“There is no boundary or difference: even different skin, different religion or different culture – we are all children of the stars.”

Music to expand your horizons: mystical, echoing, otherworldly, Unsuk Chin’s The Song of the Children of the Stars sets 13 poems spanning centuries and continents, contemplating our place in the universe.

Hear her introduce her music in conversation with Jonathan Cross, ahead of our European premiere on 15 April: http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/concerts/1754

“It’s a wild piece by a wild young man, and should not be treated with any kind of reverence” – Esa-Pekka Salonen shares his thoughts on how provocation turns to nostalgia in Mahler’s First Symphony.

Join us in April for a world of klezmer, Austrian countryside and even Frère Jacques – “with a few kicks here and there”: http://bit.ly/2tjbZRe