prelude No15 in D flat, or someone will tell me otherwise!

Dworzynski’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No6 lacked nothing in passion or perception. The initial stirring of bassoon though dark, seemed to evoke dawn blown away in the brightly lit first subject. By turns passionate and quietly romantic all framed by the beautifully voiced clarinet tune led to explosive and frenetic playing.

A lightly balanced second movement suffused with an ardent pulse and followed by the brilliant third movement march touched with plenty of finesse.

Under Dworzynski’s hand the finale was not simply a desolate denouement but one of fervent sorrow. Above all he found the element of agony and despair as a catalyst for making this the finale it should be; powerful, moving, tragic, with stopped horns adding colour and the basses raw as if drawing a last breath.